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Seed Dispersal and Spatial Pattern in Tropical Trees
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Theories of tropical tree diversity emphasize dispersal limitation as a potential mechanism for separating species in space and reducing competitive exclusion. We compared the dispersal morphologies, fruit sizes, and spatial distributions of 561 tree species within a fully mapped, 50-hectare plot of primary tropical forest in peninsular Malaysia. We demonstrate here that the extent and scale of conspecific spatial aggregation is correlated with the mode of seed dispersal. This relationship holds for saplings as well as for mature trees. Phylogenetically independent contrasts confirm that the relationship between dispersal and spatial pattern is significant even after controlling for common ancestry among species. We found the same qualitative results for a 50-hectare tropical forest plot in Panama. Our results provide broad empirical evidence for the importance of dispersal mode in establishing the long-term community structure of tropical forests.
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- Authors
- Seidler, T. G., & Plotkin, J. B.
- Venue
- PLoS Biology
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2006-10-17
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- e344
- ISSN
- 1544-9173 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-7885
- OpenAlex
- W2054672422
- Cited by
- 532
- References
- 38
- FWCI
- 11.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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