dc.creator | Rehling, Finn | es |
dc.creator | Jaroszewicz, Bogdan | es |
dc.creator | Braasch, Leonie Victoria | es |
dc.creator | Albrecht, Jörg | es |
dc.creator | Jordano Barbudo, Pedro D. | es |
dc.creator | Schlautmann, Jan | es |
dc.creator | Farwig, Nina | es |
dc.creator | Schabo, Dana G. | es |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-17T15:52:08Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-04-17T15:52:08Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Rehling, F., Jaroszewicz, B., Braasch, L.V., Albrecht, J., Jordano Barbudo, P.D., Schlautmann, J.,...,Schabo, D.G. (2021). Within-Species Trait Variation Can Lead to Size Limitations in Seed Dispersal of Small-Fruited Plants. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.698885. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2296-701X | es |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/144526 | |
dc.description.abstract | The inability of small-gaped animals to consume very large fruits may limit seed dispersal
of the respective plants. This has often been shown for large-fruited plant species that
remain poorly dispersed when large-gaped animal species are lost due to anthropogenic
pressure. Little is known about whether gape-size limitations similarly influence seed
dispersal of small-fruited plant species that can show a large variation in fruit size within
species. In this study, fruit sizes of 15 plant species were compared with the gape sizes
of their 41 animal dispersers in the temperate, old-growth Białowieza Forest, Poland. ˙
The effect of gape-size limitations on fruit consumption was assessed at the plant
species level, and for a subset of nine plant species, also at the individual level, and
subindividual level (i.e., fruits of the same plant individual). In addition, for the species
subset, fruit-seed trait relationships were investigated to determine whether a restricted
access of small-gaped animals to large fruits results in the dispersal of fewer or smaller
seeds per fruit. Fruit sizes widely varied among plant species (74.2%), considerably
at the subindividual level (17.1%), and to the smallest extent among plant individuals
(8.7%). Key disperser species should be able to consume fruits of all plant species and
all individuals (except those of the largest-fruited plant species), even if they are able to
consume only 28-55% of available fruits. Fruit and seed traits were positively correlated
in eight out of nine plant species, indicating that gape size limitations will result in 49%
fewer (in one) or 16–21% smaller seeds (in three plant species) dispersed per fruit by
small-gaped than by large-gaped main dispersers, respectively. Our results show that a
large subindividual variation in fruit size is characteristic for small-fruited plant species,
and increases their connectedness with frugivores at the level of plants species and
individuals. Simultaneously, however, the large variation in fruit size leads to gape-size
limitations that may induce selective pressures on fruit size if large-gaped dispersers
become extinct. This study emphasizes the mechanisms by which gape-size limitation
at the species, individual and subindividual level shape plant-frugivore interactions and
the co-evolution of small-fruited plants. | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | German Research Foundation FA925/10-1, 10-2, BE 6041/1-1, SCHA 2085/1-2 | es |
dc.format | application/pdf | es |
dc.format.extent | 14 p. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. | es |
dc.relation.ispartof | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. | |
dc.rights | Atribución 4.0 Internacional | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Gape-size limitation | es |
dc.subject | Phenotypic variation | es |
dc.subject | Seed mass and number | es |
dc.subject | Seed dispersal mutualism | es |
dc.subject | Trait matching | es |
dc.subject | Fruit selection | es |
dc.subject | Frugivores | es |
dc.subject | Intraindividual variability (IIV) | es |
dc.title | Within-Species Trait Variation Can Lead to Size Limitations in Seed Dispersal of Small-Fruited Plants | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dcterms.identifier | https://ror.org/03yxnpp24 | |
dc.type.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | es |
dc.rights.accessRights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.contributor.affiliation | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología | es |
dc.relation.projectID | FA925/10-1, 10-2 | es |
dc.relation.projectID | BE 6041/1-1 | es |
dc.relation.projectID | SCHA 2085/1-2 | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.698885 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3389/fevo.2021.698885 | es |
dc.journaltitle | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | es |
dc.publication.volumen | 9 | es |
dc.contributor.funder | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft / German Research Foundation (DFG) | es |