Dispersers and environment drive global variation in fruit colour syndromes

Sinnott‐Armstrong, Miranda; Donoghue, Michael J.; Jetz, Walter

doi:10.1111/ele.13753

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“…They were tall but not dominant in the community, mainly Lauraceae species, non-catkins, producing several times larger but less numerous seeds than the PB I of Moraceae plants (data from [56]), with purple-black fruits preferred by the bird species b2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, and 13 as shown in Figure 2. The divergence of fruit color is different from PB I consistent with the hypothesis of fruit color as a disperser syndrome [57], explaining the aggregation of birds in the PB II in Figure 2.…”

Section: The Aggregation Of Plant-bird Into Taxasupporting

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The Synergy of Patterns vs. Processes at Community Level: A Key Linkage for Subtropical Native Forests along the Urban Riparian Zone

Wang

Shi

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Forests

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Riparian zones possesses unique ecological position with biota differing from aquatic body and terrestrial lands, and plant–animal coevolution through a propagule-dispersal process may be the main factor for the framework of riparian vegetation was proposed. In the current study, the riparian forests and avifauna along with three subtropical mountainous riparian belts of Chongqing, China, were investigated, and multivariate analysis technique was adopted to examine the associations among the plants’ and birds’ species. The results show that: (1) the forest species’ composition and vertical layers are dominated by native catkins of Moraceae species, which have the reproductive traits with small and numerous propagules facilitating by frugivorous bird species, revealing an evolutionary trend different from the one in the terrestrial plant climax communities in the subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests. The traits may provide a biological base for the plant–bird coevolution; (2) there are significant associations of plant–bird species clusters, i.e., four plant–bird coevolution groups (PBs) were divided out according to the plant species’ dominance and growth form relating to the fruit-dispersing birds’ abundance; (3) the correlation intensity within a PB ranks as PB I > II > IV > III, indicating the PB I is the leading type of coevolution mainly shaped by the dominant plant species of Moraceae; (4) the PB correlation may be a key node between patterns vs. process of a riparian ecosystem responsible for the riparian native vegetation, or even the ecosystem health. Our results contribute understanding the plant–animal coevolution interpreting the forests’ structures in riparian environments. The results may also be used by urban planner and managers to simulate the patterns for restoring a more stable riparian biota, a better functioning ecosystem in subtropical zone.

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Section: The Aggregation Of Plant-bird Into Taxasupporting

confidence: 77%

The Synergy of Patterns vs. Processes at Community Level: A Key Linkage for Subtropical Native Forests along the Urban Riparian Zone

Wang

Shi

et al. 2022

Forests

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“…In addition to climatic constraints, global geographic variation in the size, foraging strategy and other functional attributes of vertebrate seed dispersers (Corlett & Primack, 2011) may generate spatial variation in selective pressure on, and ecological sorting of fruiting plant species. This process may in turn lead to trait matching between fruits and frugivores among size‐related or other traits (Kissling, 2017; Mack, 1993; Sinnott‐Armstrong et al, 2021). Testing this idea‐ hereafter the vertebrate biogeography hypothesis‐ requires quantifying traits, and trait matching across many biogeographic realms and a range of latitudes.…”

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Global plant‐frugivore trait matching is shaped by climate and biogeographic history

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Species interactions are important for structuring local communities and influence ecosystem function (Bertness & Callaway, 1994;Callaway et al., 2002;Tilman, 1982), but whether and how these interactions scale up to create global diversity patterns is currently debated. For example, Schemske et al. (2009) suggested that a gradient in the strength of species interactions is one cause of the latitudinal diversity gradient. This hypothesis has

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“…Wright et al, 2004;Kattge et al, 2011;Díaz et al, 2016), have allowed many traitenvironment correlation hypotheses to be tested at a global scale and in an explicitly evolutionary framework (e.g. Moles 2018;Bruelheide et al, 2018;Sinnott-Armstrong et al, 2021). The use of broader datasets in terms of both taxonomic and geographic scope is important because defining rules requires generalizations that work for as many lineages as possible, and quantifying that is only possible when data from many plant groups are combined in a single analytical framework.…”

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Discovering the rules of plant biogeography using a trait-based approach

Vasconcelos¹

2022

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Lineage-specific traits determine how plants interact with their surrounding environment. As different species may find similar phenotypic solutions through evolution to tolerate, persist in and invade environments with certain characteristics, some traits may become more common in certain types of habitats. These general patterns of geographical trait distribution point towards the existence of some rules in how plants diversify in space over time. Trait-environment correlation analyses are ways to discover general rules in plant biogeography by quantifying to what extent unrelated lineages have similar evolutionary responses to a given type of habitat. In this synthesis, I give a short historical overview on trait-environment correlation analyses, from some key observations from classic naturalists to modern approaches using trait evolution models, large phylogenies, and massive datasets of traits and distributions. I discuss some limitations of modern approaches, including the need for more realistic models, the lack of data from tropical areas, and the necessary focus on trait scoring that goes beyond macro-morphology. Overcoming these limitations will allow the field to explore new questions related to trait lability and niche evolution and to better set apart rules and exceptions in how plants diversify in space over time.

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Dispersers and environment drive global variation in fruit colour syndromes

Cited by 30 publications

References 98 publications

The Synergy of Patterns vs. Processes at Community Level: A Key Linkage for Subtropical Native Forests along the Urban Riparian Zone

The Synergy of Patterns vs. Processes at Community Level: A Key Linkage for Subtropical Native Forests along the Urban Riparian Zone

Global plant‐frugivore trait matching is shaped by climate and biogeographic history

Discovering the rules of plant biogeography using a trait-based approach

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