Abstract
Aim To investigate the geographic patterns and ecological correlates in the geographic distribution of the most common tree dispersal modes in Amazonia (endozoochory, synzoochory, anemochory and hydrochory). We examined if the proportional abundance of these dispersal modes could be explained by the availability of dispersal agents (disperser-availability hypothesis) and/or the availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits (resource-availability hypothesis). Time period Tree-inventory plots established between 1934 and 2019. Major taxa studied Trees with a diameter at breast height (DBH) >= 9.55 cm. Location Amazonia, here defined as the lowland rain forests of the Amazon River basin and the Guiana Shield. Methods We assigned dispersal modes to a total of 5433 species and morphospecies within 1877 tree-inventory plots across terra-firme, seasonally flooded, and permanently flooded forests. We investigated geographic patterns in the proportional abundance of dispersal modes. We performed an abundance-weighted mean pairwise distance (MPD) test and fit generalized linear models (GLMs) to explain the geographic distribution of dispersal modes. Results Anemochory was significantly, positively associated with mean annual wind speed, and hydrochory was significantly higher in flooded forests. Dispersal modes did not consistently show significant associations with the availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits. A lower dissimilarity in dispersal modes, resulting from a higher dominance of endozoochory, occurred in terra-firme forests (excluding podzols) compared to flooded forests. Main conclusions The disperser-availability hypothesis was well supported for abiotic dispersal modes (anemochory and hydrochory). The availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits seems an unlikely explanation for the distribution of dispersal modes in Amazonia. The association between frugivores and the proportional abundance of zoochory requires further research, as tree recruitment not only depends on dispersal vectors but also on conditions that favour or limit seedling recruitment across forest types.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 49-69 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Global Ecology and Biogeography |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 24 Oct 2022 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2023 |
Keywords
- Amazonian rain forests
- anemochory
- dispersal agents
- disperser-availability hypothesis
- endozoochory
- flooded forests
- hydrochory
- resource-availability hypothesis
- synzoochory
- terra-firme forests
- SEED-DISPERSAL
- CLIMATE-CHANGE
- NEOTROPICAL FORESTS
- FRUIT PRODUCTION
- ATLANTIC FOREST
- SCALE PATTERNS
- WOODY-PLANTS
- SIZE
- DIVERSITY
- DEFAUNATION
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Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates. / Correa, Diego F.; Stevenson, Pablo R.; Umana, Maria Natalia; Coelho, Luiz de Souza; Lima Filho, Diogenes de Andrade; Salomao, Rafael P.; do Amaral, Ieda Leao; Wittmann, Florian; de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionizia; Castilho, Carolina; Phillips, Oliver L.; Ernesto Guevara, Juan; Veiga Carim, Marcelo de Jesus; Magnusson, William E.; Sabatier, Daniel; Molino, Jean-Francois; Irume, Mariana Victoria; Martins, Maria Pires; da Silva Guimaraes, Jose Renan; Banki, Olaf S.; Fernandez Piedade, Maria Teresa; Pitman, Nigel C. A.; Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel; Ramos, Jose Ferreira; Luize, Bruno Garcia; Moraes de Leao Novo, Evlyn Marcia; Nunez Vargas, Percy; Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire; Venticinque, Eduardo Martins; Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto; Costa Reis, Neidiane Farias; Terborgh, John W.; Casula, Katia Regina; Honorio Coronado, Euridice N.; Montero, Juan Carlos; Schongart, Jochen; Cardenas Lopez, Dairon; Costa, Flavia R. C.; Quaresma, Adriano Costa; Zartman, Charles Eugene; Killeen, Timothy J.; Marimon, Beatriz S.; Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur; Vasquez, Rodolfo; Mostacedo, Bonifacio; Demarchi, Layon O.; Feldpausch, Ted R.; Assis, Rafael L.; Baraloto, Christopher; Engel, Julien; Petronelli, Pascal; Castellanos, Hernan; de Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante; Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni; Andrade, Ana; Camargo, Jose Luis; Laurance, Susan G. W.; Laurance, William F.; Rincon, Lorena Maniguaje; Schietti, Juliana; Sousa, Thaiane R.; Farias, Emanuelle de Sousa; Lopes, Maria Aparecida; Magalhaes, Jose Leonardo Lima; Mendonca Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo; de Queiroz, Helder Lima; Aymard C, Gerardo A.; Brienen, Roel; Cardenas Revilla, Juan David; Guimaraes Vieira, Ima Celia; Ladvocat Cintra, Bruno Barcante; Feitosa, Yuri Oliveira; Duivenvoorden, Joost F.; Mogollon, Hugo F.; Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro; Ferreira, Leandro Valle; Lozada, Jose Rafael; Comiskey, James A.; de Toledo, Jose Julio; Damasco, Gabriel; Davila, Nallarett; Garcia-Villacorta, Roosevelt; Lopes, Aline; Vicentini, Alberto; Draper, Freddie C.; Castano Arboleda, Nicolas; Cornejo Valverde, Fernando; Alonso, Alfonso; Dallmeier, Francisco; Gomes, Vitor H. F.; Neill, David; de Aguiar, Daniel P. P.; Arroyo, Luzmila; Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes; de Souza, Fernanda Coelho; do Amaral, Dario Dantas; Feeley, Kenneth J.; Gribel, Rogerio; Pansonato, Marcelo Petratti; Barlow, Jos; Berenguer, Erika; Ferreira, Joice; Fine, Paul V. A.; Guedes, Marcelino Carneiro; Jimenez, Eliana M.; Licona, Juan Carlos; Penuela Mora, Maria Cristina; Villa Zegarra, Boris Eduardo; Ceron, Carlos; Fonty, Emile; Henkel, Terry W.; Householder, John Ethan; Maas, Paul; Silveira, Marcos; Stropp, Juliana; Thomas, Raquel; Durgante, Flavia Machado; Baker, Tim R.; Daly, Doug; Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau; Milliken, William; Pennington, Toby; Paredes, Marcos Rios; Molina, Pardo; Fuentes, Alfredo; Klitgaard, Bente; Marcelo Pena, Jose Luis; Peres, Carlos A.; Silman, Miles R.; Tello, J. Sebastian; Campelo, Wegliane; Chave, Jerome; Di Fiore, Anthony; Hilario, Renato Richard; Fernando Phillips, Juan; Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo; van Andel, Tinde R.; von Hildebrand, Patricio; Pereira, Luciana de Oliveira; Barbosa, Edelcilio Marques; Barbosa, Flavia Rodrigues; de Matos Bonates, Luiz Carlos; Carpanedo, Rainiellen de Sa; Davila Doza, Hilda Paulette; Gomez, Ricardo Zarate; Gonzales, Therany; Gallardo Gonzales, George Pepe; Hoffman, Bruce; Junqueira, Andre Braga; Malhi, Yadvinder; de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula; Mozombite Pinto, Linder Felipe; Prieto, Adriana; Rodrigues, Domingos de Jesus; Rudas, Agustin; Ruschel, Ademir R.; Silva, Natalino; Vela, Cesar I. A.; Antoine Vos, Vincent; Zent, Stanford; Zent, Eglee L.; Noronha, Janaina Costa; Albuquerque, Bianca Weiss; Cano, Angela; Carrero Marquez, Yrma Andreina; Pedrosa Costa, Janaina Barbosa; Flores, Bernardo Monteiro; Galbraith, David; Holmgren, Milena; Kalamandeen, Michelle; Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade; Oliveira, Alexandre A.; Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma; Rocha, Maira; Scudeller, Veridiana Vizoni; Sierra, Rodrigo; Tirado, Milton; van der Heijden, Geertje; Torre, Emilio Vilanova; Vriesendorp, Corine; Pombo, Maihyra Marina; Ahuite Reategui, Manuel Augusto; Baider, Claudia; Balslev, Henrik; Cardenas, Sasha; Fernanda Casas, Luisa; Farfan-Rios, William; Ferreira, Cid; Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo; Mendoza, Casimiro; Mesones, Italo; Torres-Lezama, Armando; Urrego Giraldo, Ligia Estela; Villarroel, Daniel; Zagt, Roderick; Alexander Parada, Germaine; Alexiades, Miguel N.; de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida; Garcia-Cabrera, Karina; Hernandez, Lionel; Palacios Cuenca, Walter; Pansini, Susamar; Pauletto, Daniela; Ramirez Arevalo, Freddy; Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe; Valderrama Sandoval, Elvis H.; Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis; ter Steege, Hans.
In: Global Ecology and Biogeography, Vol. 32, No. 1, 01.2023, p. 49-69.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates
AU - Correa, Diego F.
AU - Stevenson, Pablo R.
AU - Umana, Maria Natalia
AU - Coelho, Luiz de Souza
AU - Lima Filho, Diogenes de Andrade
AU - Salomao, Rafael P.
AU - do Amaral, Ieda Leao
AU - Wittmann, Florian
AU - de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionizia
AU - Castilho, Carolina
AU - Phillips, Oliver L.
AU - Ernesto Guevara, Juan
AU - Veiga Carim, Marcelo de Jesus
AU - Magnusson, William E.
AU - Sabatier, Daniel
AU - Molino, Jean-Francois
AU - Irume, Mariana Victoria
AU - Martins, Maria Pires
AU - da Silva Guimaraes, Jose Renan
AU - Banki, Olaf S.
AU - Fernandez Piedade, Maria Teresa
AU - Pitman, Nigel C. A.
AU - Monteagudo Mendoza, Abel
AU - Ramos, Jose Ferreira
AU - Luize, Bruno Garcia
AU - Moraes de Leao Novo, Evlyn Marcia
AU - Nunez Vargas, Percy
AU - Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire
AU - Venticinque, Eduardo Martins
AU - Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto
AU - Costa Reis, Neidiane Farias
AU - Terborgh, John W.
AU - Casula, Katia Regina
AU - Honorio Coronado, Euridice N.
AU - Montero, Juan Carlos
AU - Schongart, Jochen
AU - Cardenas Lopez, Dairon
AU - Costa, Flavia R. C.
AU - Quaresma, Adriano Costa
AU - Zartman, Charles Eugene
AU - Killeen, Timothy J.
AU - Marimon, Beatriz S.
AU - Marimon-Junior, Ben Hur
AU - Vasquez, Rodolfo
AU - Mostacedo, Bonifacio
AU - Demarchi, Layon O.
AU - Feldpausch, Ted R.
AU - Assis, Rafael L.
AU - Baraloto, Christopher
AU - Engel, Julien
AU - Petronelli, Pascal
AU - Castellanos, Hernan
AU - de Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante
AU - Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni
AU - Andrade, Ana
AU - Camargo, Jose Luis
AU - Laurance, Susan G. W.
AU - Laurance, William F.
AU - Rincon, Lorena Maniguaje
AU - Schietti, Juliana
AU - Sousa, Thaiane R.
AU - Farias, Emanuelle de Sousa
AU - Lopes, Maria Aparecida
AU - Magalhaes, Jose Leonardo Lima
AU - Mendonca Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo
AU - de Queiroz, Helder Lima
AU - Aymard C, Gerardo A.
AU - Brienen, Roel
AU - Cardenas Revilla, Juan David
AU - Guimaraes Vieira, Ima Celia
AU - Ladvocat Cintra, Bruno Barcante
AU - Feitosa, Yuri Oliveira
AU - Duivenvoorden, Joost F.
AU - Mogollon, Hugo F.
AU - Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro
AU - Ferreira, Leandro Valle
AU - Lozada, Jose Rafael
AU - Comiskey, James A.
AU - de Toledo, Jose Julio
AU - Damasco, Gabriel
AU - Davila, Nallarett
AU - Garcia-Villacorta, Roosevelt
AU - Lopes, Aline
AU - Vicentini, Alberto
AU - Draper, Freddie C.
AU - Castano Arboleda, Nicolas
AU - Cornejo Valverde, Fernando
AU - Alonso, Alfonso
AU - Dallmeier, Francisco
AU - Gomes, Vitor H. F.
AU - Neill, David
AU - de Aguiar, Daniel P. P.
AU - Arroyo, Luzmila
AU - Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes
AU - de Souza, Fernanda Coelho
AU - do Amaral, Dario Dantas
AU - Feeley, Kenneth J.
AU - Gribel, Rogerio
AU - Pansonato, Marcelo Petratti
AU - Barlow, Jos
AU - Berenguer, Erika
AU - Ferreira, Joice
AU - Fine, Paul V. A.
AU - Guedes, Marcelino Carneiro
AU - Jimenez, Eliana M.
AU - Licona, Juan Carlos
AU - Penuela Mora, Maria Cristina
AU - Villa Zegarra, Boris Eduardo
AU - Ceron, Carlos
AU - Fonty, Emile
AU - Henkel, Terry W.
AU - Householder, John Ethan
AU - Maas, Paul
AU - Silveira, Marcos
AU - Stropp, Juliana
AU - Thomas, Raquel
AU - Durgante, Flavia Machado
AU - Baker, Tim R.
AU - Daly, Doug
AU - Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau
AU - Milliken, William
AU - Pennington, Toby
AU - Paredes, Marcos Rios
AU - Molina, Pardo
AU - Fuentes, Alfredo
AU - Klitgaard, Bente
AU - Marcelo Pena, Jose Luis
AU - Peres, Carlos A.
AU - Silman, Miles R.
AU - Tello, J. Sebastian
AU - Campelo, Wegliane
AU - Chave, Jerome
AU - Di Fiore, Anthony
AU - Hilario, Renato Richard
AU - Fernando Phillips, Juan
AU - Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo
AU - van Andel, Tinde R.
AU - von Hildebrand, Patricio
AU - Pereira, Luciana de Oliveira
AU - Barbosa, Edelcilio Marques
AU - Barbosa, Flavia Rodrigues
AU - de Matos Bonates, Luiz Carlos
AU - Carpanedo, Rainiellen de Sa
AU - Davila Doza, Hilda Paulette
AU - Gomez, Ricardo Zarate
AU - Gonzales, Therany
AU - Gallardo Gonzales, George Pepe
AU - Hoffman, Bruce
AU - Junqueira, Andre Braga
AU - Malhi, Yadvinder
AU - de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula
AU - Mozombite Pinto, Linder Felipe
AU - Prieto, Adriana
AU - Rodrigues, Domingos de Jesus
AU - Rudas, Agustin
AU - Ruschel, Ademir R.
AU - Silva, Natalino
AU - Vela, Cesar I. A.
AU - Antoine Vos, Vincent
AU - Zent, Stanford
AU - Zent, Eglee L.
AU - Noronha, Janaina Costa
AU - Albuquerque, Bianca Weiss
AU - Cano, Angela
AU - Carrero Marquez, Yrma Andreina
AU - Pedrosa Costa, Janaina Barbosa
AU - Flores, Bernardo Monteiro
AU - Galbraith, David
AU - Holmgren, Milena
AU - Kalamandeen, Michelle
AU - Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade
AU - Oliveira, Alexandre A.
AU - Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma
AU - Rocha, Maira
AU - Scudeller, Veridiana Vizoni
AU - Sierra, Rodrigo
AU - Tirado, Milton
AU - van der Heijden, Geertje
AU - Torre, Emilio Vilanova
AU - Vriesendorp, Corine
AU - Pombo, Maihyra Marina
AU - Ahuite Reategui, Manuel Augusto
AU - Baider, Claudia
AU - Balslev, Henrik
AU - Cardenas, Sasha
AU - Fernanda Casas, Luisa
AU - Farfan-Rios, William
AU - Ferreira, Cid
AU - Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo
AU - Mendoza, Casimiro
AU - Mesones, Italo
AU - Torres-Lezama, Armando
AU - Urrego Giraldo, Ligia Estela
AU - Villarroel, Daniel
AU - Zagt, Roderick
AU - Alexander Parada, Germaine
AU - Alexiades, Miguel N.
AU - de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida
AU - Garcia-Cabrera, Karina
AU - Hernandez, Lionel
AU - Palacios Cuenca, Walter
AU - Pansini, Susamar
AU - Pauletto, Daniela
AU - Ramirez Arevalo, Freddy
AU - Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe
AU - Valderrama Sandoval, Elvis H.
AU - Valenzuela Gamarra, Luis
AU - ter Steege, Hans
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - Aim To investigate the geographic patterns and ecological correlates in the geographic distribution of the most common tree dispersal modes in Amazonia (endozoochory, synzoochory, anemochory and hydrochory). We examined if the proportional abundance of these dispersal modes could be explained by the availability of dispersal agents (disperser-availability hypothesis) and/or the availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits (resource-availability hypothesis). Time period Tree-inventory plots established between 1934 and 2019. Major taxa studied Trees with a diameter at breast height (DBH) >= 9.55 cm. Location Amazonia, here defined as the lowland rain forests of the Amazon River basin and the Guiana Shield. Methods We assigned dispersal modes to a total of 5433 species and morphospecies within 1877 tree-inventory plots across terra-firme, seasonally flooded, and permanently flooded forests. We investigated geographic patterns in the proportional abundance of dispersal modes. We performed an abundance-weighted mean pairwise distance (MPD) test and fit generalized linear models (GLMs) to explain the geographic distribution of dispersal modes. Results Anemochory was significantly, positively associated with mean annual wind speed, and hydrochory was significantly higher in flooded forests. Dispersal modes did not consistently show significant associations with the availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits. A lower dissimilarity in dispersal modes, resulting from a higher dominance of endozoochory, occurred in terra-firme forests (excluding podzols) compared to flooded forests. Main conclusions The disperser-availability hypothesis was well supported for abiotic dispersal modes (anemochory and hydrochory). The availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits seems an unlikely explanation for the distribution of dispersal modes in Amazonia. The association between frugivores and the proportional abundance of zoochory requires further research, as tree recruitment not only depends on dispersal vectors but also on conditions that favour or limit seedling recruitment across forest types.
AB - Aim To investigate the geographic patterns and ecological correlates in the geographic distribution of the most common tree dispersal modes in Amazonia (endozoochory, synzoochory, anemochory and hydrochory). We examined if the proportional abundance of these dispersal modes could be explained by the availability of dispersal agents (disperser-availability hypothesis) and/or the availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits (resource-availability hypothesis). Time period Tree-inventory plots established between 1934 and 2019. Major taxa studied Trees with a diameter at breast height (DBH) >= 9.55 cm. Location Amazonia, here defined as the lowland rain forests of the Amazon River basin and the Guiana Shield. Methods We assigned dispersal modes to a total of 5433 species and morphospecies within 1877 tree-inventory plots across terra-firme, seasonally flooded, and permanently flooded forests. We investigated geographic patterns in the proportional abundance of dispersal modes. We performed an abundance-weighted mean pairwise distance (MPD) test and fit generalized linear models (GLMs) to explain the geographic distribution of dispersal modes. Results Anemochory was significantly, positively associated with mean annual wind speed, and hydrochory was significantly higher in flooded forests. Dispersal modes did not consistently show significant associations with the availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits. A lower dissimilarity in dispersal modes, resulting from a higher dominance of endozoochory, occurred in terra-firme forests (excluding podzols) compared to flooded forests. Main conclusions The disperser-availability hypothesis was well supported for abiotic dispersal modes (anemochory and hydrochory). The availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits seems an unlikely explanation for the distribution of dispersal modes in Amazonia. The association between frugivores and the proportional abundance of zoochory requires further research, as tree recruitment not only depends on dispersal vectors but also on conditions that favour or limit seedling recruitment across forest types.
KW - Amazonian rain forests
KW - anemochory
KW - dispersal agents
KW - disperser-availability hypothesis
KW - endozoochory
KW - flooded forests
KW - hydrochory
KW - resource-availability hypothesis
KW - synzoochory
KW - terra-firme forests
KW - SEED-DISPERSAL
KW - CLIMATE-CHANGE
KW - NEOTROPICAL FORESTS
KW - FRUIT PRODUCTION
KW - ATLANTIC FOREST
KW - SCALE PATTERNS
KW - WOODY-PLANTS
KW - SIZE
KW - DIVERSITY
KW - DEFAUNATION
U2 - 10.1111/geb.13596
DO - 10.1111/geb.13596
M3 - Article
VL - 32
SP - 49
EP - 69
JO - Global Ecology and Biogeography
JF - Global Ecology and Biogeography
SN - 1466-822X
IS - 1
ER -