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Seed Dispersal

Known as: Seed Dispersals, Dispersals, Seed, Dispersal, Seed 
The various physical methods which include wind, insects, animals, tension, and water, by which a plant scatters its seeds away from the parent plant… (More)

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2010
2010
Primate Seed Dispersal: The Fate of Dispersed Seeds
The three primate species of Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica (Ateles geoffroyi, Alouatta palliata, Cebus capucinus) have… (More)
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2008
2008
Seed Dispersal Anachronisms: Rethinking the Fruits Extinct Megafauna Ate
BACKGROUND Some neotropical, fleshy-fruited plants have fruits structurally similar to paleotropical fruits dispersed by… (More)
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
Seed Dispersal, Seed Predation, and Seedling Recruitment of a Neotropical Montane Tree
Postdispersal fate of seeds from Ocotea endresiana (Lauraceae), a bird-dispersed Neotropical montane tree, was studied in Costa… (More)
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2007
2007
Seed Dispersal by Animals: a Role in Angiosperm Diversification?
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The astounding diversity of angiosperms, and their prevalence in most presentday terrestrial habitats, has often attracted the… (More)
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2006
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2006
Seed Dispersal and Spatial Pattern in Tropical Trees
Theories of tropical tree diversity emphasize dispersal limitation as a potential mechanism for separating species in space and… (More)
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2005
2005
A Multi-Forest Comparison of Dietary Preferences and Seed Dispersal by Ateles spp
Investigations of coevolutionary relationships between plants and the animals that disperse their seeds suggest that disperser… (More)
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2000
Highly Cited
2000
Long distance seed dispersal by wind: measuring and modelling the tail of the curve
The size and shape of the tail of the seed dispersal curve is important in determining the spatial dynamics of plants, but is… (More)
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1999
1999
Ant-mediated Seed Dispersal Alters Pattern of Relatedness in a Population of Trillium Grandiflorum
Seed dispersal creates the initial spatial distribution of individuals in a population and in conjunction with the mating system… (More)
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1991
1991
Evidence for secondary seed dispersal by rodents in Panama
The data presented show thatVirola nobilis (Myristicaceae), a bird/mammal-dispersed tree species in Panama, may also be dispersed… (More)
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1989
1989
Seed dispersal by ants: behaviour-releasing compounds in elaiosomes
In a study of the biochemical basis of seed dispersal by ants, elaiosomes of Acacia myrtifolia and Tetratheca stenocarpa induced… (More)
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