Seed‐dispersing vertebrates and the abiotic environment shape functional diversity of the pantropical Annonaceae
New Phytologist,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Апрель 9, 2025
Summary
Mutualistic
interactions
between
fruiting
plants
and
frugivorous
animals
are
shaped
by
interaction‐relevant
functional
traits.
However,
it
is
unclear
whether
‘trait
matching’
underlies
broad‐scale
relationships
in
plant
frugivore
species
their
diversity.
We
integrated
novel
trait
data
global
occurrences
for
c.
1900
a
major
tropical
family
(Annonaceae)
with
7607
bird
mammal
species,
including
1418
frugivores,
alongside
on
the
abiotic
environment.
applied
structural
equation
models
to
evaluate
direct
indirect
drivers
of
continental
variation
frugivory‐related
diversity
Annonaceae,
assessed
frugivory‐exclusive
through
comparisons
non‐frugivores.
show
that
Annonaceae
influenced
richness
(SRic)
matching
co‐occurring
mammals.
Frugivorous
birds
mammals
indirectly
at
scales
affecting
SRic.
found
climate,
elevation,
seed
dispersers
jointly
globally.
Our
results
suggest
dispersal
particularly
important
shaping
diversity,
possibly
mutualistic
co‐evolutionary
dynamics.
distinct
effects
frugivores
across
biogeographical
realms
biogeography
modulates
how
promote
Язык: Английский
Why plant diversity and distribution matter
New Phytologist,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
240(4), С. 1331 - 1336
Опубликована: Окт. 9, 2023
This
article
is
the
Editorial
for
Special
Collection
‘Global
plant
diversity
and
distribution’.
See
https://www.newphytologist.org/global-plant-diversity
more
details.
Язык: Английский
Genomic signatures of past megafrugivore‐mediated dispersal in Malagasy palms
Journal of Ecology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
112(7), С. 1583 - 1598
Опубликована: Май 27, 2024
Abstract
Seed
dispersal
affects
gene
flow
and
hence
genetic
differentiation
of
plant
populations.
During
the
Late
Quaternary,
most
fruit‐eating
seed‐dispersing
megafauna
went
extinct,
but
whether
these
animals
have
left
signatures
in
population
genetics
their
food
plants,
particularly
those
with
large,
‘megafaunal’
fruits
(i.e.
>4
cm—megafruits),
remains
unclear.
Here,
we
assessed
history,
recent
migration
among
populations
four
animal‐dispersed
palm
(Arecaceae)
species
large
(
Borassus
madagascariensis
),
medium‐sized
Hyphaene
coriacea
,
Bismarckia
nobilis
)
small
Chrysalidocarpus
on
Madagascar.
We
integrated
double‐digest
restriction‐site‐associated
DNA
sequencing
(ddRAD)
167
individuals
from
25
(past)
distribution
ranges
for
extinct
(e.g.,
giant
lemurs
elephant
birds)
extant
animals,
landscape
human
impact
data,
applied
linear
mixed‐effects
models
to
explore
drivers
variation
Malagasy
palms.
Palm
that
shared
more
megafrugivore
past
had
lower
than
fewer
species.
This
suggests
megafrugivore‐mediated
seed
may
led
frequent
In
comparison,
frugivore
diversity
only
decreased
small‐fruited
palm.
Furthermore,
all
connectivity
environmental
suitability,
forest
cover
river
density)
road
density),
while
rates
small‐fruit
increased
density.
Synthesis
.
Our
results
suggest
legacy
megafrugivores
regularly
achieving
long
distances
is
still
reflected
palms
were
formerly
dispersed
by
such
animals.
low
was
possibly
maintained
after
extinctions
through
alternative
(e.g.
human‐
or
river‐mediated),
generation
times
lifespans
megafruit
study
illustrates
how
interactions
happened
>1000
years
ago
can
leave
imprints
genetics.
Язык: Английский
Correlated evolution of dispersal traits and habitat preference in the melicgrasses
American Journal of Botany,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Сен. 18, 2024
Seed
dispersal
is
a
critical
process
impacting
individual
plants
and
their
communities.
Plants
have
evolved
numerous
strategies
structures
to
disperse
seeds,
but
the
evolutionary
drivers
of
this
diversity
remain
poorly
understood
in
most
lineages.
We
tested
hypothesis
that
evolution
wind
traits
within
melicgrasses
(Poaceae:
Meliceae
Link
ex
Endl.)
was
correlated
with
occupation
open
disturbed
habitats.
Язык: Английский