Half of all plant species rely on animals to disperse their seeds. Seed dispersal interactions
lost through defaunation and gained during novel community assembly influence whether …

The UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration aims to accelerate actions to prevent, halt, and
reverse the degradation of ecosystems, and re-establish ecosystem functioning and species …

Seed dispersal may be a major ecological role of mesocarnivores. However, the general
features of seed dispersal by mesocarnivores are not well elucidated. Here, we review the …

Understanding the amount of space required by animals to fulfill their biological needs is
essential for comprehending their behavior, their ecological role within their community, and …

Some carnivorous mammals ingest fruit and disperse seeds of forest plant species capable
of colonizing disturbed areas in ecosystems. The objective of the present study was to …

Scatter-hoarding birds provide effective long-distance seed dispersal for plants.
Transporting seeds far promotes population spread, colonization of new areas, and …

Increasingly large proportions of tropical forests are anthropogenically disturbed. Where
natural regeneration is possible at all, it requires the input of plant seeds through seed …

The distance decay of community similarity (DDCS) is a pattern that is widely observed in
terrestrial and aquatic environments. Niche-based theories argue that species are sorted in …

Genetic diversity shapes the evolutionary potential of plant populations. For outcrossing
plants, genetic diversity is influenced by effective population size and by dispersal, first of …

Coyotes (Canis latrans) may be important seed dispersal vectors in urban areas, given their
omnivorous diet and wide-ranging movement patterns potentially able to bypass …