New Ecology paper about relationships among plant dispersal mechanisms, syndromes, and animal vectors. Dispersal mechanisms only match dispersal syndromes in a minority of cases. @ebdonana.bsky.social @fsd2028.bsky.social @bsbibotany.bsky.social esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Context-dependent plant–bird interactions shape polychory across the antagonism–mutualism continuum by Hernández-Brito and collaborators www.nature.com/articles/s42...

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From the upcoming #AppsPlantSci #PlantDispersal issue 🌱 Animal-mediated seed dispersal: A review of study methods (by @noellebeckman.bsky.social, @jmbecologist.bsky.social, et al) bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #botany #zoochory #PlantEcology #SeedDispersal

Plant-frugivore mutualisms are ancient! Fossil evidence shows that frugivorous animals were likely helping plants spread their seeds as early as 120 million years ago Images: Longipteryx from the Early Cretaceous www.cell.com/current-biol...

Although the next conference is still a way off, we’ve created this account to share updates on venue and dates, as well as news and publications on FRUGIVORES & SEED DISPERSAL Artwork: María León Ilustración