Trade-off or coordination? Correlations between ballochorous and myrmecochorous phases of diplochory
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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<a href="https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.13353" target="_blank" >https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2435.13353</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13353" target="_blank" >10.1111/1365-2435.13353</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Trade-off or coordination? Correlations between ballochorous and myrmecochorous phases of diplochory
Original language description
The combination of two dispersal syndromes (diplochory) brings additional benefits to seeds, yet the relative costs and benefits of the two phases are poorly understood. Our goal is to provide the first quantification to test the long-standing assumption that there are trade-offs between the two phases in ballistic-ant diplochory. Dispersal investment data were empirically measured for 91 Euphorbiaceae species across different regions of the world. Dispersal distance data of ballochory (seed dispersal by explosion), myrmecochory (seed dispersal by ants) and diplochory was collated from the literature for 210 records (148 species from 44 families). The data were analysed using Model II regression, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and t test, complemented by phylogenetic comparative approaches. Across diaspores of diplochorous species, the relative investment in myrmecochory increased more than that in ballochory. Fruit coat mass and elaiosome mass covaried in an allometric manner, regardless of seed mass. Diplochorous diaspores were significantly heavier than diaspores dispersed solely by ballochory. Dispersal distances of the two diplochorous phases were independent and comparable to that of sole ballochory or sole myrmecochory. Our results do not support a trade-off, but a coordinated dispersal strategy between the two diplochorous phases. Large diaspores may evolve diplochory to overcome dispersal difficulties in term of dispersal distance. As the most comprehensive study of ballistic-ant diplochory, our findings advance the understanding of the relative importance of the two phases in diplochory. A plain language summary is available for this article
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Functional Ecology
ISSN
0269-8463
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
33
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
1469-1479
UT code for WoS article
000479317100009
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85065647327