Publications by authors named "Sara Beatriz Mendes"
Climate change is forcing species to shift their distribution ranges. Animal seed dispersers might be particularly important in assisting plants tracking suitable climates to higher elevations. However, this role is still poorly understood due to a lack of comprehensive multi-guild datasets along elevational gradients.
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- - Seed dispersal is vital for the survival of ecosystems, particularly in fragmented areas like Europe, but ongoing loss of animals might jeopardize this process.
- - A comprehensive review was conducted to construct a seed dispersal network across Europe and assess the conservation status of species involved, using IUCN data.
- - The findings indicate that one-third of disperser species are at risk of extinction, with 30% of plant species relying on those dispersers facing threats, revealing a significant seed dispersal crisis in Europe that requires immediate attention.
Habitat loss is currently a major threat to biodiversity, affecting species interactions, such as plant-pollinator interactions. This is particularly important in self-incompatible plants relying on pollinators to reproduce and sustain their populations. Here, we evaluated how habitat loss affects the pollination system, plant individual-pollinator species interaction network, and plant reproductive fitness of the self-incompatible Jasione maritima var.
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