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Journal Article
Source effects determine hydrochorous seed dispersal of ancient forest plants
2024
Overview
Plant species of ancient forests tend to be poor dispersers, but recent field studies suggest that dispersal may be strongly accelerated in streams. To further test this idea, we addressed the following two questions: (1) which traits facilitate transport and deposition of seeds by streams? (2) do ancient forest species differ from other forest species with respect to these traits?. In the Boven Slinge, a forested lowland stream in the Netherlands, we measured seed transport and deposition and analysed which traits best explained this. We subsequently compared ancient forest species with other forest species with respect to these key traits. Our field measurements indicated that stream dispersal is determined by both source- and path-related processes. Significance of upstream population size, seed production and seed release period mirrored source effects, whereas significance of buoyancy and seed mass indicated that the path, i.e. stream transport and deposition, further constrains the number of species that can be dispersed by streams. Compared to other forest species, ancient forest species do not differ with respect to seed release period, buoyancy and seed mass, but at a given plant height, ancient forest species produce less seeds than other forest species. This may reflect an adaptation to their relatively stable habitat which comes at the expense of (stream) dispersal capacity. In conclusion, ancient forest plants are just as well equipped for stream dispersal as other forest species, but success will critically depend on upstream population size, given their low per plant seed production.
Publisher
Springer Netherlands,Springer,Springer Nature B.V
Subject
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Buoyancy
/ Community & Population Ecology
/ Ecology
/ Forests
/ habitats
/ Seeds
/ Species
/ streams
/ Upstream
