🔤 Zoochore ✨

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📚noun

zoochore

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DEFINITION

a plant whose seeds or fruits are dispersed by animals

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Many fleshy fruited plants are zoochores because birds and mammals consume their fruits and later deposit the undigested seeds in distant locations. The ecologist studied various zoochore species to understand how animal movement patterns influence forest regeneration and plant community composition over time. Berries of certain zoochore shrubs evolved bright colors and sweet flavors specifically to attract frugivorous animals that aid in their seed dispersal. Researchers tracked seed dispersal distances of zoochore plants by observing how far monkeys traveled before dropping seeds in the tropical rainforest canopy. The decline of large fruit eating animals threatens many zoochore species because their seeds no longer reach suitable germination sites across fragmented habitats.

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animal dispersed plant

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anemochore