Seed dispersal by white-tailed deer: implications for long-distance dispersal, invasion, and migration of plants
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...…there are several reports of dispersion of invasive plant species by livestock (Campbell and Gibson, 2001; Constible et al., 2005) and wild mammals (Myers et al., 2004; Shiponeni and Milton, 2006) in anthropogenic and natural ecosystems worldwide, it is not known whether dung beetles play a role…...
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..., 2005) and wild mammals (Myers et al., 2004; Shiponeni and Milton, 2006) in anthropogenic and natural ecosystems worldwide, it is not known whether dung beetles play a role in the seedling establishment and success of invasive plants....
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...Deer and other small mammals may transport large numbers of NIPS between disturbance corridors and from suburban landscapes into forest interiors (Vellend, 2002; Meyers et al., 2004; Williams & Ward, 2006)....
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...It is possible deer have helped facilitate the escape of some plants from cultivation: 14 of the species we found are both cultivated and escaped in northeast USA ( Gleason and Cronquist 1991; Uva et al. 1997), including the garden flower Portulaca grandiflora (with small seeds that simply fall from the capsule), which has only recently become naturalized in the local flora (F.R....
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...Nomenclature follows Gleason and Cronquist (1991) ...
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...primarily by water (Mal et al. 1992): white-tailed deer provide a means of upstream spread and overland dispersal to new watersheds....
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