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Investigate the composition and spatial distribution of bird-dispersed seed rain and the establishment of fleshy-fruited seedlings across a Mediterranean successional habitat gradient.

April 1, 1994Oikos

Bird-Dispersed Seed Rain and Seedling Establishment in Patchy Mediterranean Vegetation

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MDMax DebusscheCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique PIPaul IsenmannCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Observational field study reveals spatial patterns of bird-mediated seed dispersal and seedling recruitment across Mediterranean habitats, highlighting how frugivores shape plant succession.

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Investigate the composition and spatial distribution of bird-dispersed seed rain and the establishment of fleshy-fruited seedlings across a Mediterranean successional habitat gradient.
Monitored fleshy-fruited plant seed rain using 5 sets of seed traps over a 17-month period (1981–1983) across a 2.5-ha site in southern France.
Analyzed fecal samples from avian dispersers captured with 6 mist nets over a 25-month period (1981–1984) spanning old fields to Quercus ilex coppice.
Censused seedling recruitment adjacent to seed traps in 1983, followed by long-term recensusing in open coppice and old fields in 1992.
Avian seed rain composition and deposition density varied across distinct plant communities along the old-field to oak coppice successional gradient.
Spatial patterns of seedling establishment were tracked over nearly a decade to evaluate the persistence and transition of fleshy-fruited plants across patchy habitats.

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Debussche et al. (1994) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bf6e46f692abb725eff10 https://doi.org/10.2307/3545854

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Observational field study reveals spatial patterns of bird-mediated seed dispersal and seedling recruitment across Mediterranean habitats, highlighting how frugivores shape plant succession.

Bird-Dispersed Seed Rain and Seedling Establishment in Patchy Mediterranean Vegetation

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