Seed dispersal by waterbirds: a mechanistic understanding by simulating avian digestion

The effects of defaunation on plants’ capacity to track climate change

(2022) Evan C. Fricke et al.   SCIENCE

Functional Traits Drive Dispersal Interactions Between European Waterfowl and Seeds

(2022) Bia A. Almeida et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

A seed dispersal effectiveness framework across the mutualism–antagonism continuum

(2022) Casper H. A. van Leeuwen et al.   OIKOS

Spatial patterns of weed dispersal by wintering gulls within and beyond an agricultural landscape

(2021) Víctor Martín‐Vélez et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Seed mass, hardness, and phylogeny explain the potential for endozoochory by granivorous waterbirds

(2020) Ádám Lovas‐Kiss et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Editorial: Animal-Mediated Dispersal in Understudied Systems

(2020) Casper H. A. van Leeuwen et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Animal personalities and seed dispersal: A conceptual review

(2020) Rafał Zwolak et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Experimental evidence of dispersal of invasive cyprinid eggs inside migratory waterfowl

(2020) Ádám Lovas-Kiss et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Is the spread of the alien water boatman Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis (Hemiptera, Corixidae) aided by zoochory and drought resistant eggs?

(2020) José Antonio Carbonell et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

The effect of gut passage by waterbirds on the seed coat and pericarp of diaspores lacking “external flesh”: Evidence for widespread adaptation to endozoochory in angiosperms

(2019) Mihai Costea et al.   PLoS One

Endozoochory of aquatic ferns and angiosperms by mallards in Central Europe

(2018) Ádám Lovas-Kiss et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The potential for dispersal of microalgal resting cysts by migratory birds

(2018) Sylvie V. M. Tesson et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY

Interactions between seed traits and digestive processes determine the germinability of bird-dispersed seeds

(2018) Erik Kleyheeg et al.   PLoS One

The Avian Gut Microbiota: Community, Physiology and Function in Wild Birds

(2018) Kirsten Grond et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

A meta-analysis of the effects of frugivory (endozoochory) on seed germination: role of seed size and kind of dormancy

(2018) Elias Soltani et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Shorebirds as important vectors for plant dispersal in Europe

(2018) Ádám Lovas-Kiss et al.   ECOGRAPHY

A mechanistic assessment of the relationship between gut morphology and endozoochorous seed dispersal by waterfowl

(2018) Erik Kleyheeg et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Seed dispersal distributions resulting from landscape-dependent daily movement behaviour of a key vector species, Anas platyrhynchos

(2017) Erik Kleyheeg et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Effects of zoochory on the spatial genetic structure of plant populations

(2017) Tiziana A. Gelmi-Candusso et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Can Aquatic Plants Keep Pace with Climate Change?

(2017) Duarte S. Viana   Frontiers in Plant Science

Frugivory and seed dispersal by vertebrates in tropical and subtropical Asia: An update

(2017) Richard T. Corlett   Global Ecology and Conservation

Design, implementation and interpretation of in vitro batch culture experiments to assess enteric methane mitigation in ruminants—a review

(2016) D.R. Yáñez-Ruiz et al.   ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The mechanical defence advantage of small seeds

(2016) Evan C. Fricke et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Seed traits and bird species influence the dispersal parameters of wetland plants

(2016) Chevonne Reynolds et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Seed dispersal potential by wild mallard duck as estimated from digestive tract analysis

(2016) Erik Kleyheeg et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Seed dispersal by dabbling ducks: an overlooked dispersal pathway for a broad spectrum of plant species

(2016) Merel B. Soons et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Consistent individual differences in seed disperser quality in a seed-eating fish

(2016) Bart J. A. Pollux   OECOLOGIA

phylosignal: an R package to measure, test, and explore the phylogenetic signal

(2016) François Keck et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Relationship between in vitro and in vivo methane production measured simultaneously with different dietary starch sources and starch levels in dairy cattle

(2015) B. Hatew et al.   ANIMAL FEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Regurgitation by waterfowl: An overlooked mechanism for long-distance dispersal of wetland plant seeds

(2015) E. Kleyheeg et al.   AQUATIC BOTANY

Using basic plant traits to predict ungulate seed dispersal potential

(2015) Aurélie Albert et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Assembly mechanisms determining high species turnover in aquatic communities over regional and continental scales

(2015) Duarte S. Viana et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Seed dispersal by ungulates as an ecological filter: a trait-based meta-analysis

(2015) Aurélie Albert et al.   OIKOS

Evolution of angiosperm seed disperser mutualisms: the timing of origins and their consequences for coevolutionary interactions between angiosperms and frugivores

(2014) Ove Eriksson   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

How do islands become green?

(2014) Ruben Heleno et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Hydrology, shore morphology and species traits affect seed dispersal, germination and community assembly in shoreline plant communities

(2014) Casper H. A. van Leeuwen et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Bird-mediated seed dispersal: reduced digestive efficiency in active birds modulates the dispersal capacity of plant seeds

(2014) Erik Kleyheeg et al.   OIKOS

Simulation of Seed Digestion by Birds: How Does It Reflect the Real Passage Through a Pigeon’s Gut?

(2013) Kristýna Vazačová et al.   FOLIA GEOBOTANICA

D3: The Dispersal and Diaspore Database – Baseline data and statistics on seed dispersal

(2013) Christina Hintze et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Migratory strategies of waterbirds shape the continental-scale dispersal of aquatic organisms

(2012) Duarte S. Viana et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Gut travellers: internal dispersal of aquatic organisms by waterfowl

(2012) Casper H. A. van Leeuwen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Vector activity and propagule size affect dispersal potential by vertebrates

(2012) Casper H. A. van Leeuwen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Experimental Quantification of Long Distance Dispersal Potential of Aquatic Snails in the Gut of Migratory Birds

(2012) Casper H. A. van Leeuwen et al.   PLoS One

Seed dispersal by fishes in tropical and temperate fresh waters: The growing evidence

(2011) Michael H. Horn et al.   ACTA OECOLOGICA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The role of hydrochory in structuring riparian and wetland vegetation

(2010) Christer Nilsson et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Use of grit supplements by waterbirds: an experimental assessment of strategies to reduce lead poisoning

(2010) Monica Martinez-Haro et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Plant dispersal by teal (Anas crecca) in the Camargue: duck guts are more important than their feet

(2010) A. L. BROCHET et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Internal dispersal of seeds by waterfowl: effect of seed size on gut passage time and germination patterns

(2010) Jordi Figuerola et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Phylogenetic signal and linear regression on species data

(2010) Liam J. Revell   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The integration of digestion and osmoregulation in the avian gut

(2009) Todd J. McWhorter et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

The role of migratory ducks in the long-distance dispersal of native plants and the spread of exotic plants in Europe

(2009) Anne-Laure Brochet et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Avian Digestive Tract Simulation To Study the Effect of Grit Geochemistry and Food on Pb Shot Bioaccessibility

(2009) Monica Martinez-Haro et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Dispersal failure contributes to plant losses in NW Europe

(2008) Wim A. Ozinga et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Small seed size increases the potential for dispersal of wetland plants by ducks

(2008) Merel B. Soons et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

The LEDA Traitbase: a database of life-history traits of the Northwest European flora

(2008) M. Kleyer et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Methods to study degradation of ruminant feeds

(2008) Ruba Mohamed et al.   NUTRITION RESEARCH REVIEWS