Long distance plant dispersal by birds

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Long distance plant dispersal by birds

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A study of migrating shorebirds has shown they can disperse nonvascular plants (e.g. mosses, liverworts) and fungi from the Arctic to the Southern Hemisphere.

https://peerj.com/articles/424/