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The contribution of seed dispersers to tree species diversity in tropical rainforests
Tropical rainforests are known for their extreme biodiversity, posing a challenging problem in tropical ecology. Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain the diversity of tree species, yet our understanding of this phenomenon remains incomplete. Here, we consider the contribution of animal seed...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632518/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26587246 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150330 |
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author | Kakishima, Satoshi Morita, Satoru Yoshida, Katsuhiko Ishida, Atsushi Hayashi, Saki Asami, Takahiro Ito, Hiromu Miller, Donald G. Uehara, Takashi Mori, Shigeta Hasegawa, Eisuke Matsuura, Kenji Kasuya, Eiiti Yoshimura, Jin |
author_facet | Kakishima, Satoshi Morita, Satoru Yoshida, Katsuhiko Ishida, Atsushi Hayashi, Saki Asami, Takahiro Ito, Hiromu Miller, Donald G. Uehara, Takashi Mori, Shigeta Hasegawa, Eisuke Matsuura, Kenji Kasuya, Eiiti Yoshimura, Jin |
author_sort | Kakishima, Satoshi |
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description | Tropical rainforests are known for their extreme biodiversity, posing a challenging problem in tropical ecology. Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain the diversity of tree species, yet our understanding of this phenomenon remains incomplete. Here, we consider the contribution of animal seed dispersers to the species diversity of trees. We built a multi-layer lattice model of trees whose animal seed dispersers are allowed to move only in restricted areas to disperse the tree seeds. We incorporated the effects of seed dispersers in the traditional theory of allopatric speciation on a geological time scale. We modified the lattice model to explicitly examine the coexistence of new tree species and the resulting high biodiversity. The results indicate that both the coexistence and diversified evolution of tree species can be explained by the introduction of animal seed dispersers. |
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spelling | pubmed-46325182015-11-19 The contribution of seed dispersers to tree species diversity in tropical rainforests Kakishima, Satoshi Morita, Satoru Yoshida, Katsuhiko Ishida, Atsushi Hayashi, Saki Asami, Takahiro Ito, Hiromu Miller, Donald G. Uehara, Takashi Mori, Shigeta Hasegawa, Eisuke Matsuura, Kenji Kasuya, Eiiti Yoshimura, Jin R Soc Open Sci Biology (Whole Organism) Tropical rainforests are known for their extreme biodiversity, posing a challenging problem in tropical ecology. Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain the diversity of tree species, yet our understanding of this phenomenon remains incomplete. Here, we consider the contribution of animal seed dispersers to the species diversity of trees. We built a multi-layer lattice model of trees whose animal seed dispersers are allowed to move only in restricted areas to disperse the tree seeds. We incorporated the effects of seed dispersers in the traditional theory of allopatric speciation on a geological time scale. We modified the lattice model to explicitly examine the coexistence of new tree species and the resulting high biodiversity. The results indicate that both the coexistence and diversified evolution of tree species can be explained by the introduction of animal seed dispersers. The Royal Society Publishing 2015-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4632518/ /pubmed/26587246 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150330 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ © 2015 The Authors. Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Biology (Whole Organism) Kakishima, Satoshi Morita, Satoru Yoshida, Katsuhiko Ishida, Atsushi Hayashi, Saki Asami, Takahiro Ito, Hiromu Miller, Donald G. Uehara, Takashi Mori, Shigeta Hasegawa, Eisuke Matsuura, Kenji Kasuya, Eiiti Yoshimura, Jin The contribution of seed dispersers to tree species diversity in tropical rainforests |
title | The contribution of seed dispersers to tree species diversity in tropical rainforests |
title_full | The contribution of seed dispersers to tree species diversity in tropical rainforests |
title_fullStr | The contribution of seed dispersers to tree species diversity in tropical rainforests |
title_full_unstemmed | The contribution of seed dispersers to tree species diversity in tropical rainforests |
title_short | The contribution of seed dispersers to tree species diversity in tropical rainforests |
title_sort | contribution of seed dispersers to tree species diversity in tropical rainforests |
topic | Biology (Whole Organism) |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632518/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26587246 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150330 |
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