Unveiling human impacts on pollinators and pollination in the urbanization era

CHEN, Si‐Chong; HU, Zhi‐An; DAI, Can

doi:10.1111/1749-4877.12760

Integr. Zool.

2023

DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12760

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Unveiling human impacts on pollinators and pollination in the urbanization era

Si‐Chong CHEN,

Zhi‐An HU,

Can DAI

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Importance of plant and fruit traits on the structure of bird seed dispersal networks in different disturbed habitats

WANG,

TAI,

ZHANG

et al. 2024

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Species functional traits can influence seed dispersal processes and consequently affect species' role in the mutualistic network. Although the effect of animal traits on the structure of the seed dispersal network is well explored, it remains poorly understood how plant and fruit traits contribute to the structure. We here studied the effects of plant and fruit traits on the structure of bird seed dispersal networks across different disturbed habitats in the Meihua Mountain National Nature Reserve, Southeastern China. During the study period, 16, 20, 13, and 15 bird species were recorded foraging on 10, 11, 12, and 8 plant species, resulting in 511, 312, 265, and 201 foraging events in the protected forest, natural forest, village, and bamboo forest, respectively. The composition of these seed dispersal networks is not primarily influenced by a specific group of bulbul species, but rather by the presence of an endangered plant species, Taxus chinensis. As we expected, the structure of the four networks was different among the four disturbed habitats. Furthermore, our results also showed tree height and canopy density were the most important plant traits for structuring the seed dispersal network, while sugar, amylase, dry matter, and alkaloids were identified as significant fruit traits. Overall, our findings highlight the value of integrating trait‐based ecology into the framework of the seed dispersal network and provide new insights for mutualistic network conservation in disturbed habitats.

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Importance of plant and fruit traits on the structure of bird seed dispersal networks in different disturbed habitats

WANG,

TAI,

ZHANG

et al. 2024

Integr. Zool.

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Unveiling human impacts on pollinators and pollination in the urbanization era

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Importance of plant and fruit traits on the structure of bird seed dispersal networks in different disturbed habitats

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