Secondary Seed Ingestion in Snakes: Germination Frequency and Rate, Seedling Viability, and Implications for Dispersal in Nature

Secondary Seed Ingestion in Snakes: Germination Frequency and Rate, Seedling Viability, and Implications for Dispersal in Nature

The importance of vertebrate animals as seed dispersers (zoochory) has received increasing attention from researchers over the past 20 years, yet one category in particular, diploendozoochory, remains understudied. As the term implies, this is a two-phase seed dispersal system whereby a secondary se...

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Main Authors: Gordon W. Schuett, Randall S. Reiserer, Andrew M. Salywon, Steven Blackwell, Wendy C. Hodgson, C. Drew Foster, James Hall, Ryan Zach, Mark A. Davis, Harry W. Greene
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Crotalus atrox
Foothill Palo Verde
diploendozoochory
Lampropeltis splendida
Pituophis catenifer
reptiles
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2021.761293/full

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