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Abou Zeid F, Morelli F, Ibáñez-Álamo JD, Díaz M, Reif J, Jokimäki J, Suhonen J, Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki ML, Markó G, Bussière R, Mägi M, Tryjanowski P, Kominos T, Galanaki A, Bukas N, Pruscini F, Jerzak L, Ciebiera O, Benedetti Y. Spatial Overlap and Habitat Selection of Corvid Species in European Cities. Animals (Basel) 2023; 13:ani13071192. [PMID: 37048448 PMCID: PMC10093487 DOI: 10.3390/ani13071192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Understanding habitat and spatial overlap in sympatric species of urban areas would aid in predicting species and community modifications in response to global change. Habitat overlap has been widely investigated for specialist species but neglected for generalists living in urban settings. Many corvid species are generalists and are adapted to urban areas. This work aimed to determine the urban habitat requirements and spatial overlap of five corvid species in sixteen European cities during the breeding season. All five studied corvid species had high overlap in their habitat selection while still having particular tendencies. We found three species, the Carrion/Hooded Crow, Rook, and Eurasian Magpie, selected open habitats. The Western Jackdaw avoided areas with bare soil cover, and the Eurasian Jay chose more forested areas. The species with similar habitat selection also had congruent spatial distributions. Our results indicate that although the corvids had some tendencies regarding habitat selection, as generalists, they still tolerated a wide range of urban habitats, which resulted in high overlap in their habitat niches and spatial distributions.
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- Farah Abou Zeid
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (F.M.); (Y.B.)
- Correspondence:
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (F.M.); (Y.B.)
- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Prof. Z. Szafrana St. 1, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland; (L.J.); (O.C.)
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- Department of Biogeography and Global Change, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (BGC-MNCN-CSIC), 28006 Madrid, Spain;
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- Institute for Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Benatska 2, 128 01 Praha, Czech Republic;
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University in Olomouc, 17. Listopadu 50, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Nature Inventory and EIA-Services, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, P.O. Box 122, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland; (J.J.); (M.-L.K.-J.)
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- Department of Biology, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland;
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- Nature Inventory and EIA-Services, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, P.O. Box 122, 96101 Rovaniemi, Finland; (J.J.); (M.-L.K.-J.)
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Plant Protection, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ménesi út 44, 1118 Budapest, Hungary;
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- Department of Zoology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, 50409 Tartu, Estonia;
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- Institute of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71C, 60-625 Poznań, Poland;
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- Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (T.K.); (A.G.)
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- Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece; (T.K.); (A.G.)
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- Plegadis, Riga Feraiou 6A, 45444 Ioannina, Greece;
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Prof. Z. Szafrana St. 1, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland; (L.J.); (O.C.)
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- Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Prof. Z. Szafrana St. 1, 65-516 Zielona Góra, Poland; (L.J.); (O.C.)
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 00 Prague, Czech Republic; (F.M.); (Y.B.)
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Verdú M, Gómez JM, Valiente-Banuet A, Schöb C. Facilitation and plant phenotypic evolution. TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 26:913-923. [PMID: 34112618 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2021.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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While antagonistic interactions between plants have been a major topic of eco-evolutionary research, little evidence exists on the evolution of positive plant interactions (i.e., plant facilitation). Here, we first summarize the existing empirical evidence on the role of facilitation as a selection pressure on plants. Then, we develop a theoretical eco-evolutionary framework based on fitness-trait functions and interaction effectiveness that provides predictions for how facilitation-related traits may evolve. As evolution may act at levels beyond the individual (such as groups or species), we discuss the subject of the units of evolutionary selection through facilitation. Finally, we use the proposed formal evolutionary framework for facilitation to identify areas of future research based on the knowledge gaps detected.
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- M Verdú
- Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación (CSIC-UV-GV), Ctra Moncada-Náquera km4.5, 46113 Moncada, (Valencia), Spain.
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- Dpto de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA-CSIC), Carretera de Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, 0-4120 Almería, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología de la Biodiversidad, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-275, C.P. 04510, México D.F., México; Centro de Ciencias de la Complejidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, México D.F., México
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- Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Universitätstrasse 2, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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Díaz M, Sánchez-Mejía T, Morán-López T. Long-Term Tree Regeneration of Fragmented Agroforestry Systems Under Varying Climatic Conditions. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.640143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Iberian dehesas and montados are agroforestry systems protected by the European Habitats Directive due to high levels of biological diversity associated to their savannah-like structure. Tree scattering in dehesas, montados and other agroforestry systems is, however, known to compromise tree regeneration, although recent work suggests that it may protect tree populations from climate warming by alleviating plant-plant competition. We analyze how climatic conditions, tree isolation and their interactions influence the outcomes of regeneration stages, from flower production to early seedling establishment, using data gathered during the long-term monitoring (2001–2018) of ca. 300 Holm oak Quercus ilex trees located in central Spain. Holm oak reproductive effort, predispersal seed losses, and early seedling recruitment were sensitive to climate change, especially to year-round drought. Effort and early seedling recruitment decreased, while abortion and predispersal seed predation increased, with higher drought intensity. Spring warming increases pollination effectiveness, but had no further effect on acorn crops. Forest clearing seemed to have little scope to ameliorate these negative effects, as shown by weak or no interactive effects between the spatial configuration of trees (cover or isolation) and climate variables (spring temperature or drought intensity). Forest opening aimed at decreasing adult tree mortality under climate change scenarios would then have little or no effects on tree recruitment. Landscape-scale rotations alternating shrub encroachment and thinning along periods adapted to changing climate are proposed as the main management option to preserve both oak forests and dehesas in the long term.
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Díaz M, Soliño M, Martínez-Jáuregui M. Bird Diversity in Mediterranean Pine and Mixed Forests. PINES AND THEIR MIXED FOREST ECOSYSTEMS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN 2021:363-377. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63625-8_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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Merges D, Albrecht J, Böhning-Gaese K, Schleuning M, Neuschulz EL. Environmental context determines the limiting demographic processes for plant recruitment across a species' elevational range. Sci Rep 2020; 10:10855. [PMID: 32616719 PMCID: PMC7331732 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67602-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Plant recruitment is a multi-stage process determining population dynamics and species distributions. Still, we have limited understanding of how the successive demographic processes depend on the environmental context across species’ distributional ranges. We conducted a large-scale transplant experiment to study recruitment of Pinus cembra over six years. We quantified the effects of environmental conditions on four demographic processes and identified the most limiting across and beyond the pines’ elevational range over several years. Realized transition probabilities of the demographic processes varied substantially across the species' distributional range. Seed deposition decreased from the lower to the upper elevational range margin by 90%, but this reduction was offset by increased seed germination and seedling survival. Dispersal limitation at the upper range margin potentially stems from unsuitable seed caching conditions for the animal seed disperser, whereas increased seed germination might result from enemy escape from fungal pathogens and favourable abiotic conditions at the upper range margin. Our multi-year experiment demonstrates that environmental context is decisive for the local relevance of particular demographic processes. We conclude that experimental studies identifying the limiting demographic processes controlling species distributions are key for projecting future range dynamics of plants.
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- Dominik Merges
- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. .,Department of Biological Sciences, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, DE, Germany.
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Department of Biological Sciences, Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, DE, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre Frankfurt, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Gamboa A, Barragán F. Preferencias de los granívoros con respecto al tamaño y la calidad de las bellotas en un bosque de Quercus en la zona centroseptentrional de México. ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 2020. [DOI: 10.32800/abc.2020.43.0197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Acorns of the species of the genus Quercus are highly appreciated by a diverse group of animals. It remains unclear whether the choice to move an acorn is related to the intrinsic characteristics of the fruit. In this work, we aimed to determine whether the size and quality of acorns (healthy or damaged) influenced their removal. We found that Q. affinis was the species with the largest acorns but the lowest removal rate, and Q. eduardii was the species with the smallest acorns but highest removal rates. Two groups of vertebrates carried out this removal, and this activity occurred at two clearly separate times. Jays Aphelocoma spp. carried out their activity during the day, and rodents Peromyscus spp. removed acorns at night. Size and quality only had a significant influence on the removal of Q. affinis. Our results suggest that absence of large animals could put the establishment of species with large acorns (such as Q. affinis) at risk.
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- A. Gamboa
- IPICYT/División de Ciencias Ambientales, SLP, Mexico
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- IPICYT/División de Ciencias Ambientales, SLP, Mexico
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Martínez‐Baroja L, Pérez‐Camacho L, Villar‐Salvador P, Rebollo S, Quiles P, Gómez‐Sánchez D, Molina‐Morales M, Leverkus AB, Castro J, Rey‐Benayas JM. Massive and effective acorn dispersal into agroforestry systems by an overlooked vector, the Eurasian magpie (
Pica pica
). Ecosphere 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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- Loreto Martínez‐Baroja
- Forest Ecology and Restoration Group Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida Universidad de Alcalá 28805 Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain
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- Forest Ecology and Restoration Group Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida Universidad de Alcalá 28805 Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain
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- Forest Ecology and Restoration Group Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida Universidad de Alcalá 28805 Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain
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- Forest Ecology and Restoration Group Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida Universidad de Alcalá 28805 Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain
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- Forest Ecology and Restoration Group Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida Universidad de Alcalá 28805 Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain
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- Forest Ecology and Restoration Group Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida Universidad de Alcalá 28805 Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain
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- Departamento de Anatomía Biología Celular y Zoología Universidad de Extremadura Badajoz Spain
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- Forest Ecology and Restoration Group Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida Universidad de Alcalá 28805 Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain
- Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology University of Würzburg Würzburg Germany
- Departamento de Ecología Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Granada E‐18071 Granada Spain
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- Departamento de Ecología Facultad de Ciencias Universidad de Granada E‐18071 Granada Spain
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- Forest Ecology and Restoration Group Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida Universidad de Alcalá 28805 Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain
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Schupp EW, Zwolak R, Jones LR, Snell RS, Beckman NG, Aslan C, Cavazos BR, Effiom E, Fricke EC, Montaño-Centellas F, Poulsen J, Razafindratsima OH, Sandor ME, Shea K. Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of intraspecific variation in seed dispersal are diverse and pervasive. AOB PLANTS 2019; 11:plz067. [PMID: 31857875 PMCID: PMC6914678 DOI: 10.1093/aobpla/plz067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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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 of the drivers or causes of intraspecific variation in dispersal, how strong an effect these drivers have, and how widespread they are across dispersal modes. As a first step to developing a better understanding, we present a broad, but not exhaustive, review of what is known about the drivers of intraspecific variation in seed dispersal, and what remains uncertain. We start by decomposing 'drivers of intraspecific variation in seed dispersal' into intrinsic drivers (i.e. variation in traits of individual plants) and extrinsic drivers (i.e. variation in ecological context). For intrinsic traits, we further decompose intraspecific variation into variation among individuals and variation of trait values within individuals. We then review our understanding of the major intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of intraspecific variation in seed dispersal, with an emphasis on variation among individuals. Crop size is the best-supported and best-understood intrinsic driver of variation across dispersal modes; overall, more seeds are dispersed as more seeds are produced, even in cases where per seed dispersal rates decline. Fruit/seed size is the second most widely studied intrinsic driver, and is also relevant to a broad range of seed dispersal modes. Remaining intrinsic drivers are poorly understood, and range from effects that are probably widespread, such as plant height, to drivers that are most likely sporadic, such as fruit or seed colour polymorphism. Primary extrinsic drivers of variation in seed dispersal include local environmental conditions and habitat structure. Finally, we present a selection of outstanding questions as a starting point to advance our understanding of individual variation in seed dispersal.
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- Eugene W Schupp
- Department of Wildland Resources and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
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- Department of Systematic Zoology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
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- Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
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- Department of Biology and Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
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- Landscape Conservation Initiative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
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- REDD & Biodiversity Unit, Cross River State Forestry Commission, Calabar, Nigeria
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- National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, University of Maryland, Annapolis, MD, USA
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Natural Resource Management, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
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Woolsey J, Hanna C, Mceachern K, Anderson S, Hartman BD. Regeneration and Expansion of Quercus tomentella (Island Oak) Groves on Santa Rosa Island. WEST N AM NATURALIST 2018. [DOI: 10.3398/064.078.0415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- Jay Woolsey
- Environmental Science and Resource Management Program, CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
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- Santa Rosa Island Research Station, CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
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- U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, Channel Islands Field Station, Ventura, CA
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- Environmental Science and Resource Management Program, CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
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- Environmental Science and Resource Management Program, CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
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Gómez JM, Schupp EW, Jordano P. Synzoochory: the ecological and evolutionary relevance of a dual interaction. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2018; 94:874-902. [PMID: 30467946 DOI: 10.1111/brv.12481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Revised: 10/22/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- José María Gómez
- Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA-CSIC), Ctra Sacramento s/n, La Cañada de San Urbano, E-04120 Almería, Spain
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- Department of Wildland Resources and Ecology Center, S. J. and Jesse E. Quinney College of Natural Resources, 5230 Old Main Hill, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-5230,, U.S.A
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- Departamento de Ecología Integrativa, Integrative Ecology Group, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC), Avda. Americo Vespucio S/N, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain
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Context dependence of acorn handling by the Algerian mouse ( Mus spretus ). ACTA OECOLOGICA 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2017.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tiribelli F, Amico GC, Sasal Y, Morales JM. The effect of spatial context and plant characteristics on fruit removal. ACTA OECOLOGICA 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2017.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Effective nut dispersal by magpies (Pica pica L.) in a Mediterranean agroecosystem. Oecologia 2017; 184:183-192. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-3848-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2016] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Chen W, Zhang Z, Buesching CD, Newman C, Macdonald DW, Xie Z, Sun S, Zhou Y. Discrimination behavior mediates foraging quality versus quantity trade-offs: nut choice in wild rodents. Behav Ecol 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arw180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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