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Potential for endozoochorous seed dispersal by sheep and goats : Risk of weed seed transport via animal faeces

Oveisi, Mostafa ; Ojaghi, Ahmad ; Rahimian Mashhadi, Hamid ; Müller‐Schärer, Heinz ; Reza Yazdi, Kamran ; Pourmorad Kaleibar, Behnaz ; Soltani, Elias

In: Weed Research, 2021, vol. 61, no. 1, p. 1-12

Endozoochory is known as an important mechanism for the spread of weeds. We carried out experiments to assess the fate of seeds of several weed species (Convolvulus arvensis, Cuscuta campestris, Rumex crispus, Hordeum spontaneum and Sorghum halepense) after passing through the gut of sheep and goat. Eighteen animals of both sheep and goat received diet mixed with seeds of the weed species or ...