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A highly resolved nuclear phylogeny uncovers strong phylogenetic conservatism and correlated evolution of fruit color and size in Solanum L by Messeder, João Vitor S., Carlo, Tomás A., Zhang, Guojin, Tovar, Juan David, Arana, César, Huang, Jie, Huang, Chien‐Hsun, Ma, Hong

“…Summary Mutualisms between plants and fruit‐eating animals were key to the radiation of angiosperms. Still, phylogenetic uncertainties limit our understanding…”
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Can network metrics predict vulnerability and species roles in bird‐dispersed plant communities? Not without behaviour by Morán‐López, Teresa, Espíndola, Walter D., Vizzachero, Benjamin S., Fontanella, Antonio, Salinas, Letty, Arana, César, Amico, Guillermo, Pizo, Marco A., Carlo, Tomás A., Morales, Juan M., Irwin, Rebecca

“…Network metrics are widely used to infer the roles of mutualistic animals in plant communities and to predict the effect of species' loss. However, their…”
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Where do seeds go when they go far? Distance and directionality of avian seed dispersal in heterogeneous landscapes by Carlo, Tomás A, García, Daniel, Martínez, Daniel, Gleditsch, Jason M, Morales, Juan M

“…Seed dispersal at large scales strongly influences plant population dynamics. Still, ecologists have rarely measured seed dispersal at relevant scales, and the…”
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Neighborhood effects on seed dispersal by frugivores: testing theory with a mistletoe-marsupial system in Patagonia by Morales, Juan Manuel, Rivarola, María Daniela, Amico, Guillermo, Carlo, Tomás A

“…The outcome of the dispersal process in zoochorous plants is largely determined by the behavior of frugivorous animals. Recent simulation studies have found…”
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Using Plant–Animal Interactions to Inform Tree Selection in Tree-Based Agroecosystems for Enhanced Biodiversity by PETERS, VALERIE E., CARLO, TOMÁS A., MELLO, MARCO A. R., RICE, ROBERT A., TALLAMY, DOUG W., CAUDILL, S. AMANDA, FLEMING, THEODORE H.

“…The Neotropical region harbors the world’s most diverse terrestrial plant communities. A key component of this diversity is a range of plant–animal…”
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Decoding Darwin’s puzzle: avian dispersal of mimetic seeds by Pizo, Marco A., Fontanella, Antonio B. A., Canassa, Guilherme, Espíndola, Walter D., Gussoni, Carlos O. A., de C. Guaraldo, André, Carlo, Tomás A.

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Effects of latitude and plant relative abundance on predispersal granivory by Boyer, Brady W., Morán‐López, Teresa, Amico, Guillermo, Arana, César, Espíndola, Walter D., Caraballo‐Ortiz, Marcos A., Morales, Juan M., Carlo, Tomás A.

“…We examined predispersal granivory in common and rare bird‐dispersed plants in two tropical and two temperate communities. Our results show that the prevalence…”
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Dissecting the contributions of dispersal and host properties to the local abundance of a tropical mistletoe by Caraballo-Ortiz, Marcos A., González-Castro, Aarón, Yang, Suann, dePamphilis, Claude W., Carlo, Tomás A.

“…1. The interplay between dispersal and adaptation to local environments ultimately determines the distribution of plant species, but their relative…”
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Generalist birds promote tropical forest regeneration and increase plant diversity via rare-biased seed dispersal by Carlo, Tomás A., Morales, Juan M.

“…Regenerated forests now compose over half of the world's tropical forest cover and are increasingly important as providers of ecosystem services, freshwater,…”
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A Field Test of the Directed Deterrence Hypothesis in Two Species of Wild Chili by Levey, Douglas J., Tewksbury, Joshua J., Cipollini, Martin L., Carlo, Tomás A.

“…The directed deterrence hypothesis posits that secondary metabolites in ripe fruit function to deter fruit consumption by vertebrates that do not disperse…”
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Seabird guano inputs increase impacts from introduced mammals on the native plants and animals of an oceanic island by Espíndola, Walter D., Carlo, Tomás A.

“…Seabirds create fluxes of nutrients from marine to terrestrial ecosystems that influence the food webs of small islands. We investigated how guano inputs shape…”
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Inequalities in fruit-removal and seed dispersal: consequences of bird behaviour, neighbourhood density and landscape aggregation by Carlo, Tomás A., Morales, Juan M.

“…1. Frugivores disperse the seeds of the majority of woody plant species world-wide. Thus, insights on how frugivores influence the dispersal of plants and the…”
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Directness and tempo of avian seed dispersal increases emergence of wild chiltepins in desert grasslands by Carlo, Tomás A., Tewksbury, Joshua J.

“…1. Seed dispersal is thought to be unpredictable and outside a plant's control. But directed seed dispersal by mutualistic birds can increase probabilities of…”
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Fruit quantity of invasive shrubs predicts the abundance of common native avian frugivores in central Pennsylvania by Gleditsch, Jason M., Carlo, Tomás A.

“…Aim Biological invasions pose one of the most severe threats to global biodiversity. Still, invasions can create positive ecological relationships and…”
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Enhanced heat tolerance of viral-infected aphids leads to niche expansion and reduced interspecific competition by Porras, Mitzy F., Navas, Carlos A., Marden, James H., Mescher, Mark C., De Moraes, Consuelo M., Pincebourde, Sylvain, Sandoval-Mojica, Andrés, Raygoza-Garay, Juan A., Holguin, German A., Rajotte, Edwin G., Carlo, Tomás A.

“…Vector-borne pathogens are known to alter the phenotypes of their primary hosts and vectors, with implications for disease transmission as well as ecology…”
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Fruit traits of pioneer trees structure seed dispersal across distances on tropical deforested landscapes: Implications for restoration by Camargo, Paulo H. S. A., Pizo, Marco A., Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Carlo, Tomás A., Hampe, Arndt

“…Pioneer trees with fleshy fruits are typically planted in restoration projects to attract frugivores as a mean to increase dispersal and accelerate forest…”
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Connectivity from a different perspective: comparing seed dispersal kernels in connected vs. unfragmented landscapes by Herrmann, John D., Carlo, Tomás A., Brudvig, Lars A., Damschen, Ellen I., Haddad, Nick M., Levey, Douglas J., Orrock, John L., Tewksbury, Joshua J.

“…Habitat fragmentation can create significant impediments to dispersal. A technique to increase dispersal between otherwise isolated fragments is the use of…”
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How does avian seed dispersal shape the structure of early successional tropical forests? by González‐Castro, Aarón, Yang, Suann, Carlo, Tomás A., Schleuning, Matthias

“…Frugivores shape plant communities via seed dispersal of fleshy‐fruited plant species. However, the structural characteristics that frugivores impart to plant…”
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Living with aliens: effects of invasive shrub honeysuckles on avian nesting by Gleditsch, Jason M, Carlo, Tomás A

“…Invasive species have come to the forefront of conservation biology as a major threat to native biodiversity. Habitats dominated by shrub honeysuckles…”
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Frugivore diversity increases evenness in the seed rain on deforested tropical landscapes by Camargo, Paulo H. S. A., Carlo, Tomás A., Brancalion, Pedro H. S., Pizo, Marco A.

“…The diversity of tropical forests is strongly shaped by mutualistic interactions involving plants and frugivores that disperse their seeds. However, it is…”
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