Article
Plant Sciences
Ana C. Palma, Miriam Goosem, Roderick J. Fensham, Steve Goosem, Noel D. Preece, Pablo R. Stevenson, Susan G. W. Laurance
Summary: The study found that young and intermediate-aged forests in tropical secondary forests are dominated by early successional, small-seeded species and traits associated with disturbed forests, while old secondary forests gradually show traits associated with late successional stages. Despite differences in forest age, there are clear plant community similarities within demographic stages, suggesting stronger limitations to dispersal and recruitment between demographic stages than between forest ages.
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Claire Peyran, Emilie Boissin, Titouan Morage, Elisabet Nebot-Colomer, Guillaume Iwankow, Serge Planes
Summary: This study investigated the family structure and population replenishment of the pelagic spawner, Pinna nobilis. The results showed high and homogeneous genetic diversity among populations, with significant genetic differentiation between years. The parentage analysis revealed the presence of half-sib relationships, indicating recurrent source populations. Self-recruitment was not detected, making the population vulnerable as replenishment relies on connectivity from neighboring populations. These findings have important implications for future rescue plans and species conservation.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Marion Casati, Thomas Kichey, Deborah Closset, Fabien Spicher, Guillaume Decocq
Summary: Understanding the population dynamics of invasive species is crucial for effective management. The Pontic Rhododendron has a long history of invasion in European temperate forests, but is an emerging threat on the mainland. This study found that the species can rapidly spread and form dense bushes on acidic and moist soils, but its ability to establish new, distant populations is limited.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Tong Qiu, Robert Andrus, Marie-Claire Aravena, Davide Ascoli, Yves Bergeron, Roberta Berretti, Daniel Berveiller, Michal Bogdziewicz, Thomas Boivin, Raul Bonal, Don C. Bragg, Thomas Caignard, Rafael Calama, J. Julio Camarero, Chia-Hao Chang-Yang, Natalie L. Cleavitt, Benoit Courbaud, Francois Courbet, Thomas Curt, Adrian J. Das, Evangelia Daskalakou, Hendrik Davi, Nicolas Delpierre, Sylvain Delzon, Michael Dietze, Sergio Donoso Calderon, Laurent Dormont, Josep Espelta, Timothy J. Fahey, William Farfan-Rios, Catherine A. Gehring, Gregory S. Gilbert, Georg Gratzer, Cathryn H. Greenberg, Qinfeng Guo, Andrew Hacket-Pain, Arndt Hampe, Qingmin Han, Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Kazuhiko Hoshizaki, Ines Ibanez, Jill F. Johnstone, Valentin Journe, Daisuke Kabeya, Christopher L. Kilner, Thomas Kitzberger, Johannes M. H. Knops, Richard K. Kobe, Georges Kunstler, Jonathan G. A. Lageard, Jalene M. LaMontagne, Mateusz Ledwon, Francois Lefevre, Theodor Leininger, Jean-Marc Limousin, James A. Lutz, Diana Macias, Eliot J. B. McIntire, Christopher M. Moore, Emily Moran, Renzo Motta, Jonathan A. Myers, Thomas A. Nagel, Kyotaro Noguchi, Jean-Marc Ourcival, Robert Parmenter, Ian S. Pearse, Ignacio M. Perez-Ramos, Lukasz Piechnik, John Poulsen, Renata Poulton-Kamakura, Miranda D. Redmond, Chantal D. Reid, Kyle C. Rodman, Francisco Rodriguez-Sanchez, Javier D. Sanguinetti, C. Lane Scher, William H. Schlesinger, Harald Schmidt Van Marle, Barbara Seget, Shubhi Sharma, Miles Silman, Michael A. Steele, Nathan L. Stephenson, Jacob N. Straub, I-Fang Sun, Samantha Sutton, Jennifer J. Swenson, Margaret Swift, Peter A. Thomas, Maria Uriarte, Giorgio Vacchiano, Thomas T. Veblen, Amy V. Whipple, Thomas G. Whitham, Andreas P. Wion, Boyd Wright, S. Joseph Wright, Kai Zhu, Jess K. Zimmerman, Roman Zlotin, Magdalena Zywiec, James S. Clark
Summary: The relationships that control seed production in trees are fundamental to understanding evolutionary pressures that shape forests. A global synthesis of fecundity data reveals that seed production is influenced by taxonomy and nutrient allocation. Seed production is not constrained by a strict trade-off between seed size and numbers, and sensitivity to soil fertility varies widely among species.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Yuan-Yuan Li, Yu-Pei Liu, Jun Gong, Shen-Hou Fan, Guo-Chun Shen, Ying Zhou, Qin Fang, Qiong Tang, Yang Yang, Rong Wang, Xiao-Yong Chen
Summary: The study focused on Metasequoia glyptostroboides, a relict species with severely restricted regeneration, and found that seed availability and interspecific competition were the crucial factors regulating seedling emergence, while herbivore/omnivore attack had lesser impact. First-year seedling survival rate was significantly influenced by interspecific competition, and the survival of second-year seedlings was independent of all factors. The impacts of these factors in adjacent unoccupied habitats were similar to those in natural habitats, indicating their role in limiting population expansion.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Barbara Seget, Michal Bogdziewicz, Jan Holeksa, Mateusz Ledwon, Lukasz Piechnik, Fiona Milne-Rostkowska, Katarzyna Kondrat, Magdalena Zywiec
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between fruit production and seedling recruitment in rowan trees, and finds that high fruit production increases the proportion of fruits recruiting into seedlings both near and far from rowans. This finding provides support for both animal dispersal and predator satiation hypotheses, suggesting that both mechanisms can operate simultaneously.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Limnology
Rosanna van Hespen, Zhan Hu, Yisheng Peng, Zhenchang Zhu, Tom Ysebaert, Tjeerd J. Bouma
Summary: This study investigates the variation in tolerance to sediment dynamics among different mangrove species and identifies the relationships between seedling morphology and sediment accretion and erosion thresholds. The results suggest that mangrove seedlings adopt distinct strategies for successful establishment in sediment dynamics, which contributes to understanding mangrove zonation and underpins the importance of restoring diverse forests.
LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Juan Carlos Lopez-Almansa
Summary: This paper investigates the ecological factors affecting seed germination and early seedling establishment in Ulmus minor. The results suggest that factors such as light, water availability, soil cover, and substrate type play significant roles in the sexual regeneration of U. minor.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Maciej K. Barczyk, Diana C. Acosta-Rojas, Carlos I. Espinosa, Matthias Schleuning, Eike L. Neuschulz
Summary: This study examined the beta-diversity of seedling communities in a tropical montane forest in southern Ecuador. The results showed that species turnover was associated with biotic dissimilarity within elevations, while species richness differences were linked to environmental dissimilarity. The study highlights the scale-dependent importance of abiotic and biotic factors in shaping seedling diversity.
Article
Forestry
Andrzej M. Jagodzinski, Pawel Horodecki, Anna K. Jasinska, Tomasz Malinski, Zenon Pilarek, Kacper Wozniak, Dorota Wronska-Pilarek, Jerzy Zielinski, Marcin K. Dyderski
Summary: Biological invasions pose a significant threat to biodiversity, and this study focuses on the spread of xSorbaronia ' Mitschurinii ' into temperate Scots pine forests. The study found that the density and biomass of the species decreased with distance from the propagule source, but increased with the maximal age and light availability of the studied plant. The study highlights the importance of managing high-density plantations of alien species to prevent their transformation into invasion hotspots.
Article
Plant Sciences
Ana Belen Hurtado-M, Maria Angela Echeverry-Galvis, Beatriz Salgado-Negret, Juan Camilo Munoz, Juan Manuel Posada, Natalia Norden
Summary: Despite significant human impact and habitat transformation, little evidence of floristic homogenization was found in peri-urban Andean forests. Both dispersal limitation and environmental heterogeneity promote inherent floristic differentiation, suggesting the importance of all patches for conservation in these critical endemic centers of the Andean forests.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Hongyu Niu, Xiaorong Wang, Shiqi Wu, Jingjing Xing, Chao Peng, Zhiwen Chen, Yingcan Li, Hongmao Zhang
Summary: The study found that in an isolated forest patch in Wuhan, China, bird dispersers such as the Eurasian jay prefer to disperse small acorns, resulting in higher dispersal and lower mortality of seedlings for the oak species with small acorns compared to those with large acorns. This suggests that the loss of granivorous rodents in urban forests may impact regeneration of rodent-dispersed species, but bird dispersers can partially buffer this ecological degradation, particularly for small-seeded trees. Management strategies focusing on both rodents and birds are essential for ensuring sustainability in urban forests.
URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Richard J. Hamilton, Diego Lozano-Cortes, Michael Bode, Glenn R. Almany, Hugo B. Harrison, John Pita, Pablo Saenz-Agudelo, Collin Gereniu, Pete A. Waldie, Nate Peterson, John Howard Choat, Michael L. Berumen
Summary: This study demonstrates how larval dispersal patterns and regional variations in historical fishing pressure influence recruitment into a coral reef fishery. The observed scales of larval connectivity for bumphead parrotfish suggest that recruitment overfishing is unlikely if there are lightly exploited reefs up to 85 km away from heavily fished regions, and that small marine-protected areas are insufficient for protecting this species. Efforts to understand the interactions between larval dispersal and fishing pressure gradients are recommended for developing tailored fisheries management strategies.
JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Alpo Kapuka, Tomas Hlasny
Summary: Research demonstrates that endozoochory facilitates repeated bilberry seedling recruitment in nature, indicating the importance of frugivores' behaviors for the reproduction of clonal plants. Behaviors such as defecation by bears near their resting sites may be crucial for the adaptation of clonal plants to changing climatic conditions.
Article
Ecology
Laura Matas-Granados, Frederick C. Draper, Luis Cayuela, Julia G. de Aledo, Gabriel Arellano, Celina Ben Saadi, Timothy R. Baker, Oliver L. Phillips, Euridice N. Honorio Coronado, Kalle Ruokolainen, Roosevelt Garcia-Villacorta, Katherine H. Roucoux, Maximilien Gueze, Elvis Valderrama Sandoval, Paul V. A. Fine, Carlos A. Amasifuen Guerra, Ricardo Zarate Gomez, Pablo R. Stevenson Diaz, Abel Monteagudo-Mendoza, Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez, Jacob B. Socolar, Mathias Disney, Jhon del Aguila Pasquel, Gerardo Flores Llampazo, Jim Vega Arenas, Jose Reyna Huaymacari, Julio M. Grandez Rios, Manuel J. Macia
Summary: Dominant tree species in neotropical tree communities show a variety of distributional patterns still poorly understood. Contrary to the widely supported positive abundance-occupancy relationship, we found a strong negative relationship between local abundance and regional frequency and/or spatial aggregation among dominant Amazonian tree species. Our findings suggest an ecological trade-off whereby dominant species can be either locally abundant or regionally widespread, but rarely both.
Article
Plant Sciences
N. Mitchell, K. E. Holsinger
SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2018)
Article
Genetics & Heredity
WenQian Kong, Changsoo Kim, Dong Zhang, Hui Guo, Xu Tan, Huizhe Jin, Chengbo Zhou, Lan-Shuan Shuang, Valorie Goff, Uzay Sezen, Gary Pierce, Rosana Compton, Cornelia Lemke, Jon Robertson, Lisa Rainville, Susan Auckland, Andrew H. Paterson
G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS
(2018)
Article
Plant Sciences
Nora Mitchell, Kent E. Holsinger
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2019)
Editorial Material
Biology
James M. Verdier, Kent Holsinger
Article
Plant Sciences
Kristen M. Nolting, Rachel Prunier, Guy F. Midgley, Kent E. Holsinger
Summary: This study evaluated trait relationships measured on individual plants for five widespread Protea species in South Africa. It found that while intraspecific trait variation for structural traits is relatively low, it accounts for a significant amount of the variation in physiological traits. Multivariate regressions revealed clear associations between combinations of structural traits and physiological performance, with almost all traits having detectable associations with plant fitness.
Review
Forestry
Robin L. Chazdon, Victoria Gutierrez, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Lars Laestadius, Manuel R. Guariguata
Article
Forestry
Liz Ota, Robin L. Chazdon, John Herbohn, Nestor Gregorio, Sharif A. Mukul, Sarah J. Wilson
Article
Forestry
Robin L. Chazdon, John Herbohn, Sharif A. Mukul, Nestor Gregorio, Liz Ota, Rhett D. Harrison, Patrick B. Durst, Rafael B. Chaves, Arturo Pasa, James G. Hallett, J. David Neidel, Cathy Watson, Victoria Gutierrez
Article
Agronomy
Wenzhi Wang, Nate G. McDowell, Stephanie Pennington, Charlotte Grossiord, Riley T. Leff, Aditi Sengupta, Nicholas D. Ward, Ugur Uzay Sezen, Roy Rich, J. Patrick Megonigal, James C. Stegen, Ben Bond-Lamberty, Vanessa Bailey
AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY
(2020)
Editorial Material
Biology
Charles B. Fenster, Gregory J. Anderson, May R. Berenbaum, John E. Burris, James P. Collins, Rita R. Colwell, Joel Cracraft, Alan P. Covich, Paul R. Ehrlich, W. Hardy Eshbaugh, Frances C. James, Douglas J. Futuyma, Kent E. Holsinger, Gene E. Likens, Thomas E. Lovejoy, Harold A. Mooney, Peter H. Raven, Kendric C. Smith, Susan G. Stafford, Boyd R. Strain, Joseph Travis, Marvalee H. Wake, Diana H. Wall, Judith S. Weis
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Heidi E. Golden, Kent E. Holsinger, Linda A. Deegan, Cameron J. A. MacKenzie, Mark C. Urban
Summary: Understanding the mechanisms influencing dispersal and gene flow is critical for conserving biodiversity in rapidly warming places like the Arctic. This study on Arctic grayling in Alaska's North Slope revealed that river distance, river drying zones, distance to the coast, and elevational gradients influence genetic differentiation. Isolated populations with downstream-biased dispersal could contribute to high levels of genetic variation and potentially drive rapid evolutionary changes under future climate change.
CONSERVATION GENETICS
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Jian Guo, Christina L. Richards, Kent E. Holsinger, Gordon A. Fox, Zhuo Zhang, Chan Zhou
Summary: The distribution of genetic diversity within patches of Leymus chinensis suggests a strong genetic structure, likely influenced by clonal reproduction, somatic mutations, limited dispersal, and some level of sexual reproduction among neighboring individuals. This indicates a significant impact on the relatedness of individuals within a patch compared to among patches.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
Susan L. McEvoy, U. Uzay Sezen, Alexander Trouern-Trend, Sean M. McMahon, Paul G. Schaberg, Jie Yang, Jill L. Wegrzyn, Nathan G. Swenson
Summary: The first chromosome-scale assemblies for sugar maple and boxelder, as well as transcriptomic evaluation of the abiotic stress response in sugar maple, were reported in this study. The integrated research provides insights into the contribution of different factors to tolerance in each species and utilizes knowledge from various areas of plant genome biology and Acer physiology to understand the genomic complexities underlying tolerance in broadleaf tree species.
Article
Biology
U. Uzay Sezen, Samantha J. Worthy, Maria N. Umana, Stuart J. Davies, Sean M. McMahon, Nathan G. Swenson
Summary: This study used a comparative transcriptomic approach to investigate the genetic basis of liana strategy in tropical plants. The analysis identified a common core interactomic network in lianas and revealed specific gene expressions related to functional traits and plant morphologies.
Review
Environmental Studies
Ricardo Gomes Cesar, Loren Belei, Carolina Giudice Badari, Ricardo A. G. Viani, Victoria Gutierrez, Robin L. Chazdon, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Carla Morsello
Summary: The study identified main FLR concepts and definitions in literature from 1980 to 2017, highlighting variations in principles and their link with practice. The research provides a starting point for future tools to improve guidance frameworks for FLR, emphasizing the lack of social aspects in FLR projects.
