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ArticleeLife2022

Earliest evidence for fruit consumption and potential seed dispersal by birds.

Han Hu, Yan Wang, Paul G McDonald, Stephen Wroe, Jingmai K O'Connor, Alexander Bjarnason, Joseph J Bevitt, Xuwei Yin, Xiaoting Zheng, Zhonghe Zhou and 1 more

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Article in eLife, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Han HuDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-5926-7306
Yan WangInstitute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University, Linyi, China.
Paul G McDonaldZoology Division, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.
Stephen WroeZoology Division, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.
Jingmai K O'ConnorField Museum of Natural History, Chicago, United States.
Alexander BjarnasonDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Joseph J BevittAustralian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Sydney, Australia.
Xuwei YinShandong Tianyu Museum of Nature, Linyi, China.
Xiaoting ZhengInstitute of Geology and Paleontology, Linyi University, Linyi, China.
Zhonghe ZhouKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Roger B J BensonDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Early Cretaceous diversification of birds was a major event in the history of terrestrial ecosystems, occurring during the earliest phase of the Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution, long before the origin of the bird crown-group. Frugivorous birds play an important role in seed dispersal today. However, evidence of fruit consumption in early birds from outside the crown-group has been lacking.

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Seed DispersalEcosystemFeeding BehaviorFruitSeedsbird–plant interactionsdietEarly Cretaceousecologyevolutionary biologyJehol BiotaJeholornis

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PMID35971758
PMCPMC9381037

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