Flying foxes create extensive seed shadows and enhance germination success of pioneer plant species in deforested Madagascan landscapes

• Ryszard Oleksy,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Luca Giuggioli,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Thomas J. McKetterick,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Engineering Mathematics, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• Paul A. Racey,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Ecology and Conservation, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Cornwall campus, Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom

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• Gareth Jones

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: gareth.jones@bristol.ac.uk

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1904-3735

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