Space, time and complexity in plant dispersal ecology
2014
Robledo-Arnuncio, Juan José | Klein, Etienne, E. | Muller-Landau, Hélène C. | Santamaria, Luis | Department of Forest Ecology and Genetics ; Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria = National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA) | Biostatistique et Processus Spatiaux (BioSP) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) | Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas [España] = Spanish National Research Council [Spain] (CSIC)
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显示更多 [+] 显示较少 [-]英语. Dispersal of pollen and seeds are essential functions of plant species, with far-reaching demographic, ecological and evolutionary consequences. Interest in plant dispersal has increased with concerns about the persistence of populations and species under global change. We argue here that advances in plant dispersal ecology research will be determined by our ability to surmount challenges of spatiotemporal scales and heterogeneities and ecosystem complexity. Based on this framework, we propose a selected set of research questions, for which we suggest some specific objectives and methodological approaches. Reviewed topics include multiple vector contributions to plant dispersal, landscape-dependent dispersal patterns, long-distance dispersal events, spatiotemporal variation in dispersal, and the consequences of dispersal for plant communities, populations under climate change, and anthropogenic landscapes.
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