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26/08/2024 | Scientific promotion

Frugivorous birds optimize fruit selection under stressful environmental conditions
[caption id="attachment_13680" align="alignleft" width="300"] The decision of which fruits to eat depends on the geographic location of bird populations, such as this Hooded Mountain-Toucan (Photo: Michael Blendinger). This information is relevant in the current scenario of global climate change, which drive many...

12/07/2021 | Scientific promotion

Native tree seed dispersal is favoured by the presence of invasive exotic plants that bear fruit at the same time
In a study carried out in the mountains in central Argentina (Vergara-Tabares DL, Blendinger PG, Tello A, Peluc SI, Tecco PA; Fleshy-fruited invasive shrubs indirectly increase native tree seed dispersal; Oikos https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/oik.08311), we found that the fruiting of invasive exotic shrubs (different Pyracantha...