Seed traits matter-Endozoochoric dispersal through a pervasive mobile linker.

ABSTRACT: Although many plants are dispersed by wind and seeds can travel long distances across unsuitable matrix areas, a large proportion relies on co-evolved zoochorous seed dispersal to connect populations in isolated habitat islands. Particularly in agricultural landscapes, where remaining habitat patches are often very small and highly isolated, mobile linkers as zoochorous seed dispersers are critical for the population dynamics of numerous plant species. However, knowledge about the quali- or quantification of such mobile link processes, especially in agricultural landscapes, is still limited. In a controlled feeding experiment, we recorded the seed intake and germination success after complete digestion by the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and explored its mobile link potenti

SUBMITTER: Stiegler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8717309 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature