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synzoochory
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bird behaviour
- In fruit: Animal dispersal
Synzoochory, deliberate carrying of diaspores by animals, is practiced when birds carry diaspores in their beaks. The European mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus) deposits the viscid seeds of mistletoe (Viscum album) on potential host plants when, after a meal of the berries, it whets its bill…
Read More - In seed: Dispersal by birds
Synzoochory, deliberate carrying of diaspores by animals, is practiced when birds carry seeds and diaspores in their beaks. The European mistle thrush, Turdus viscivorus, deposits the viscid seeds of European mistletoe (Viscum album) on potential host plants when, after a meal of the berries, it…
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