Dispersal of aquatic and terrestrial organisms by waterbirds: A review of current knowledge and future priorities

Functional Traits Drive Dispersal Interactions Between European Waterfowl and Seeds

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

Microbial stowaways: Waterbirds as dispersal vectors of aquatic pro‐ and microeukaryotic communities

(2022) Beáta Szabó et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Ecological and Evolutionary Implications of Microbial Dispersal

(2022) Gordon F. Custer et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Beyond Site-Specific Criteria: Conservation of Migratory Birds and Their Habitats from a Network Perspective

(2022) Yanjie Xu et al.   Diversity-Basel

A seed dispersal effectiveness framework across the mutualism–antagonism continuum

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

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

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

Plants dispersed by a non‐frugivorous migrant change throughout the annual cycle

(2022) Renáta Urgyán et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

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

Climate change exposure of waterbird species in the African-Eurasian flyways

(2021) SZABOLCS NAGY et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Potential long‐distance dispersal of freshwater diatoms adhering to waterfowl plumage

(2021) Faye S. Manning et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Woodpeckers can act as dispersal vectors for fungi, plants, and microorganisms

(2021) Niko R. Johansson et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Epizoochory in Parrots as an Overlooked Yet Widespread Plant–Animal Mutualism

(2021) Dailos Hernández-Brito et al.   Plants-Basel

Brine chemistry matters: Isolation by environment and by distance explain population genetic structure of Artemia franciscana in saline lakes

(2021) Dagmar Frisch et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Limited potential for bird migration to disperse plants to cooler latitudes

(2021) Juan P. González-Varo et al.   NATURE

Plant dispersal syndromes are unreliable, especially for predicting zoochory and long‐distance dispersal

(2021) Andy J. Green et al.   OIKOS

Faecal microbiota and antibiotic resistance genes in migratory waterbirds with contrasting habitat use

(2021) Dayana Jarma et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Comparative Analysis of Fecal Microbiomes From Wild Waterbirds to Poultry, Cattle, Pigs, and Wastewater Treatment Plants for a Microbial Source Tracking Approach

(2021) Amine M. Boukerb et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Role of Gulls as Reservoirs of Antibiotic Resistance in Aquatic Environments: A Scoping Review

(2021) Danae Zeballos-Gross et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

A predatory waterbird as a vector of plant seeds and aquatic invertebrates

(2021) Maria J. Navarro‐Ramos et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Setting priorities for climate change adaptation of Critical Sites in the Africa‐Eurasian waterbird flyways

(2021) Frank T. Breiner et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Crustacea (Branchiopoda) among Organic Remains from Mammoth Hair

(2020) A. A. Kotov et al.   BIOLOGY BULLETIN

Flying carp eggs

(2020) Kenji Suetsugu et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Are migratory waterfowl vectors of seagrass pathogens?

(2020) Damian Michael Menning et al.   Ecology and Evolution

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

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

Metagenomic analysis reveals the microbiome and resistome in migratory birds

(2020) Jian Cao et al.   Microbiome

Editorial: Animal-Mediated Dispersal in Understudied Systems

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

Biogeography of the freshwater gastropod, Planorbella trivolvis, in the western United States

(2020) Kelly R. Martin et al.   PLoS One

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

Seed dispersal by neotropical waterfowl depends on bird species and seasonality

(2020) Giliandro G. Silva et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

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

Endozoochory of the same community of plants lacking fleshy fruits by storks and gulls

(2020) Víctor Martín‐Vélez et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Bioaccumulation of trace elements affects chick body condition and gut microbiome in greater flamingos

(2020) Mark A.F. Gillingham et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Evidence for continental-scale dispersal of antimicrobial resistant bacteria by landfill-foraging gulls

(2020) Christina A. Ahlstrom et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Allometric scaling of seed retention time in seed dispersers and its application to estimation of seed dispersal potentials of theropod dinosaurs

(2019) Tetsuro Yoshikawa et al.   OIKOS

Geese are overlooked dispersal vectors for vascular plants in archipelago environments

(2019) Dirk Hattermann et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Killifish eggs can disperse via gut passage through waterfowl

(2019) Giliandro G. Silva et al.   ECOLOGY

Genetic analysis suggests extensive gene flow within and between catchments in a common and ecologically significant dryland river shrub species; Duma florulenta (Polygonaceae)

(2019) Bruce Murray et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Beyond Scatter-Hoarding and Frugivory: European Corvids as Overlooked Vectors for a Broad Range of Plants

(2019) Andy J. Green et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Egestion of plant propagules by turtles in a small Massachusetts river

(2019) Donald J. Padgett et al.   JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY

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

Protected area connectivity: Shortfalls in global targets and country-level priorities

(2018) Santiago Saura et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Colonizing Islands of water on dry land-on the passive dispersal of fish eggs by birds

(2018) Philipp Emanuel Hirsch et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Crayfish invasion facilitates dispersal of plants and invertebrates by gulls

(2018) Ádám Lovas-Kiss et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

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

Variations in the hatching response of rotifers to salinity and waterbird ingestion

(2018) José M Conde-Porcuna et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

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

(2018) Erik Kleyheeg et al.   PLoS One

How will climate change affect endangered Mediterranean waterbirds?

(2018) Francisco Ramírez et al.   PLoS One

Endozoochory by mallard in New Zealand: what seeds are dispersed and how far?

(2018) Riley D. Bartel et al.   PeerJ

Evidence of avian-mediated long distance dispersal in American tardigrades

(2018) Matthew J. Mogle et al.   PeerJ

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

Whole angiosperms Wolffia columbiana disperse by gut passage through wildfowl in South America

(2018) G. G. Silva et al.   Biology Letters

Habitat- and species-mediated short- and long-term distributional changes in waterbird abundance linked to variation in European winter weather

(2018) Diego Pavón-Jordán et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

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

Up, up and away: bird-mediated ectozoochorous dispersal between aquatic environments

(2017) Neil E. Coughlan et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Drivers of species' role in avian seed-dispersal mutualistic networks

(2017) Esther Sebastián-González   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Determining the boundaries of migratory bird flyways: a Bayesian model for Eurasian teal Anas crecca in western Europe

(2017) Matthieu Guillemain et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

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

Great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) as potential vectors for the dispersal of Vibrio cholerae

(2017) Sivan Laviad -Shitrit et al.   Scientific Reports

Species traits and interaction rules shape a species-rich seed-dispersal interaction network

(2017) Esther Sebastián-González et al.   Ecology and Evolution

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

Defining functional groups using dietary data: Quantitative comparison suggests functional classification for seed-dispersing waterfowl

(2016) Chevonne Reynolds et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

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 waterbirds in southern Africa: comparing the roles of ectozoochory and endozoochory

(2016) Chevonne Reynolds et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Looking beyond the mountain: dispersal barriers in a changing world

(2016) Paul Caplat et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Assessing myxozoan presence and diversity using environmental DNA

(2016) Hanna Hartikainen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

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

Medium-sized forest snails survive passage through birds' digestive tract and adhere strongly to birds' legs: more evidence for passive dispersal mechanisms

(2016) Jasna Simonová et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLLUSCAN STUDIES

Migratory Birds as Global Dispersal Vectors

(2016) Duarte S. Viana et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Internal seed dispersal by parrots: an overview of a neglected mutualism

(2016) Guillermo Blanco et al.   PeerJ

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

(2015) E. Kleyheeg et al.   AQUATIC BOTANY

The importance of waterbirds as an overlooked pathway of invasion for alien species

(2015) Andy J. Green   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Internal transport of alien and native plants by geese and ducks: an experimental study

(2015) Alberto García-Álvarez et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

A mammoth mouthful? A test of the idea that larger animals ingest larger seeds

(2015) Si-Chong Chen et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Evolution of the mating system in colonizing plants

(2015) John R. Pannell   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Occurrence of viable, red-pigmented haloarchaea in the plumage of captive flamingoes

(2015) Kyung June Yim et al.   Scientific Reports

Long-distance plant dispersal to North Atlantic islands: colonization routes and founder effect

(2015) Inger Greve Alsos et al.   AoB Plants

Potential for passive internal dispersal: eggs of an aquatic leaf beetle survive passage through the digestive system of mallards

(2014) JAN-JAKOB LAUX et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

A millennial-scale chronicle of evolutionary responses to cultural eutrophication inDaphnia

(2014) Dagmar Frisch et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

On the structural stability of mutualistic systems

(2014) R. P. Rohr et al.   SCIENCE

First evidence of bryophyte diaspores in the plumage of transequatorial migrant birds

(2014) Lily R. Lewis et al.   PeerJ

Ecosystem services provided by waterbirds

(2013) Andy J. Green et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Predicting species' maximum dispersal distances from simple plant traits

(2013) Riin Tamme et al.   ECOLOGY

Seed dispersal networks in an urban novel ecosystem

(2013) Joana Costa Cruz et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Rapid climate driven shifts in wintering distributions of three common waterbird species

(2013) Aleksi Lehikoinen et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Bird migratory flyways influence the phylogeography of the invasive brine shrimpArtemia franciscanain its native American range

(2013) Joaquín Muñoz et al.   PeerJ

Integrating frugivory and animal movement: a review of the evidence and implications for scaling seed dispersal

(2012) Marina Corrêa Côrtes et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

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

(2012) Duarte S. Viana et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Diversity of cloacal microbial community in migratory shorebirds that use the Tagus estuary as stopover habitat and their potential to harbor and disperse pathogenic microorganisms

(2012) Susana S. Santos et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

How did this snail get here? Several dispersal vectors inferred for an aquatic invasive species

(2012) CASPER H. A. VAN LEEUWEN et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Gut travellers: internal dispersal of aquatic organisms by waterfowl

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

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

Waterfowl: Potential Environmental Reservoirs of the Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

(2012) An Garmyn et al.   PLoS One

Use of Deschampsia antarctica for nest building by the kelp gull in the Argentine Islands area (maritime Antarctica) and its possible role in plant dispersal

(2012) I. Parnikoza et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

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

Is the genetic structure of Mediterranean Ruppia shaped by bird-mediated dispersal or sea currents?

(2011) Ludwig Triest et al.   AQUATIC BOTANY

News records of phoresy and hyperphoresy among treefrogs, ostracods, and ciliates in bromeliad of Atlantic forest

(2011) Leandro T. Sabagh et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Analysis of a hyper-diverse seed dispersal network: modularity and underlying mechanisms

(2011) Camila I. Donatti et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Do birds of a feather disperse plants together?

(2011) ELISA RAULINGS et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Migratory movements of waterfowl in Central Asia and avian influenza emergence: sporadic transmission of H5N1 from east to west

(2011) SAMUEL A. IVERSON et al.   IBIS

Modelling the effect of size on the aerial dispersal of microorganisms

(2011) David M. Wilkinson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Seed dispersal distance is more strongly correlated with plant height than with seed mass

(2011) Fiona J. Thomson et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Strong contributors to network persistence are the most vulnerable to extinction

(2011) Serguei Saavedra et al.   NATURE

Invertebrate dispersal by aquatic mammals: a case study with nutria Myocastor coypus (Rodentia, Mammalia) in Southern France

(2010) Aline Waterkeyn et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Potential spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 by wildfowl: dispersal ranges and rates determined from large-scale satellite telemetry

(2010) Nicolas Gaidet et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

No detected effect of moult on feather bacterial loads in mallards Anas platyrhynchos

(2010) Mathieu Giraudeau et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Stability of Ecological Communities and the Architecture of Mutualistic and Trophic Networks

(2010) E. Thebault et al.   SCIENCE

Agricultural ponds as alternative habitat for waterbirds: spatial and temporal patterns of abundance and management strategies

(2009) Esther Sebastián-González et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Occurrence of Halococcus spp. in the nostrils salt glands of the seabird Calonectris diomedea

(2009) Jocelyn Brito-Echeverría et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Tropical phytoplankton taxa in Aquitaine lakes (France)

(2009) Maria Cellamare et al.   HYDROBIOLOGIA

Diaspore Dispersal of Anostraca by Flying Insects

(2009) Lynda Beladjal et al.   JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY

The architecture of mutualistic networks minimizes competition and increases biodiversity

(2009) Ugo Bastolla et al.   NATURE

Spread of Avian Influenza Viruses by Common Teal (Anas crecca) in Europe

(2009) Camille Lebarbenchon et al.   PLoS One

Habitat Use and Life History as Predictors of Bird Responses to Habitat Change

(2008) NICOLA C. OKES et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

MECHANISTIC ANALYSIS OF INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION USING FORAGING TRADE-OFFS: IMPLICATIONS FOR DUCK ASSEMBLAGES

(2008) D. Brent Gurd   ECOLOGY

Dispersal of freshwater invertebrates by large terrestrial mammals: a case study with wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Mediterranean wetlands

(2008) BRAM VANSCHOENWINKEL et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

The state of plant population modelling in light of environmental change

(2008) Florian Jeltsch et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS