New database unveils the role of Asian hornbills as forest seed dispersers

Mongabay
May 15, 2024, 11:36 am697 ptsHot
Biologists have long known hornbills are supreme long-distance seed dispersers. The iconic forest birds are capable of transporting tree seeds over vast distances — up to 10 kilometers, or 6 miles, for some species. In so doing, they distribute tree populations across increasingly fragmented tropical forest…

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