A specialized avian seed dispersal system in a dry‐fruited nonphotosynthetic plant, Balanophora yakushimensis

Ecology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenji Suetsugu
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Avian Seed Dispersal

scholarly journals Defaunation precipitates the extinction of evolutionarily distinct interactions in the Anthropocene

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. eaav6699 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carine Emer ◽  
Mauro Galetti ◽  
Marco A. Pizo ◽  
Pedro Jordano ◽  
Miguel Verdú
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Evolutionary History ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Forest Fragments ◽  
Ecological Interactions ◽  
Rescue Effect ◽  
History Of ◽  
Local Extinctions ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
Avian Seed Dispersal

Species on Earth are interconnected with each other through ecological interactions. Defaunation can erode those connections, yet we lack evolutionary predictions about the consequences of losing interactions in human-modified ecosystems. We quantified the fate of the evolutionary history of avian–seed dispersal interactions across tropical forest fragments by combining the evolutionary distinctness of the pairwise-partner species, a proxy to their unique functional features. Both large-seeded plant and large-bodied bird species showed the highest evolutionary distinctness. We estimate a loss of 3.5 to 4.7 × 104 million years of cumulative evolutionary history of interactions due to defaunation. Bird-driven local extinctions mainly erode the most evolutionarily distinct interactions. However, the persistence of less evolutionarily distinct bird species in defaunated areas exerts a phylogenetic rescue effect through seed dispersal of evolutionarily distinct plant species.

Avian Seed Dispersal in and Near Subtropical Rainforests.

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 535 ◽  
Author(s):  
RJ Green
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Seed Predators ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Avian Seed Dispersal ◽  
Seed Dispersers ◽  
Forest Plants

The behaviour of avian visitors to 23 species of subtropical Australian rain forest plants was observed in the Lamington and Border Ranges National Parks on the Queensland/New South Wales border to determine potentially important seed dispersers, seed predators and fruit thieves.

scholarly journals Avian seed dispersal in a mycoheterotrophic orchid Cyrtosia septentrionalis

Nature Plants ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenji Suetsugu ◽  
Atsushi Kawakita ◽  
Makoto Kato
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Avian Seed Dispersal

EFFECTS OF AVIAN SEED DISPERSAL ON THE GENETIC STRUCTURE OF WHITEBARK PINE POPULATIONS

Evolution ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 607-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn R. Furnier ◽  
Peggy Knowles ◽  
Merlise A. Clyde ◽  
Bruce P. Dancik
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Structure ◽  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Whitebark Pine ◽  
Avian Seed Dispersal
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