How far do birds disperse seeds in the degraded tropical landscape of Hong Kong, China?

Variation in exotic and native seed arrival and recruitment of bird dispersed species in subtropical forest restoration and regrowth

“…Panetta and Sparkes 2001). Although birds transport seeds over long distances (Price 2006;Weir and Corlett 2007), most seeds tend to fall within 25 m of the parent plant (Wenny 2000) and dispersal beyond 60 m is rare (Clark et al 2005). Like previous studies, our results showed a significant decrease in seed rain within less than 50 m of a seed source.…”

A Movement Ecology Approach to Study Seed Dispersal and Plant Invasion: An Overview and Application of Seed Dispersal by Fruit Bats

“…Here we tested Schurr ' s et al (2009) prediction with additional data, as well as with our own data of the Egyptian fruit bat (see section 9.4 ), and compared it with allometric predictions for fl ying birds, mammals and non -fl ying birds (see Rowell & Mitchell 1991 ;Mack 1995 ;Zhang & Wang 1995 ;Julliot 1996 ;Holbrook & Smith 2000 ;Stevenson 2000 ;Westcott & Graham 2000 ;Mack & Druliner 2003 ;Vellend et al 2003 ;Wehncke et al 2003 ;Westcott et al 2005 ;Russo et al 2006 ;Pons & Pausas 2007 ;Spiegel & Nathan 2007 ;Ward & Paton 2007 ;Weir & Corlett 2007 ;Campos -Arceiz et al 2008 ).…”

Frugivory and seed dispersal by a small carnivore, the Chinese ferret-badger, Melogale moschata, in a fragmented subtropical forest of central China

“…mastication, regurgitation), fruit processing (e.g. gut passage effects), post-feeding movements, as well as deposition site characteristics affect seed dispersal pattern, germination and seedling establishment (Hickey et al, 1999;Willson and Traveset, 2000;Traveset and Verdú, 2002;Westcott et al, 2005;Russo et al, 2006;Weir and Corlett, 2007). These mechanisms have been well documented for birds (e.g.…”