Internal dispersal of seeds by waterfowl: Effect of seed size on gut passage time and germination patterns

Agriculture & Biology

• waterfowl 77%
• seed size 71%
• seed dispersal 69%
• digestive system 52%
• germination 45%
• seeds 33%
• Scirpus 28%
• birds 11%
• Schoenoplectus lacustris 11%
• seed germination 11%
• ingestion 10%
• vertebrates 9%
• Stuckenia pectinata 9%
• seed morphology 8%
• water birds 7%
• aquatic plants 7%
• plant establishment 6%
• intraspecific variation 6%
• ducks 6%
• community structure 6%
• gene flow 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• seed size 100%
• waterfowl 80%
• germination 73%
• seed 55%
• effect 14%
• vertebrate 9%
• bird 8%
• seedling establishment 6%
• intraspecific variation 6%
• aquatic plant 5%
• gene flow 5%
• bird species 5%
• flow structure 5%