Small seed size increases the potential for dispersal of wetland plants by ducks

By M. Soons, C. I. van der Vlugt, Bart van Lith, Gerrit W. Heil, M. Klaassen. 2008

159 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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In Ecology

1. A. Green
2. A. Brochet
3. M. Klaassen
4. Luis Santamaría
5. M. Soons
6. B. Nolet
7. Erik Kleyheeg
8. Graeme Cumming

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. A. Green
2. M. Soons
3. A. Brochet
4. M. Klaassen
5. Luis Santamaría
6. Erik Kleyheeg
7. B. Nolet
8. Graeme Cumming

In Plant Science

1. Peter Poschlod
2. R. Gallagher
3. G. F. Veen
4. J. M. Groenendael
5. D. Venable
6. Sabine Hilt
7. E. S. Bakker
8. A. Saatkamp

Citations in the corpus

• Herbivory on freshwater and marine macrophytes: A review and perspective (2016, background): “…are typically small, which facilitates their ingestion mixed with the foliage, their survival to gut passage, and a prolonged gut-passage times resulting in longer dispersal distances (Mueller and van der Valk, 2002; Charalambidou and Santamaria, 2005; Soons et al., 2008; Figuerola et al., 2010).”
• The functional role of soil seed banks in natural communities. (2014, background): “001 (A. Saatkamp, 2009, unpublished data, and data from Flynn et al., 2004; Holmes and Newton, 2004; Bruun and Poschlod, 2006; Soons et al., 2008; Gardarin et al., 2010; Morozowska et al., 2011).”
• The role of waterbirds in the dispersal of aquatic alien and invasive species (2015, background): “Small seed size is the most significant predictor of survival through the gut of waterbirds (Soons et al., 2008).”
• Seed dispersal by dabbling ducks: an overlooked dispersal pathway for a broad spectrum of plant species (2016, methodology): “…have shown that intact survival rates vary from 0 to 70% across plant species (Van Leeuwen et al. 2012) and germination rates vary from 0 to ca. 50% of ingested seeds across plant species (0–32%, Soons et al. 2008; 0–5; %, Wongsriphuek, Dugger & Bartuszevige 2008; 1–48%, Brochet et al. 2010b).”
• Gut travellers: internal dispersal of aquatic organisms by waterfowl (2012, background): “Our meta-analysis indicated that smaller propagules were retrieved in higher total percentages than larger propagules, confirming previous similar findings on plant seeds in mallards (Soons et al., 2008).”