Trait-Based Selection of Seeds Ingested and Dispersed by North American Waterfowl
There are few studies on the extent to which waterfowl select plant food compared with what is available in wetland ecosystems. We used a new dataset on the presence of seeds in the alimentary canal or feces to identify flowering plant species whose seeds are ingested by North American ducks or gees...
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| Main Authors: | Bia A. Almeida, Mihai Costea, Giliandro G. Silva, Leonardo Maltchik, Susan E. W. De La Cruz, John Y. Takekawa, Andy J. Green |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Plants |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/14/13/1964 |
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