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Summary Of: Seed dispersal

The patterns of seed dispersal are determined in large part by the dispersal mechanism and this has important implications for... Seed dispersal is likely to have several benefits for plant species... Seed dispersal also allows plants to reach specific habitats that are favorable for survival... seed dispersal may allow plants to colonize new habitats and geographic regions... This form of seed dispersal has been implicated in rapid plant migration and the spread of invasive species... Seed dispersal via ingestion by animals... Seed dispersal by animals in tropical rainforests has received much attention... Seed dispersal has many consequences for the ecology and evolution of plants... Seed dispersal is essential in allowing... Directed seed dispersal by bellbirds in a tropical forest... Explosive seed dispersal in two perennial Mediterranean Euphorbia species... Frugivory and seed dispersal by vertebrates in the Oriental... Evidence for secondary seed dispersal by rodents in Panama... Fruit and seed dispersal images at bioimages...

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