During last two decades studies on endozoochorous seed dispersal indicated that a large numbers of plant seeds are potentially dispersed and suceefully germinated via animal dung. However, very little is known about the relative importance of endozoochory in germination success of plant species in semi-steppe rangelands. In this paper we examined dung germinating seed content, seed deposition p...

During last two decades studies on endozoochorous seed dispersal indicated that a large numbers of plant seeds are potentially dispersed and suceefully germinated via animal dung. However, very little is known about the relative importance of endozoochory in germination success of plant species in semi-steppe rangelands. In this paper we examined dung germinating seed content, seed deposition p...

Context The proportion of dioecious species can vary considerably among climates and habitats. However, studies often involve isolated communities or large diverse areas fail to capture how proportions across landscapes. Aims To identify (1) life-history associations terrestrial plant in central southern Australia, (2) whether dioecy varies spatially (3) is correlated with and/or climate factor...

Waterbirds disperse plant species via ingestion and egestion of seeds (endozoochory). However, our understanding about the regulating effects seed traits, underlying mechanisms possible (co)evolutionary processes is limited by traditional reliance on data from feeding experiments with living waterbirds. Here, we overcome these limitations developing applying a new bioassay that realistically si...

Aim To investigate the geographic patterns and ecological correlates in distribution of most common tree dispersal modes Amazonia (endozoochory, synzoochory, anemochory hydrochory). We examined if proportional abundance these could be explained by availability agents (disperser-availability hypothesis) and/or resources for constructing zoochorous fruits (resource-availability hypothesis). Time ...

The question of how plant species foreign to a biological system can disperse and turn into an environmental problem is very important for the control of the invasive plant species, especially for insular ecosystems, which are more susceptible to biological invasions. We analyzed the role played by the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the seed dispersal of the invasive scrub Acacia fa...