image: A study conducted at the University of São Paulo and published in Science correlates birds and plants in seed dispersal networks (Thraupis sayaca) view more More than 70% of plant species that ...

Many plants rely on animals to reproduce, regenerate and spread. But the current sixth mass extinction is wiping out seed-dispersing wildlife that fill this role, altering entire ecosystems. Thousands ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Many species of herbs (including grasses) have some of their seeds dispersed by the large grazing mammals that consume the seeds along with ...

Evan Fricke receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Alejandro Ordonez receives funding from the Aarhus University Research Fund. Haldre Rogers receives funding from the US National ...

Oahu's ecosystems have been so affected by species extinctions and invasions that most of the seeds dispersed on the island belong to nonnative plants, and most of them are dispersed by nonnative ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The new research provides the first evidence that seagrass seeds that have passed through the digestive tracts of these marine mega-herbivores have ...