Long-distance seed dispersal underpins gene flow, population dynamics and range shifts in plant communities worldwide. Mechanisms include wind‐driven transport, animal‐mediated movement, waterborne ...

Birds play a larger role in the dispersal of wild cotton than previously assumed. This is shown by a study in the journal Oikos, carried out in southern Africa. Researchers discovered that birds ...

From a plant’s point of view, birds are a mixed blessing. While some birds crush and destroy a plant’s flowers and seeds as they eat them (antagonism), others are very useful in dispersing plant seeds ...