Research into plastic pollution has extensively focused on abiotic vectors, overlooking
transport by animals. Opportunistic birds, such as white storks (Ciconia ciconia) often forage …

Shorebirds (Charadriiformes) undergo rapid migrations with potential for long‐distance
dispersal (LDD) of plants. We studied the frequency of endozoochory by shorebirds in …

Shorebirds are declining worldwide due to loss and degradation of critical breeding and
wintering habitats. Some human-modified habitats, particularly salt-pans which are used by …

Since Darwin's time, waterbirds have been considered an important vector for the dispersal
of continental aquatic invertebrates. Bird movements have facilitated the worldwide invasion …

In ecological systems, it is necessary to describe the trophic niches of species and their
segregation or overlap to understand the distribution of species in the community. In oceanic …

The red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), originally from North America, is one of the
world's worst aquatic invaders. It is a favoured prey item for waterbirds, but the influence of …

The ecology of opportunistic foragers can be highly dependent on anthropogenic food
sources, such as landfills, resulting in changes in several ecological and demographic …

It has long been assumed that the resistant eggs of many zooplankton are able to survive
passage through the gut of migratory waterbirds, thus facilitating their dispersal between …

Aims Research into the dispersal of plants lacking a fleshy fruit by avian endozoochory
remains limited, particularly regarding the different roles of specific vectors in the same …

In this study, the toxicity of methylparaben (MeP) an emerging contaminant, was analysed in
the sexual species Artemia franciscana, due to its presence in coastal areas and marine …