Advancing an interdisciplinary framework to study seed dispersal ecology

Author:

Beckman Noelle G1,Aslan Clare E2,Rogers Haldre S3,Kogan Oleg4,Bronstein Judith L5,Bullock James M6,Hartig Florian7,HilleRisLambers Janneke8,Zhou Ying9,Zurell Damaris1011,Brodie Jedediah F12,Bruna Emilio M13,Cantrell Robert Stephen14,Decker Robin R15,Efiom Edu1617,Fricke Evan C18,Gurski Katherine19,Hastings Alan1520,Johnson Jeremy S21,Loiselle Bette A22,Miriti Maria N23,Neubert Michael G24,Pejchar Liba25,Poulsen John R26,Pufal Gesine27,Razafindratsima Onja H28,Sandor Manette E2,Shea Katriona29,Schreiber Sebastian30,Schupp Eugene W31,Snell Rebecca S32,Strickland Christopher33,Zambrano Jenny34

Affiliation:

1. Department of Biology & Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA

2. Landscape Conservation Initiative, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA

3. Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

4. Physics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

5. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

6. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Benson Lane, Wallingford, UK

7. Theoretical Ecology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

8. Biology Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

9. Department of Mathematics, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, USA

10. Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Dept. Land Change Science, Birmensdorf, Switzerland

11. Humboldt-University Berlin, Geography Dept., Berlin, Germany

12. Division of Biological Sciences and Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, USA

13. Department of Wildlife Ecology & Conservation & Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

14. Department of Mathematics, The University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA

15. Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

16. REDD+ Unit, Cross River State Forestry Commission, Calabar, Nigeria

17. Biology Department, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

18. National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center, University of Maryland, Annapolis, MD, USA

19. Department of Mathematics, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA

20. Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA

21. School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA

22. Center for Latin American Studies and Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

23. Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

24. Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA

25. Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

26. Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

27. Natur Conservation and Landscape Ecology, University of Freiburg Freiburg, Germany

28. Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA

29. Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

30. Department of Evolution and Ecology and Center for Population Biology, University of California, Davis, CA, USA

31. Department of Wildland Resources & Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA

32. Department of Environmental and Plant Biology, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA

33. Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA

34. Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA

Abstract

AbstractAlthough dispersal is generally viewed as a crucial determinant for the fitness of any organism, our understanding of its role in the persistence and spread of plant populations remains incomplete. Generalizing and predicting dispersal processes are challenging due to context dependence of seed dispersal, environmental heterogeneity and interdependent processes occurring over multiple spatial and temporal scales. Current population models often use simple phenomenological descriptions of dispersal processes, limiting their ability to examine the role of population persistence and spread, especially under global change. To move seed dispersal ecology forward, we need to evaluate the impact of any single seed dispersal event within the full spatial and temporal context of a plant’s life history and environmental variability that ultimately influences a population’s ability to persist and spread. In this perspective, we provide guidance on integrating empirical and theoretical approaches that account for the context dependency of seed dispersal to improve our ability to generalize and predict the consequences of dispersal, and its anthropogenic alteration, across systems. We synthesize suitable theoretical frameworks for this work and discuss concepts, approaches and available data from diverse subdisciplines to help operationalize concepts, highlight recent breakthroughs across research areas and discuss ongoing challenges and open questions. We address knowledge gaps in the movement ecology of seeds and the integration of dispersal and demography that could benefit from such a synthesis. With an interdisciplinary perspective, we will be able to better understand how global change will impact seed dispersal processes, and potential cascading effects on plant population persistence, spread and biodiversity.

Funder

US National Science Foundation

Swiss National Science Foundation

German Science Foundation

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Plant Science

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