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Employing plant functional groups to advance seed dispersal ecology and conservation.
Aslan, Clare; Beckman, Noelle G; Rogers, Haldre S; Bronstein, Judie; Zurell, Damaris; Hartig, Florian; Shea, Katriona; Pejchar, Liba; Neubert, Mike; Poulsen, John; HilleRisLambers, Janneke; Miriti, Maria; Loiselle, Bette; Effiom, Edu; Zambrano, Jenny; Schupp, Geno; Pufal, Gesine; Johnson, Jeremy; Bullock, James M; Brodie, Jedediah; Bruna, Emilio; Cantrell, Robert Stephen; Decker, Robin; Fricke, Evan; Gurski, Katie; Hastings, Alan; Kogan, Oleg; Razafindratsima, Onja; Sandor, Manette; Schreiber, Sebastian; Snell, Rebecca; Strickland, Christopher; Zhou, Ying.
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  • Aslan C; Landscape Conservation Initiative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA.
  • Beckman NG; Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
  • Rogers HS; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
  • Bronstein J; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
  • Zurell D; Dynamic Macroecology, Landscape Dynamics, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zürcherstrasse, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.
  • Hartig F; Faculty of Biology and Pre-Clinical Medicine, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße, Regensburg, Germany.
  • Shea K; Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, 208 Mueller Laboratory, University Park, PA, USA.
  • Pejchar L; Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
  • Neubert M; Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA.
  • Poulsen J; Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, USA.
  • HilleRisLambers J; Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
  • Miriti M; Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
  • Loiselle B; Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
  • Effiom E; CRS Forestry Commission, Calabar, Nigeria.
  • Zambrano J; National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, 1 Park Place, Annapolis, MD, USA.
  • Schupp G; Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.
  • Pufal G; Naturschutz & Landschaftsökologie, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
  • Johnson J; Department of Geography, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
  • Bullock JM; Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, UK.
  • Brodie J; Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA.
  • Bruna E; Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
  • Cantrell RS; Department of Mathematics, University of Miami, 1365 Memorial Drive, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
  • Decker R; University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
  • Fricke E; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
  • Gurski K; Department of Mathematics, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA.
  • Hastings A; University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
  • Kogan O; Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA.
  • Razafindratsima O; Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA.
  • Sandor M; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
  • Schreiber S; University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
  • Snell R; Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.
  • Strickland C; Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
  • Zhou Y; Department of Mathematics, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, USA.
AoB Plants ; 11(2): plz006, 2019 Apr.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30895154
Seed dispersal enables plants to reach hospitable germination sites and escape natural enemies. Understanding when and how much seed dispersal matters to plant fitness is critical for understanding plant population and community dynamics. At the same time, the complexity of factors that determine if a seed will be successfully dispersed and subsequently develop into a reproductive plant is daunting. Quantifying all factors that may influence seed dispersal effectiveness for any potential seed-vector relationship would require an unrealistically large amount of time, materials and financial resources. On the other hand, being able to make dispersal predictions is critical for predicting whether single species and entire ecosystems will be resilient to global change. Building on current frameworks, we here posit that seed dispersal ecology should adopt plant functional groups as analytical units to reduce this complexity to manageable levels. Functional groups can be used to distinguish, for their constituent species, whether it matters (i) if seeds are dispersed, (ii) into what context they are dispersed and (iii) what vectors disperse them. To avoid overgeneralization, we propose that the utility of these functional groups may be assessed by generating predictions based on the groups and then testing those predictions against species-specific data. We suggest that data collection and analysis can then be guided by robust functional group definitions. Generalizing across similar species in this way could help us to better understand the population and community dynamics of plants and tackle the complexity of seed dispersal as well as its disruption.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: AoB Plants Año: 2019 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Idioma: En Revista: AoB Plants Año: 2019 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido