Artículo
Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery
Autor/es | Qiu, Tong
Andrus, Robert Aravena, Marie Claire Ascoli, Davide Bergeron, Yves Berretti, Roberta Berveiller, Daniel Rodríguez Sánchez, Francisco Zimmerman, Jess K. |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología |
Fecha de publicación | 2022 |
Fecha de depósito | 2022-09-22 |
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Resumen | The relationships that control seed production in trees are fundamental to understanding the evolution of forest species and their capacity to recover from increasing losses to drought, fire, and harvest. A synthesis of ... The relationships that control seed production in trees are fundamental to understanding the evolution of forest species and their capacity to recover from increasing losses to drought, fire, and harvest. A synthesis of fecundity data from 714 species worldwide allowed us to examine hypotheses that are central to quantifying reproduction, a foundation for assessing fitness in forest trees. Four major findings emerged. First, seed production is not constrained by a strict trade-off between seed size and numbers. Instead, seed numbers vary over ten orders of magnitude, with species that invest in large seeds producing more seeds than expected from the 1:1 trade-off. Second, gymnosperms have lower seed production than angiosperms, potentially due to their extra investments in protective woody cones. Third, nutrient-demanding species, indicated by high foliar phosphorus concentrations, have low seed production. Finally, sensitivity of individual species to soil fertility varies widely, limiting the response of community seed production to fertility gradients. In combination, these findings can inform models of forest response that need to incorporate reproductive potential. |
Agencias financiadoras | Belmont Forum NASA Programme d’Investissement d’Avenir National Science Foundation (NSF). United States Polish National Science Foundation Polish National Science Centre Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange |
Identificador del proyecto | 1854976
AIST16-0052 AIST18-0063 18-MPGA-0004 DEB-1754443 DEB 0963447 LTREB 11222325 LTREB 1754647 LTER DEB-1440409 2019/33/B/NZ8/0134 2019/35/D/NZ8/ 00050 PPN/BEK/ 2020/1/00009/U/00001 |
Cita | Qiu, T., Andrus, R., Aravena, M.C., Ascoli, D., Bergeron, Y., Berretti, R.,...,Zimmerman, J.K. (2022). Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery. Nature Communications, 13 (1), 2381. |
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