Plants as seed traps: inter-specific interference with dispersal

By J. Bullock, I. Moy. 2004

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Measuring plant dispersal: an introduction to field methods and experimental design (2006, background): “2002), ants take them to the nest (Peakall and Beattie 1995) or birds deposit them in particular defaecation locations (Verdu and Garcia Fayos 1996) – or physical processes such as trapping of seeds by other plants (Bullock and Moy 2004), or parts of rivers where water flow is slowed (Merritt and Wo”
An evaluation of alternative dispersal functions for trees (2004, background): “This trapping effect of woody plants has been demonstrated recently by Bullock & Moy (2004), with the crowns of shrubs acting as ‘traps’ for wind-dispersed seeds within a matrix of short grasses.”
Grass litter is a natural seed trap in long‐term undisturbed grassland (2012, background): “…until landing depends to a large extent on the receptor surface; those seeds that fall on to dense vegetation canopies, deep litter or moss layer must undergo secondary dispersal before reaching the soil surface (Bullock & Moy 2004; Rotundo & Aguiar 2005; Egawa et al. 2009; Donath & Eckstein 2010).”