Large herbivores as mobile links between isolated nature reserves through adhesive seed dispersal

By M. Couvreur, Bart Christiaen, Verheyen Verheyen, Martin Hermy. 2004

152 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology

1. S. Wipf
2. C. L. Roever
3. K. Leggett
4. R. J. Aarde
5. W. Kotowski
6. Maurice Hoffmann
7. Martin Hermy
8. M. Couvreur

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Maurice Hoffmann
2. Martin Hermy
3. M. Couvreur
4. E. Cosyns
5. P. Vittoz
6. S. Wipf
7. C. Rixen

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. R. J. Aarde
2. W. Kotowski
3. Maurice Hoffmann
4. Martin Hermy
5. M. Couvreur
6. E. Cosyns
7. P. Vittoz
8. C. L. Roever

Citations in the corpus

• Prospects for fen meadow restoration on severely degraded fens (2010, background): “They transport seeds (Pakeman, 2001; Couvreur et al., 2004; Mouissie et al., 2005) and create establishment gaps by small-scale soil disturbances (Milton et al.”
• Biodiversity in temperate European grasslands: origin and conservation. (2005, unknown): “Domestic animals Integrating efficient grassland farming and biodiversity can successfully act as seed dispersers (Fischer et al. , 1996; Kiviniemi and Eriksson, 1999; Couvreur et al. , 2004).”
• Elevation gradient of successful plant traits for colonizing alpine summits under climate change (2013, background): “Seeds with pappus, however, are efficiently dispersed by both wind and animals (Couvreur et al 2004), and allow the dispersal of heavier diaspores, richer in reserve compounds.”
• Functional connectivity within conservation networks: Delineating corridors for African elephants (2013, background): “Large herbivores, in particular, aid in long-distance seed dispersal (Janzen 1984), effectively reducing the isolation of some plant species in small reserves (Couvreur et al. 2004).”
• Complementarity of epi- and endozoochory of plant seeds by free ranging donkeys (2005, methodology): “However, the presence of many grasses with unspecialized seeds in our epizoochorory samples (Appendix 1 and 2, see also Couvreur et al. 2004c) may suggest that the ‘‘foliage is the fruit’’ hypothesis might not only apply to endozoochory, but also to epizoochory.”