Abstract
Papers in this section discuss the fates of seeds once they have been voided, regurgitated, or dropped by dispersal agents. The fate of the vast majority of these seeds, of course, will be death without giving rise to a seedling; only a miniscule fraction of the seeds produced by individuals or populations give rise to reproductive plants. To the extent that this unlikely survivorship is non-random with respect to maternal or paternal genotypes, dispersal can play an important role in the evolution of fruiting (and flowering) strategies.
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Estrada, A., Fleming, T.H. (1986). Introduction. In: Estrada, A., Fleming, T.H. (eds) Frugivores and seed dispersal. Tasks for vegetation science, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4812-9_16
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