Phylogeny and diversity of fruit types in Ericaceae, with representative images of mature fruit morphology.
A step into the shadows: Evolutionary shifts in fruit structure and dispersal strategies in Asian mycoheterotrophic #Ericaceae
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FloraObscura article by Sorokin et al.
Photo credit: Mikhail S. Romanov
#anemochory #endozoochory
These findings align with previous research showing faster germination after gut passage, and add new evidence that this can translate into real fitness benefits for plants. (10/10)
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#PlantDispersal #SeedEcology #Endozoochory #AoBpapers
Better out than in: faecal matrix inhibits establishment success after waterfowl endozoochory
🌱Check the newly published article ‘Better out than in: faecal matrix inhibits establishment success after waterfowl endozoochory’ in @annbot.bsky.social by @iciarjimenez.bsky.social and co-authors🧵1/10
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@drandygreen.bsky.social
#PlantDispersal #SeedEcology #Endozoochory #AoBpapers
Plant height measured at 7, 15, 30 and 45 days after germination for (a) J. bufonius and (b) E. palustris. Curves were obtained from the fitted logistic base functions (Table 1), and points represent measured height for individual plants. Treatments including faeces addition (CF, IF) are represented in pink and treatments including gut passage (IF, INF) with dashed lines. Asterisks represent mean xmid parameters for treatments grouped with faeces (pink) and without faeces (green). CF = control, faeces; CNF = control, no faeces; IF = ingested, faeces; INF = ingested, no faeces.
Our new paper shows good establishment of wetland plants after seed dispersal inside waterfowl, but plants grow better when seeds are first removed from the faeces (e.g. when poo falls into water) #endozoochory @ebdonana.bsky.social @freshwaterscience.bsky.social academic.oup.com/aob/advance-...
Photos on a slide of arthropods eating moss capsules.
Beautiful and engaging talk on moss #endozoochory by Yume Imada drawing parallels between animals eating #moss spores and angiosperm seeds. The rates of consumption are similar, and moss spores can survive gut passage.
#Botany2025
Our latest paper "Trait-based selection of seeds ingested and dispersed by North American waterfowl" is on the cover of Plants #seeddispersal #ducks #endozoochory #waterfowl @ebdonana.bsky.social @mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14...
In the Pampas wetlands of southern Brazil there are cattle that have no connection with deforestation. There, they provide an important ecosystem service by dispersing flowering plants and ferns by #endozoochory @ebdonana.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
A new paper proposes the dry fruits of Carex reicheana or C. baccans are adapted to attract avian seed dispersers. We find many Cyperaceae to be regularly dispersed by waterbird #endozoochory @BSBIbotany @RJBOTANICO @AdamLovasKiss @CoDisperse @kewgardens
Sparrows disperse geraniums! Another paper showing it is misleading to label granivorous birds as "seed predators" since they also disperse dry-fruited seeds by #endozoochory. @CoDisperse @WileyEcolEvol @AdamLovasKiss @mncn_csic @BESMacroecol @RJBOTANICO
Pedro did a fantastic poster for the #FSD2024 conference in Brazil on our new @JEcology paper about dispersal of dry-fruited seeds and ferns by capybaras & coypus. Deservedly he won the second prize! @DemOHoors @FURG @ebdonana #endozoochory @CoDisperse
Our new paper on alien buttonweed shows that it is readily dispersed by #endozoochory across a wide range of salinities in Europe. On the same day, we find it for the first time in ricefields (in Brazil), where it likely arrived in waterbirds #alienspecies
New NIOO publication: Float, fly, then sink: #wetland plant #seed buoyancy is lost after internal #dispersal by #waterbirds. #diplochory #hydrochory #endozoochory #biodiversity #zoochory #simulateddigestion
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05561-y
Our new paper @JEcology shows capybaras & nutrias/coypus disperse different aquatic & terrestrial #plants (including aquatic ferns) in #Brazil by #endozoochory @DemOHoors @ebdonana @andressaadolfo @MMUEcolEnv @freshwaterblog @BESMacroecol @BenthosNews
Multi-step #seeddispersal is common e.g #hydrochory then #endozoochory. Seeds float in water and then are ingested and dispersed by waterfowl. Our new study finds that after gut passage they sink into the seed bank @ajgreen_lab @ebdonana @BSBIbotany
New preprint: Invasive Cotula coronopifolia (Asteraceae) is halo-tolerant and readily dispersed by waterbird #endozoochory @BSBIbotany @PhD_EBD @sibecol @BESInvasionSci @_AEET_ @CoDisperse @RSPBScience @ebdonana @Invasivesnet @InvasiveAliens @RJBOTANICO
Fantastic example of how waterfowl eat seeds DELIBERATELY. No wonder we find they disperse so many grass, sedge, rush and other seeds in faeces #endozoochory @ajgreen_lab @CoDisperse @RJBOTANICO @BSBIbotany @SeedSciSoc @kewgardens
Discussing our Buttonweed Cotula coronopifolia experiment with Montse Vila. As part of our #Waterzoo project we ask how salinity and #endozoochory affects establishment and fitness of this #invasivespecies of wetland margins @PhD_EBD @ebdonana @BSBIbotany @sibecol @RJBOTANICO
New experimental study provides 1st evidence that seeds dispersed by waterbird #endozoochory can enter seed banks, then germinate much later when conditions improve 1/3 @ebdonana @FrontiersIn @RJBOTANICO @SeedSciSoc @IntlSeedSciSoc @CoDisperse @BSBIbotany
Paper out soon in Front. Plant Sci. "Long term impacts of #endozoochory and #salinity on germination of wetland plants, after entering seed banks". After dispersal inside a duck, seeds can enter a seed bank, then germinate months later @CoDisperse @SeedSciSoc @ebdonana @UoM_EES
New NIOO publication: #Seeddispersal between aquatic and agricultural habitats by greylag #geese. #agriculture #biodiversity #anseranswer #endozoochory #gpstracking #habitatconnectivity #pasture
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108741
Nice #dispersal paper, but importance of #epizoochory vs #endozoochory is overstated. The snail was dead, and since Proctor it has been repeatedly shown that gut retention times are enough to cover such long distances (and that seeds are in migrant guts)
New NIOO publication: Traits for transport: Alien #wetland plants gain an advantage during endozoochorous #seeddispersal by #waterfowl. #biodiversity #seedtraits #endozoochory #anasplatyrhynchos
https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14154
Just accepted in @JBiogeography "Migratory geese allow plants to disperse to cooler latitudes across the ocean" Pink-footed geese dispersing 35 plant species by #endozoochory on migration between UK and Iceland @ebdonana @CoDisperse @WWTworldwide @RSPBScience @_BTO @WetlandsInt
Dispersal of an invasive alien aquatic plant by waterfowl : the case of Water Primrose Ludwigia grandiflora in Japan #endozoochory #invasivespecies @BSBIbotany @CoDisperse @BES_Invasive @BESInvasionSci @freshwaterblog @AIL_limnologia @freshwaterbio
#Nematodes and #tardigrades moving bacteria through soil in their guts or on their bodies is a nice example of how microbes need animals for #dispersal #endozoochory @CoDisperse @MicrobioSoc
New publication: Dispersal of aquatic and terrestrial organisms by waterbirds: A review of current knowledge and future priorities. #seeddispersal #globalchange #epizoochory #endozoochory
https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14038
New NIOO publication: Seed dispersal by waterbirds: a mechanistic understanding by simulating avian digestion. #seedtraits #endozoochory #wetlands #anseriformes
https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.06470
e-book out "Functional Seed Ecology: from Single Traits to Plant Distribution Patterns, Community Assembly and Ecosystem Processes" @FrontPlantSci including our study on #waterfowl #endozoochory @ebdonana @ajgreen_lab @UoM_EES @SeedSciSoc @CoDisperse
Fun day sampling greylag geese for #endozoochory research in #Doñana, despite the drought. Look at all those seeds of Schoenoplectus litoralis in the poo! @AdamLovasKiss @NgelesOrtiz @CoDisperse @KrstnGrc @chavanleeuwen @ebdonana @jkrowan @PacoHortas @iciarjimm @ajgreen_lab
Study from #chile provides evidence that #tardigrades disperse inside birds. That long seemed predictable to me, the weird thing is why so few scientists have bothered to study #invertebrate #endozoochory @BenthosNews @freshwaterbio @CoDisperse
