Is bird poop important for addressing climate change? | Q&A with Dr. Carolina Bello

Let's talk animal seed dispersal! This process, where frugivorous animals consume fruits and excrete the seeds as they move across the landscape, is really important to establish plant seedlings elsewhere - and therefore also important to restore fragmented #forests.
Our postdoc Dr. Carolina Bello and a team of collaborators undertook research with bird data from the Atlantic Forest in Brazil to find out when animal seed dispersal can best contribute to forest restoration. Watch above to learn more about their findings!
Read the paper on the topic here: doi.org/10.1038/s41558-024-01...
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00:00 How do animals help restore the forest?
00:53 What is your latest study on forest restoration about?
01:36 Is bird poop important for addressing climate change?
02:18 What data did you use to study frugivory and forest restoration?
03:31 How does seed dispersal vary between different species?
04:19 Which birds are particularly important for forest restoration through seed dispersal?
05:39 What key insight have you gained about seed dispersal and forest restoration?
06:30 What can we do to facilitate more animal seed dispersal?
07:35 What are you going to study next?
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