2019
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.04065
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Shorebirds as important vectors for plant dispersal in Europe

Abstract: Shorebirds (Charadriiformes) undergo rapid migrations with potential for long‐distance dispersal (LDD) of plants. We studied the frequency of endozoochory by shorebirds in different parts of Europe covering a broad latitudinal range and different seasons. We assessed whether plants dispersed conformed to morphological dispersal syndromes. A total of 409 excreta samples (271 faeces and 138 pellets) were collected from redshank Tringa totanus, black‐winged stilt Himantopus himantopus, pied avocet Recurvirostra a… Show more

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“…Migratory waterbirds such as ducks, shorebirds, and gulls disperse a broad range of angiosperms and other plants with propagules capable of surviving passage through the avian gut (i.e., through "endozoochory", Green et al 2016;Lovas-Kiss, Sanchez, et al, 2018b;Lovas-Kiss, Vizi, Vincze, Molnár, & Green, 2018a;Lovas-Kiss et al, 2019;Reynolds & Cumming 2016a). Recent models confirm that these birds are major vectors for long-distance dispersal (LDD), and angiosperm seeds are often moved over hundreds of km within the digestive tract of waterbirds such as granivorous dabbling ducks Anas spp.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…Migratory waterbirds such as ducks, shorebirds, and gulls disperse a broad range of angiosperms and other plants with propagules capable of surviving passage through the avian gut (i.e., through "endozoochory", Green et al 2016;Lovas-Kiss, Sanchez, et al, 2018b;Lovas-Kiss, Vizi, Vincze, Molnár, & Green, 2018a;Lovas-Kiss et al, 2019;Reynolds & Cumming 2016a). Recent models confirm that these birds are major vectors for long-distance dispersal (LDD), and angiosperm seeds are often moved over hundreds of km within the digestive tract of waterbirds such as granivorous dabbling ducks Anas spp.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(Farmer, Webb, Pierce, & Bradley, 2017;Kleyheeg et al, 2019;Reynolds & Cumming, 2016b;Viana, Santamaría, Michot, & Figuerola, 2013). Waterbird endozoochory has now been demonstrated for a variety of terrestrial and aquatic plants that lack a fleshy fruit, although this does not coincide with the dispersal syndromes often assigned based on seed morphology (Bartel, Sheppard, Lovas-Kiss, & Green, 2018;Lovas-Kiss, Sanchez, et al, 2018b;Lovas-Kiss et al, 2019;Lovas-Kiss, Vizi, et al, 2018a). This is a form of "nonclassical endozoochory," as it does not coincide with the "endozoochory syndrome" (Green, Elmberg, & Lovas-Kiss, 2019).…”
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“…For long-distance dispersal (LDD), Green and Figuerola (2005) in their thorough review of bird-mediated dispersal of zooplankton states that "... studies of LDD in aquatic systems remain in their infancy". Recent studies addressing the role of waterfowl and shorebirds for seed dispersal confirm a strong potential of endozoochory over short to moderate (< 20 km) distances (Bartel et al, 2018), but also long-distance dispersal across Europe (Lovas-Kiss et al, 2018). While it could be argued that plant seeds have a higher likelihood of being ingested and dispersed than aquatic animals, also resting stages of zooplankton may withstand gut passage.…”
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“…Instead, species development in the lakes is dependent on dispersal sources, which include species growing in streams and lakes hydrologically connected to the new lake (Nilsson et al, 2010;Soons et al, 2017), and species growing in freshwater bodies within a suitable distance for transfer by foraging birds (Brochet et al, 2009;Lovas-Kiss et al, 2019). As some lakes are re-established on former lake beds, it is also possible that seeds or spores of macrophytes in the flooded soils might still be viable (Alderton et al, 2017).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%