Endozoochorous seed dispersal by free-ranging herbivores in an abandoned landscape

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-018-0864-9" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-018-0864-9</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11258-018-0864-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s11258-018-0864-9</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Endozoochorous seed dispersal by free-ranging herbivores in an abandoned landscape

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Seed dispersal is a crucial process for the dynamics and maintenance of plant populations. Free-ranging animals are effective dispersal vectors because they can move between similar habitats and transport seeds into favourable environments. Dung samples from two species of common free-ranging mammals-deer and wild boar-were used to study endozoochorous dispersal of seeds in a military training area in western Bohemia. The area was abandoned after WWII, and the military training area was established in 1953. The vegetation consists of shrublands and dry grasslands. Data on the local species pool of grassland herbs and forbs were collected to compare the characteristics of dispersed versus non-dispersed plants. Deer and wild boar dispersed 84 plant species; however, species composition of seedlings emerging from dung samples showed significant differences between dispersal vectors and notable change across the growing season. 80% of all seedlings extracted from the dung samples belonged to stinging nettle, Urtica dioica. From trait analyses, seeds of endozoochorous plants had a higher longevity index in the soil seed bank than non-endozoochorous plants and more often possessed a mucilaginous surface. Our results show that deer and boar are successful, though not substitutable dispersers.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Endozoochorous seed dispersal by free-ranging herbivores in an abandoned landscape

Popis výsledku anglicky

Seed dispersal is a crucial process for the dynamics and maintenance of plant populations. Free-ranging animals are effective dispersal vectors because they can move between similar habitats and transport seeds into favourable environments. Dung samples from two species of common free-ranging mammals-deer and wild boar-were used to study endozoochorous dispersal of seeds in a military training area in western Bohemia. The area was abandoned after WWII, and the military training area was established in 1953. The vegetation consists of shrublands and dry grasslands. Data on the local species pool of grassland herbs and forbs were collected to compare the characteristics of dispersed versus non-dispersed plants. Deer and wild boar dispersed 84 plant species; however, species composition of seedlings emerging from dung samples showed significant differences between dispersal vectors and notable change across the growing season. 80% of all seedlings extracted from the dung samples belonged to stinging nettle, Urtica dioica. From trait analyses, seeds of endozoochorous plants had a higher longevity index in the soil seed bank than non-endozoochorous plants and more often possessed a mucilaginous surface. Our results show that deer and boar are successful, though not substitutable dispersers.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10611 - Plant sciences, botany

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Plant Ecology

ISSN

1385-0237

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

219

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

9

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

1127-1138

Kód UT WoS článku

000441561700010

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85050690604