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DOI | 10.1111/1365-2435.12791 |
Wind dispersal is predicted by tree, not diaspore, traits in comparisons of Neotropical species | |
Augspurger, Carol K.1; Franson, Susan E.2; Cushman, Katherine C.3 | |
发表日期 | 2017-04-01 |
ISSN | 0269-8463 |
卷号 | 31期号:4页码:808-820 |
英文摘要 | 1. The seed shadow created by wind dispersal around parent trees may be affected by functional traits, as well as wind conditions and surrounding vegetation. 2. This study of one mature tree each of 12 Neotropical species determined the extent to which species variation in diaspore traits vs. tree height and crop size explains (i) rate of diaspore descent in still air, (ii) distributions of diaspores dispersed from a 40-m tower in the forest, and (iii) natural seed shadows around the parent tree. 3. A model of diaspore wing-loading to a fitted power explained 669% of the variation among species in the geometric mean rate of descent in still air. For a subset of four species, expected dispersal distance was not correlated with actual dispersal distance from the forest tower. For a subset of seven species, variation in wing-loading(05) of individual diaspores explained 43% of the dispersal distance from the parent tree. 4. Measured seed shadows, particularly their distribution edges and area, differed significantly among the 12 species (range in maximum tree height 19-42m) and were best fit by 12 separate anisotropic dispersal kernels and surveyed fecundities. Measured mean distance was highly correlated with simulated distances from the kernels. 5. The best models, explaining 576% of the variation among species in shadow area, and 596, 616 and 617% of variation in mean, median and maximum distances, included maximum tree height, either alone or in combination with crop size, and not diaspore rate of descent. 6. Among 10 species, seed shadow area was not related to rank of seedling shade tolerance. In their highly skewed distributions, most seeds were much closer than the distance of greatest seedling recruitment and in very high density, thus enhancing later density- and/or distance-related seedling mortality. 7. Tree functional traits, rather than the historically emphasized diaspore traits, explain distance distributions of these wind-dispersed species. Additional exploration of diaspore abscission in relation to wind and the influence of wind patterns after release are needed. |
英文关键词 | crop size;dispersal kernel;functional traits;rate of descent;seed shadow;seedling recruitment;tree height;wing-loading |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000398543900002 |
来源期刊 | FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY |
来源机构 | 美国环保署 |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/59688 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Illinois, Dept Plant Biol, Urbana, IL 61801 USA; 2.US EPA, 26 W Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45268 USA; 3.Brown Univ, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, 80 Waterman St, Providence, RI 02912 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Augspurger, Carol K.,Franson, Susan E.,Cushman, Katherine C.. Wind dispersal is predicted by tree, not diaspore, traits in comparisons of Neotropical species[J]. 美国环保署,2017,31(4):808-820. |
APA | Augspurger, Carol K.,Franson, Susan E.,&Cushman, Katherine C..(2017).Wind dispersal is predicted by tree, not diaspore, traits in comparisons of Neotropical species.FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY,31(4),808-820. |
MLA | Augspurger, Carol K.,et al."Wind dispersal is predicted by tree, not diaspore, traits in comparisons of Neotropical species".FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 31.4(2017):808-820. |
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