Waterbirds as endozoochorous dispersers of aquatic organisms: a review of experimental evidence

By I. Charalambidou, Luis Santamaría. 2002

141 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology

1. A. Green
2. J. Figuerola
3. Luis Santamaría
4. M. Klaassen
5. M. Soons
6. A. Brochet
7. Gerrit W. Heil
8. M. Guillemain

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. A. Green
2. J. Figuerola
3. Luis Santamaría
4. M. Klaassen
5. M. Soons
6. A. Brochet
7. Gerrit W. Heil
8. Hervé Fritz

Citations in the corpus

• Biogeography of Discontinuously Distributed Hydrophytes: A Molecular Appraisal of Intercontinental Disjunctions (2003, background): “the presence of dispersal agents (mainly waterfowl) capable of transporting propagules both exo- and endozoically for considerable distances (Sculthorpe 1967; Charalambidou and Santamarı́a 2002; Santamarı́a 2002).”
• The role of migratory ducks in the long‐distance dispersal of native plants and the spread of exotic plants in Europe (2009, background): “Previous studies showed that waterbirds are responsible for dispersing aquatic species (Charalambidou and Santamarı́a 2002, Figuerola et al. 2003), but our review indicates that they are excellent vectors for terrestrial plants surrounding aquatic habitats or colonizing temporary waterbodies during…”
• Recent advances in the study of long‐distance dispersal of aquatic invertebrates via birds (2005, background): “Since 1964, a series of studies have demonstrated that a variety of crustaceans, rotifers and gastropods can survive digestion by waterbirds (Charalambidou & Santamaría, 2002; Figuerola & Green, 2002a).”
• Small seed size increases the potential for dispersal of wetland plants by ducks (2008, background): “However, for dispersal by waterfowl, wetland plant adaptations have hardly been quantified (Charalambidou & Santamaria 2002; Figuerola & Green 2002).”
• Gut travellers: internal dispersal of aquatic organisms by waterfowl (2012, background): “We compare the dispersal potential of aquatic macroinvertebrates to the more intensively studied dispersal of aquatic plant seeds (e.g. Charalambidou & Santamarı́a, 2002).”
• The Monopolization Hypothesis and the dispersal–gene flow paradox in aquatic organisms (2002, background): “Waterfowl carry resting propagules of cladocerans and rotifers both in their digestive tract and in their feathers, a substantial proportion of which are viable (Proctor and Malone, 1965; Mellors, 1975; Charalambidou and Santamaría, 2002; Green et al., 2002).”
• Implications of waterbird ecology for the dispersal of aquatic organisms (2002, background): “The survival by propagules of digestion is also certain to fluctuate enormously (Figuerola and Green, 2002a; Charalambidou and Santamaría, 2002), making it difficult to draw conclusions from diet studies reviewed above in which the state of propagules after digestion is not addressed.”
• Ecosystem Services Provided by Birds (2008, background): “The majority of research in this area has focused on whether seeds and other propagules survive gut passage, and many of these studies have used mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) as subjects (Charalambidou & Santamaria 2002).”
• Long-distance endozoochorous dispersal of submerged macrophyte seeds by migratory waterbirds in northern Europe - a critical review of possibilities and limitations (2002, background): “These issues are, of course, fundamental to successful long-distance dispersal, but have been addressed elsewhere (e.g., Figuerola and Green, 2002; Charalambidou and Santamaría, 2002).”