Simulation of Seed Digestion by Birds: How Does It Reflect the Real Passage Through a Pigeon's Gut?

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F13%3A10192367" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/13:10192367 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/67985939:_____/13:00397655
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-012-9146-9" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-012-9146-9</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12224-012-9146-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12224-012-9146-9</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Simulation of Seed Digestion by Birds: How Does It Reflect the Real Passage Through a Pigeon's Gut?
Original language description
Simulation of seed passage through a bird's gut is an important tool for comparing the effect of bird digestion and thus the potential for plant dispersal by endozoochory. However, sufficient methodology is missing. Thus, we subjected seeds of 20 plant species to seven different simulations of gut passage and to the real passage through a pigeon's gut to determine which simulation type best reflects the effects of real bird digestion. We also measured various seed traits to identify the traits responsible for differences between species. Results show that four out of seven simulations were significant predictors of seed survival after gut passage. The fit between direct digestion by the pigeon and the different simulation treatments was, however, species-specific and depends not only on the commonly tested traits such as seed mass and water permeability, but also on other unmeasured traits. Seed mass was the best predictor of differences between real digestion and simulation. Selecting
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP505%2F10%2F0593" target="_blank" >GAP505/10/0593: The role of stochastic and deterministic factors for shaping species composition of dry grassland fragments.</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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