Closing the seed dispersal loop
By Benjamin C. Wang, T. Smith. 2002
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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation
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Citations in the corpus
- The Impact of Hunting on the Mammalian Fauna of Tropical Asian Forests (2007, background): “Mammals can potentially impact plants at multiple points in their reproductive cycle (Wang & Smith 2002), including pollination, fruit removal, seed dispersal or predation, and trampling or feeding damage to seedlings, saplings, and adult plants.”
- Dual role of harvesting ants as seed predators and dispersers of a non-myrmechorous Mediterranean perennial herb (2004, background): “from parent plants (Wang and Smith 2002), it is”
- Overfishing disrupts an ancient mutualism between frugivorous fishes and plants in Neotropical wetlands (2015, background): “Effective seed dispersal enhances seedling recruitment and directly contributes to plant community structure (Jordano, 2000; Wang and Smith, 2002).”
- Bushmeat and the Fate of Trees with Seeds Dispersed by Large Primates in a Lowland Rain Forest in Western Amazonia (2007, background): “Seed dispersal is an essential process for the successful recruitment of many tropical tree species, and for the maintenance of tropical plant diversity (Janzen 1970, Harms et al. 2000, Webb & Peart 2001, Wang & Smith 2002, Howe & Miriti 2004).”
- Ecology of Seagrass Seeds and Seagrass Dispersal Processes (2007, background): “The presence of a seedling represents the end point of dispersal, and the processes that influence the establishment of a seedling from a seed are often diverse and complex (Wenny, 2000; Wang and Smith, 2002).”
- Importance of microhabitat and acorn burial on Quercus ilex early recruitment: non-additive effects on multiple demographic processes (2004, background): “(Herrera et al. 1994; Clark et al. 1999; Nathan and Muller-Landau 2000; Rey and Alcantara 2000; Wang and Smith 2002 ).”
- Incorporating patterns of disperser behaviour into models of seed dispersal and its effects on estimated dispersal curves (2005, background): “Research into the influence of dispersers on seed shadows has focused primarily on disperser foraging behaviour, often with the aim of describing the extent of frugivory and, therefore, dispersal service provided by a frugivore, or the relative quantities of dispersal provided by a suite of species ”
- Long‐distance colonization of the Western Mediterranean by Cistus ladanifer (Cistaceae) despite the absence of special dispersal mechanisms (2009, background): “Dispersal mechanisms vs. Mediterranean habitat requirements Factors influencing the colonization success of plant groups include, among others, seed dispersal, seed germination rate, habitat preference, plant-growth conditions, breeding system and biotic interactions (Wang & Smith, 2002).”
- Are introduced rats (Rattus rattus) both seed predators and dispersers in Hawaii? (2011, background): “While a number of factors may influence seedling establishment, growth, and survival at a given site ( Wang and Smith 2002; Joe and Daehler 2008; Cordell et al. 2009), the effects of black rats on native and non-native seeds may be both negative and positive.”
- VERTEBRATE DISPERSAL OF SEED PLANTS THROUGH TIME (2004, background): “…and invertebrates (Beattie 1985, Handel & Beattie 1990) is central to individual species biology and modern ecosystem function (e.g., Howe & Smallwood 1982, Murray 1986, Sallabanks & Courtney 1992, Cain et al. 2000, Nathan & Muller-Landau 2000, Herrera 2002, Levey et al. 2002, Wang & Smith 2002).”