Generalized avian dispersal syndrome contributes to Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum, Euphorbiaceae) invasiveness

By Ian J. Renne, W. Barrow, Lori A. Johnson Randall, W. Bridges. 2002

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Interactions between birds, fruit bats and exotic plants in urban Hong Kong, South China (2005, background): “Renne et al. (2002) suggest that a “generalized seed dispersal system” may be a shared feature among invasive bird-dispersed plants, but such dispersal systems are probably too widespread among cultivated plants to be a useful predictor of invasiveness.”
Birds as agents of seed dispersal in a human-dominated landscape in southern Costa Rica (2008, background): “Whether the birds that persist in human-dominated areas are largely generalist or specialist seed-dispersers has important implications for species extinctions (if specialists are lost), plant invasions (Renne et al., 2002) and patterns of seed distribution and regeneration (Howe, 1993).”
Avian Seed Dispersal of an Invasive Shrub (2006, background): “Renne et al. (2002) found that many species of native and exotic birds incorporated fruit of the invasive Chinese tallow tree (Sapium sebiferum) in their diets in South Carolina.”