Genetic patterns of three bulrush species #Cyperaceae around #GreatSaltLake can only be explained by #seeddispersal by waterfowl, with implications for #wetand #restoration projects. @CoDisperse @WWTconservation @AdamLovasKiss @BES_AquaEco
November 20, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Genetic patterns of three bulrush species #Cyperaceae around #GreatSaltLake can only be explained by #seeddispersal by waterfowl, with implications for #wetand #restoration projects. @CoDisperse @WWTconservation @AdamLovasKiss @BES_AquaEco
Great day mistnetting - 20 birds in a small urban #NWWildlink fragment. Birds full of mingimingi seeds #seeddispersal
November 19, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Great day mistnetting - 20 birds in a small urban #NWWildlink fragment. Birds full of mingimingi seeds #seeddispersal
New NIOO publication: Traits for transport: Alien #wetland plants gain an advantage during endozoochorous #seeddispersal by #waterfowl. #biodiversity #seedtraits #endozoochory #anasplatyrhynchos
https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14154
https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14154
December 3, 2024 at 1:33 AM
New NIOO publication: Traits for transport: Alien #wetland plants gain an advantage during endozoochorous #seeddispersal by #waterfowl. #biodiversity #seedtraits #endozoochory #anasplatyrhynchos
https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14154
https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.14154
Avian seed dispersal out of the forests: A view through the lens of Pleistocene landscapes besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🐘🌿🐦⬛ #birddispersal #seed #seeddispersal #megafauna
Avian seed dispersal out of the forests: A view through the lens of Pleistocene landscapes
Many European woody species are light-demanding and fail to regenerate in the shaded interiors of temperate forests. Most of these species are dispersed by frugivorous and seed-caching birds. The spa...
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Avian seed dispersal out of the forests: A view through the lens of Pleistocene landscapes besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 🐘🌿🐦⬛ #birddispersal #seed #seeddispersal #megafauna
Tui feeding on Karamu in the NorthWest Wildlink (Gills Reserve Albany) @carislaris #seeddispersal
November 19, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Tui feeding on Karamu in the NorthWest Wildlink (Gills Reserve Albany) @carislaris #seeddispersal
New paper brings the "epizoochory syndrome" into question. Traits used to define the syndrome had no influence on #seeddispersal by human epizoochory. Just as we found before for waterbirds and ungulates. @SeedSciSoc @BSBIbotany @CoDisperse @kewgardens
November 20, 2024 at 9:52 AM
New paper brings the "epizoochory syndrome" into question. Traits used to define the syndrome had no influence on #seeddispersal by human epizoochory. Just as we found before for waterbirds and ungulates. @SeedSciSoc @BSBIbotany @CoDisperse @kewgardens
Ducks help terrestrial plants to escape global warming by #seeddispersal during #spring #migration @ebdonana @WWTworldwide @MedWetOrg @WetlandsInt @WhyBirdsMatter @UoM_EES @sibecol @CoDisperse @physorg_com @SeedSciSoc @BSBIbotany @Kew_MSBUK @RJBOTANICO
November 20, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Ducks help terrestrial plants to escape global warming by #seeddispersal during #spring #migration @ebdonana @WWTworldwide @MedWetOrg @WetlandsInt @WhyBirdsMatter @UoM_EES @sibecol @CoDisperse @physorg_com @SeedSciSoc @BSBIbotany @Kew_MSBUK @RJBOTANICO
Loads fruit 4 birds & lizards today. Plenty skinks in urban reserves #northwestwildlink #seeddispersal @carislaris
November 19, 2024 at 4:56 AM
Loads fruit 4 birds & lizards today. Plenty skinks in urban reserves #northwestwildlink #seeddispersal @carislaris
When & where does water disperse seeds?🌊 Our #Riparian seed traps covered a whole year and the full geomorphic spectrum in northern Sweden, trapping >18.000 seeds🌱 Biggest surprise: the #Diversity of #SeedDispersal mechanisms! Read all about it in Ecosystems: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪🌍
Hydrochoric Seed Dispersal of Riparian Plants Follows Hydrological Patterns Closer Than Geomorphic Variation - Ecosystems
Water is an important dispersal vector for seeds of riparian plants, but little is known on how this form of dispersal, called hydrochory, varies throughout seasons and through geomorphically differen...
link.springer.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
When & where does water disperse seeds?🌊 Our #Riparian seed traps covered a whole year and the full geomorphic spectrum in northern Sweden, trapping >18.000 seeds🌱 Biggest surprise: the #Diversity of #SeedDispersal mechanisms! Read all about it in Ecosystems: link.springer.com/article/10.1... 🧪🌍
Back from the 3rd CONNECT meeting in France last week! 🥐 It was a fruitful meeting with exciting progress on seed dispersal research! 🫐🍓🐦⬛🐜🦊
#seeddispersal
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@drandygreen.bsky.social
#seeddispersal
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@drandygreen.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Back from the 3rd CONNECT meeting in France last week! 🥐 It was a fruitful meeting with exciting progress on seed dispersal research! 🫐🍓🐦⬛🐜🦊
#seeddispersal
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@drandygreen.bsky.social
#seeddispersal
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@drandygreen.bsky.social
🌱🌾🌍🌿 #SeedDispersal #BUC2025 Some plant seeds can move and plant themselves. Happens in some grasses. For example, wild oats uses awns to get seeds into soil. Hear David Attenborough talking about this with great pictures.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
These Seeds Can Walk! | The Green Planet | BBC Earth
YouTube video by BBC Earth
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🌱🌾🌍🌿 #SeedDispersal #BUC2025 Some plant seeds can move and plant themselves. Happens in some grasses. For example, wild oats uses awns to get seeds into soil. Hear David Attenborough talking about this with great pictures.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Smile for @carislaris frugivory-cam! #Nwwildlink #seeddispersal
November 19, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Smile for @carislaris frugivory-cam! #Nwwildlink #seeddispersal
A new study co-authored by a UH professor found that invasive animal species impact island seed dispersal even more than the loss of native animals.
#UHManoa #InvasiveSpecies #SeedDispersal #Research
#UHManoa #InvasiveSpecies #SeedDispersal #Research
Mānoa: Introduced animals change how island plants spread, new global study finds
A new study co-authored by a UH professor found that invasive animal species impact island seed dispersal even more than the loss of native animals.
mauinow.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A new study co-authored by a UH professor found that invasive animal species impact island seed dispersal even more than the loss of native animals.
#UHManoa #InvasiveSpecies #SeedDispersal #Research
#UHManoa #InvasiveSpecies #SeedDispersal #Research
Sexing the (strongly sexually dimorphic) Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (#นกสีชมพูสวน) seems not always straightforward. Any thoughts on this one?
#birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #songbird #naturebeauty #wildlife #nature #parklife #wildlifephotography #animalphotography #gardenbird #seeddispersal
#birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #songbird #naturebeauty #wildlife #nature #parklife #wildlifephotography #animalphotography #gardenbird #seeddispersal
March 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Sexing the (strongly sexually dimorphic) Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (#นกสีชมพูสวน) seems not always straightforward. Any thoughts on this one?
#birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #songbird #naturebeauty #wildlife #nature #parklife #wildlifephotography #animalphotography #gardenbird #seeddispersal
#birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #songbird #naturebeauty #wildlife #nature #parklife #wildlifephotography #animalphotography #gardenbird #seeddispersal
🌱🌾🌍🌺🌳🧪 #SeedDispersal People now have local & world-wide systems to collect, store and distribute seeds, especially for agricultural plants. Svalbard Global Seed Bank opened 2008 for duplicate storage of over 1.3 million packets of food plant seeds. #BUC2025 www.croptrust.org
May 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🌳🧪 #SeedDispersal People now have local & world-wide systems to collect, store and distribute seeds, especially for agricultural plants. Svalbard Global Seed Bank opened 2008 for duplicate storage of over 1.3 million packets of food plant seeds. #BUC2025 www.croptrust.org
Sampling buttonweed #Cotula for our #WaterZoo project to see how genetics of populations across the alien range is related to #SeedDispersal by waterbirds. Is it a threat to native plants in #Doñana? @ebdonana @ajgreen_lab @CABI_Invasives @sibecol @EU_Aliens @RJBOTANICO @jkrowan
November 20, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Sampling buttonweed #Cotula for our #WaterZoo project to see how genetics of populations across the alien range is related to #SeedDispersal by waterbirds. Is it a threat to native plants in #Doñana? @ebdonana @ajgreen_lab @CABI_Invasives @sibecol @EU_Aliens @RJBOTANICO @jkrowan
Get to know her more! https://www.oikosjournal.org/blog/welcome-susan-whitehead-new-se
#chemicalecology #frugivory #seeddispersal #plantherbivoreinteractions #agroecology
#chemicalecology #frugivory #seeddispersal #plantherbivoreinteractions #agroecology
Welcome Susan Whitehead – New SE | Oikos Journal
Welcome Susan Whitehead – New SE | Oikos Journal
www.oikosjournal.org
January 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Canada #geese are major vectors for #seeddispersal in #greenland. Role of breeders and non-breeders differs? #branta #carex #empetrum #endozoochory #EBDpub @ebdonana @CoDisperse @UoMSEES
November 20, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Canada #geese are major vectors for #seeddispersal in #greenland. Role of breeders and non-breeders differs? #branta #carex #empetrum #endozoochory #EBDpub @ebdonana @CoDisperse @UoMSEES
So far this year, I have received a free #lantana and #oleander from just that #seeddispersal! #mexicanjay #southwestbirds #photographersofbluesky
Mexican #jay
about to swallow that berry
#bird #birdphotography 🪶
#blue
This was at the Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary
(which is neither my secret birding spot nor my semi-secret birding spot)
Hereford #Arizona
about to swallow that berry
#bird #birdphotography 🪶
#blue
This was at the Ash Canyon Bird Sanctuary
(which is neither my secret birding spot nor my semi-secret birding spot)
Hereford #Arizona
August 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
So far this year, I have received a free #lantana and #oleander from just that #seeddispersal! #mexicanjay #southwestbirds #photographersofbluesky
🔥 Paper in Science🔥
We found that at least a third of the seed dispersers and interactions face potential extinction, in Europe 🌿🌳🐦⬛🦆🌍
#seeddispersal
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We found that at least a third of the seed dispersers and interactions face potential extinction, in Europe 🌿🌳🐦⬛🦆🌍
#seeddispersal
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Evidence of a European seed dispersal crisis
Seed dispersal is crucial for ecosystem persistence, especially in fragmented landscapes, such as those common in Europe. Ongoing defaunation might compromise effective seed dispersal, but the conserv...
www.science.org
November 14, 2024 at 12:04 PM
🔥 Paper in Science🔥
We found that at least a third of the seed dispersers and interactions face potential extinction, in Europe 🌿🌳🐦⬛🦆🌍
#seeddispersal
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
We found that at least a third of the seed dispersers and interactions face potential extinction, in Europe 🌿🌳🐦⬛🦆🌍
#seeddispersal
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 20, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Watch These Squirting Cucumbers Shoot Their Seeds Out at 29 Miles Per Hour #Science #Biology #Botany #SquirtingCucumber #PlantMechanisms #SeedDispersal
Watch These Squirting Cucumbers Shoot Their Seeds Out at 29 Miles Per Hour
Learn more about squirting cucumbers (Ecballium elaterium) and how their seeds explode out of them, which could lead to medical advancements.
purescience.news
July 9, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Watch These Squirting Cucumbers Shoot Their Seeds Out at 29 Miles Per Hour #Science #Biology #Botany #SquirtingCucumber #PlantMechanisms #SeedDispersal
Looking forward to my talk on #seeddispersal by non-frugivorous birds at the Debrecen Reproductive Strategies conference this week @ajgreen_lab @ebdonana @UoM_EES
November 20, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Looking forward to my talk on #seeddispersal by non-frugivorous birds at the Debrecen Reproductive Strategies conference this week @ajgreen_lab @ebdonana @UoM_EES
🌱🌾🌍🌺🌳🌲🌿🐦#SeedDispersal Other ways plants co-opt animals to disperse their seeds include birds caching as food stores - and then forgetting to eat them all! Technical name for this strategy is epizoochory. #BUC2025
May 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🌳🌲🌿🐦#SeedDispersal Other ways plants co-opt animals to disperse their seeds include birds caching as food stores - and then forgetting to eat them all! Technical name for this strategy is epizoochory. #BUC2025