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Global geographic patterns in the colours and sizes of animal dispersed fruits

Fruit colours attract animal seed dispersers, yet the causes of fruit colour diversity remain controversial. The lack of knowledge of large?scale spatial patterns in fruit colours has limited our...

The juvenile dispersal distances of the Spanish imperial eagle

The distribution of juvenile dispersal distances of a territorial long-lived species with deferred maturity, the Spanish imperial eagle, was investigated. A reintroduction program was used as an...

Vertical transmission in feather mites

The consequences of symbiont transmission strategies are better understood than their adaptive causes. Feather mites are permanent ectosymbionts of birds assumed to transmit mainly vertically and...