Invasive plants have very important ecological and socioeconomic impacts. Producing and dispersing many viable seeds are key plant functional traits for invaders. Ungulate grazing plays an important role in the endozoochorous seed dispersal within grasslands and rangelands. Grazing can be applied as a practical and economical control method for plant invasions. We analyzed the effects of seed passage through the goat digestive system on the germination and viability for Sorghum halepense and Malva parviflora, common invasive species with contrasted propagules and seed traits. Both studied species produced seeds able to survive, in a small percentages (c. 0.80-1.70%), after being eaten by goats. Most of the seeds (c. 40-55%) of both species ...
Grazers ingest seeds of invasive forbs and may contribute to their spread by depositing viable seeds...
Background Vertebrate-mediated seed dispersal is probably the main long distance dispersal mode. Th...
Goatsrue is an introduced perennial plant that has proven to have great invasive potential, leading ...
Herbivores can play an important role as seed dispersal vectors, ungulates constituting potential se...
Goats can act as dispersal agents by consuming seed pods of woody plants and dispersing the seeds in...
Endozoochory is known as an important mechanism for the spread of weeds. We carried out experiments...
Abstract Seeds of eight plant species were fed to four penned goats on three separate occasions. The...
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. is ranked among the worst and extensively disseminated weed species. It...
Dispersal of endozoochorous seed involves uptake by a herbivore and exposure to different kinds of d...
This study examines the seedling emergence and fruiting success of plant species endozoochorously di...
Endozoochorous seed dispersal by large herbivores provides a possible aid for ecological restoratio...
Targeted grazing by sheep or goats is a potentially useful tool for suppressing the noxious weed sul...
The increasing rate of woody plant encroachment in grasslands or savannas remains a challenge to liv...
Plant invasions are a threat to rangelands in California. Understanding how seeds of invasive plants...
Prosopis juliflora is a small mesquite tree native to Central and South America, with invasive popula...
Grazers ingest seeds of invasive forbs and may contribute to their spread by depositing viable seeds...
Background Vertebrate-mediated seed dispersal is probably the main long distance dispersal mode. Th...
Goatsrue is an introduced perennial plant that has proven to have great invasive potential, leading ...
Herbivores can play an important role as seed dispersal vectors, ungulates constituting potential se...
Goats can act as dispersal agents by consuming seed pods of woody plants and dispersing the seeds in...
Endozoochory is known as an important mechanism for the spread of weeds. We carried out experiments...
Abstract Seeds of eight plant species were fed to four penned goats on three separate occasions. The...
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. is ranked among the worst and extensively disseminated weed species. It...
Dispersal of endozoochorous seed involves uptake by a herbivore and exposure to different kinds of d...
This study examines the seedling emergence and fruiting success of plant species endozoochorously di...
Endozoochorous seed dispersal by large herbivores provides a possible aid for ecological restoratio...
Targeted grazing by sheep or goats is a potentially useful tool for suppressing the noxious weed sul...
The increasing rate of woody plant encroachment in grasslands or savannas remains a challenge to liv...
Plant invasions are a threat to rangelands in California. Understanding how seeds of invasive plants...
Prosopis juliflora is a small mesquite tree native to Central and South America, with invasive popula...
Grazers ingest seeds of invasive forbs and may contribute to their spread by depositing viable seeds...
Background Vertebrate-mediated seed dispersal is probably the main long distance dispersal mode. Th...
Goatsrue is an introduced perennial plant that has proven to have great invasive potential, leading ...