Endozoochorous seed dispersal by free-ranging herbivores in an abandoned landscape

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-018-0864-9" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-018-0864-9</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-018-0864-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11258-018-0864-9</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Endozoochorous seed dispersal by free-ranging herbivores in an abandoned landscape

Original language description

Seed dispersal is a crucial process for the dynamics and maintenance of plant populations. Free-ranging animals are effective dispersal vectors because they can move between similar habitats and transport seeds into favourable environments. Dung samples from two species of common free-ranging mammals-deer and wild boar-were used to study endozoochorous dispersal of seeds in a military training area in western Bohemia. The area was abandoned after WWII, and the military training area was established in 1953. The vegetation consists of shrublands and dry grasslands. Data on the local species pool of grassland herbs and forbs were collected to compare the characteristics of dispersed versus non-dispersed plants. Deer and wild boar dispersed 84 plant species; however, species composition of seedlings emerging from dung samples showed significant differences between dispersal vectors and notable change across the growing season. 80% of all seedlings extracted from the dung samples belonged to stinging nettle, Urtica dioica. From trait analyses, seeds of endozoochorous plants had a higher longevity index in the soil seed bank than non-endozoochorous plants and more often possessed a mucilaginous surface. Our results show that deer and boar are successful, though not substitutable dispersers.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Plant Ecology

ISSN

1385-0237

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

219

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

1127-1138

UT code for WoS article

000441561700010

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85050690604