Cascading impacts of seed disperser loss on plant communities and ecosystems

HS Rogers, I Donoso, A Traveset… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Seed dispersal is key to the persistence and spread of plant populations. Because the
majority of plant species rely on animals to disperse their seeds, global change drivers that …

Evidence of a European seed dispersal crisis

SB Mendes, JM Olesen, J Memmott, JM Costa… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Seed dispersal is crucial for ecosystem persistence, especially in fragmented landscapes,
such as those common in Europe. Ongoing defaunation might compromise effective seed …

Moving from frugivory to seed dispersal: Incorporating the functional outcomes of interactions in plant–frugivore networks

BI Simmons, WJ Sutherland, LV Dicks… - Journal of Animal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
There is growing interest in understanding the functional outcomes of species interactions in
ecological networks. For many mutualistic networks, including pollination and seed …

Plant-frugivore network simplification under habitat fragmentation leaves a small core of interacting generalists

W Li, C Zhu, I Grass, DP Vázquez, D Wang… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Habitat fragmentation impacts seed dispersal processes that are important in maintaining
biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. However, it is still unclear how habitat fragmentation …

Direct and cascading effects of landscape structure on tropical forest and non‐forest frugivorous birds

JC Morante‐Filho, V Arroyo‐Rodríguez… - Ecological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Global biodiversity is increasingly threatened by land‐use change, but the direct and indirect
drivers of species diversity in human‐modified tropical landscapes are poorly known. Forest …

[HTML][HTML] Scientists' warning on endangered food webs

RH Heleno, WJ Ripple, A Traveset - Web Ecology, 2020 - we.copernicus.org
All organisms are ultimately dependent on a large diversity of consumptive and non-
consumptive interactions established with other organisms, forming an intricate web of …

Seed‐dispersal networks are more specialized in the Neotropics than in the Afrotropics

PJ Dugger, PG Blendinger… - Global Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Biogeographical comparisons of interaction networks help to elucidate differences in
ecological communities and ecosystem functioning at large scales. Neotropical ecosystems …

Global and regional ecological boundaries explain abrupt spatial discontinuities in avian frugivory interactions

LP Martins, DB Stouffer, PG Blendinger… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Species interactions can propagate disturbances across space via direct and indirect effects,
potentially connecting species at a global scale. However, ecological and biogeographic …

Defaunation and changes in climate and fire frequency have synergistic effects on aboveground biomass loss in the brazilian savanna

EA Maciel, VF Martins, MD de Paula, A Huth… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
As a result of anthropogenic pressure, three drives are expected to affect Brazilian
savannas: an increase in the dry season, more frequent fire events, and defaunation. These …

Frugivore biodiversity and complementarity in interaction networks enhance landscape‐scale seed dispersal function

D García, I Donoso, J Rodríguez‐Pérez - Functional Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Animal biodiversity matters for the provision of ecosystem functions derived from trophic
activity. However, the mechanisms underlying this pattern remain elusive since animal …