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Published in 2017 at "Ecology and Evolution"
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3008
Abstract: Abstract Several North American trees are hypothesized to have lost their co‐evolved seed disperser during the late‐Pleistocene extinction and are therefore considered anachronistic. We tested this hypothesis for the American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) by studying…
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seed;
diospyros virginiana;
persimmon;
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Published in 2019 at "PLoS ONE"
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226551
Abstract: The widely accepted “endozoochory syndrome” is assigned to angiosperm diaspores with a fleshy, attractive tissue and implies the existence of adaptations for protection against digestion during gut passage. This syndrome has led diaspore fleshiness to…
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seed coat;
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