Some plants have evolved delicious fruits to entice animals and birds into dispersing their seeds. But the seeds' dormancy and germinability are affected by which bird they pass through.
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Moore, P. The guts of seed dispersal. Nature 414, 406–407 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35106677
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