Growth in seed dispersal studies has been fast‐paced since the seed disperser
effectiveness (SDE) framework was developed 17 yr ago. Thus, the time is ripe to revisit the …

General principles about the consequences of seed dispersal by animals for the structure
and dynamics of plant populations and communities remain elusive. This is in part because …

Regenerated forests now compose over half of the world's tropical forest cover and are
increasingly important as providers of ecosystem services, freshwater, and biodiversity …

Aim Biological invasions pose one of the most severe threats to global biodiversity. Still,
invasions can create positive ecological relationships and services, which can sometimes …

An animal's ability to find and relocate food items is directly related to its survival and
reproductive success. This study evaluates how mantled howler monkeys make spatial …

Summary 1 Frugivores disperse the seeds of the majority of woody plant species world‐
wide. Thus, insights on how frugivores influence the dispersal of plants and the variability of …

There is growing realization that intraspecific variation in seed dispersal can have important
ecological and evolutionary consequences. However, we do not have a good understanding …

Negative density dependence (NDD) of recruitment is pervasive in tropical tree species. We
tested the hypotheses that seed dispersal is NDD, due to intraspecific competition for …

A substantial portion of the crop of fruiting trees falls beneath parent plants as a result of
dispersal failure. Such diaspores are considered as waste because the likelihood of plant …

Habitat fragmentation is a major cause of functional disruption in plant‐animal interactions.
The net effect on plant regeneration is, however, controversial because a given landscape …