Gut passage had little effect on germination and plant establishment, while the faecal matrix mainly had a negative effect. This suggests that dispersal effectiveness can be high after endozoochory, but especially when faeces disintegrate, as when egested into water or disaggregated on land.

Here we investigated the effects of passage through the mallard gut and subsequent sowing within mallard faeces on germination, plant growth, plant biomass and plant reproduction using two wetland plants commonly dispersed by waterbirds in Europe: Eleocharis palustris and Juncus bufonius agg.

The second chapter of my thesis is finally out on @annbot.bsky.social 🦆💩🌱🪴
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Spatiotemporal differences in plastic biovectoring among three sympatric waterbirds | www.sciencedirect.co... | Environmental Research | #ornithology 🪶

#EBDSeminars 📢 Today, we’re hosting two PhD projects presentations: one on the effects of fire on Mediterranean ant communities and another on the diversity of the Sonchus asper taxonomic complex.

Don't miss it!

📅 Thursday, February 13th | 🕐 13:00 CET

💜 💪🏽Todas hacemos ciencia

En la @ebdonana.bsky.social, mujeres investigadoras, técnicas, administrativas y compañeras del servicio de limpieza, con su esfuerzo y dedicación, hacen posible que la ciencia avance y funcione con excelencia. Sin su trabajo, nada sería posible.

Hoy celebramos el #11F

We are using white stork pellets to quantify dispersal of seeds in Andalusia in our #Waterzoo project, as well as biovectoring of plastics #GuanoPlastic. PhD work for @juliancap.bsky.social @iciarjimenez.bsky.social and also Manu

No. What happens in Doñana DOES NOT STAY in Doñana.

After more than two years of work, we’ve published an article demonstrating that the poor condition of Doñana negatively affects waterbirds across the ENTIRE continent!

Thread below! 🧵
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Paper alert 🚨📣🧫

Here we study the potential role of #gulls using wastewater as dispersers of #AMR in the environment! #seabirds #OneHealth 👇

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