Do epiphytic orchids behave as metapopulations? Evidence from colonization, extinction rates and asynchronous population dynamics

Biological Conservation

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-81

  Tremblay, Raymond L ^a,b   Meléndez Ackerman, Elvia ^b   Kapan, Durrell ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous dynamics; Caribbean National Forest; Lithophytic; Orchidaceae; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

EPIPHYTE; EXTINCTION; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

LEPANTHES RUPESTRIS; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 31144474890     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.11.017     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. J.D. Ackerman An orchid flora of Puerto Rico and the Virgin islands Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 73 1995 1 208
2. P. Bayman, E. González, J.J. Fumero, and R.L. Tremblay Are fungi necessary? How fungicides affect growth and survival of the orchid Lepanthes rupestris in the field J. Ecol. 90 2002 1002 1007
3. M. Blanco, and G. Barboza Pseudocopulatory pollination in Lepanthes (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) by fungus gnats Ann. Bot. 95 2005 763 772
4. Brown, S., Lugo, A.E., Silander, S., Liegel, L.H., 1983. Research Opportunities at the Luquillo Experimental Forest. USDA Forest Service Southern Experiment Station General Technical Report SO-44, New Orleans, LA, p. 128.
5. R.N. Calvo Evolutionary demography of orchids: intensity and frequency of pollination and the cost of fruiting Ecology 74 1993 1033 1042
6. R.N. Calvo, and C.C. Horvitz Pollinator limitation cost of reproduction, and fitness in plants: a transition matrix demographic approach Am. Nat. 136 1990 499 515
7. P.M. Catling, V.R. Brownell, and L.P. Lefkovitch Epiphytic orchids in a Belizean grapefruit orchard: distribution, colonization, and association Lindleyana 1 1986 194 202
8. A.W.F. Edwards Likelihood second ed. 1972 Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore, MD
9. O. Eriksson Regional dynamics of plants: a review of evidence for remnant, source-sink and metapopulations Oikos 77 1996 248 258
10. D.S. Fernández, R.L. Tremblay, J.D. Ackerman, E. Rodríguez, and L.-N. López Reproductive potential, growth rate and light environment in Lepanthes rupestris Stimson Lankesteriana 7 2003 73 76
11. R.P. Freckleton, and A.R. Watkinson Large-scale spatial dynamics of plants: metapopulations, regional ensembles and patchy populations J. Ecol. 90 2002 419 434
12. M. Gilpin, and I.A. Hanski Metapopulation Dynamics: Empirical and Theoretical Investigations 1991 Academic Press London
13. I.A. Hanski Metapopulation Ecology 1999 Oxford University Press New York
14. I.A. Hanski Spatially realistic theory of metapopulation ecology Naturwissenschaften 88 2001 372 381
15. I.A. Hanski, and O.E. Gaggiotti Ecology, Genetics and Evolution of Metapopulations 2004 Elsevier Academic Press San Diego, California, USA
16. I.A. Hanski, and O.E. Gaggiotti Metapopulation biology: past, present, and future I. Hanski O.E. Gaggiotti Ecology, Genetics and Evolution of Metapopulations 2004 Elsevier Academic Press San Diego, CA, USA 3 22
17. I.A. Hanski, and M.E. Gilpin Metapopulation Biology: Ecology, Genetics and Evolution 1997 Academic Press San Diego, USA
18. K.E. Holsinger Demography and Extinction in small populations A.G. Young G.M. Clarke Genetics, Demography and Viability of Fragmented Populations Conservation Biology 4 2000 Cambridge University Press Cambridge, UK
19. B.C. Husband, and S.C.H. Barrett A metapopulation perspective in plant population biology J. Ecol. 84 1996 461 469
20. S.L. Johnson, A.P. Covich, T. Crowl, A. Estrada-Pinto, J. Bithorn, and W.A. Wursbaugh Do seasonality and disturbance influence reproduction in freshwater atyind shrimp in headwater streams, Puerto Rico? Int. Vereinigung Theor. Limnol. Verh. 26 1998 2076 2081
21. T. Kull Population dynamics of north temperate orchids T. Kull J. Arditti Orchid Biology: Review and Perspectives vol. VIII 2002 Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht, The Netherlands
22. R. Levins Some demographic and genetic consequences of environmental heterogeneity for biological control Bull. Entomol. Soc. Am. 15 1969 237 240
23. R. Levins Extinction M. Gestenhaber Some Mathematical Problems in Biology 1970 American Mathematical Society Providence, RI 75 107
24. Luer, C.A., 1986. Icones Pleurothallidinarum I. Systematics of the Pleurothallidinea Orchidaceae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
25. McDowell, W.H., Estrada Pinto, A., 1988. Rainfall at the El Verde Field Station, 1964-1986. University of Puerto Rico CEER T-228.
26. N. Myers, R.A. Mittermeier, C.G. Mittermeier, G.A.B. da Fonseca, and J. Kent Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities Nature 403 2000 853 858
27. N.J. Ouborg, and O. Eriksson Towards a metapopulation concept for plants I. Hanski O.E. Gaggiotti Ecology, Genetics and Evolution of Metapopulations 2004 Elsevier Academic Press San Diego, CA, USA 447 470
28. O. Ovaskainen, and I. Hanski Metapopulation dynamics in highly fragmented landscapes I. Hanski O.E. Gaggiotti Ecology, Genetics and Evolution of Metapopulations 2004 Elsevier Academic Press San Diego, CA, USA 73 103
29. N.H. Rasmussen, and D.F. Whigham Seed ecology of dust seeds in situ: a new study technique and its application in terrestrial orchids Am. J. Bot. 80 1993 1374 1378
30. N.H. Rasmussen, and D.F. Whigham The underground phase: a special challenge in studies of terrestrial orchid populations Bot. J. linn. Soc. 126 1998 49 64
31. N.H. Rasmussen, and D.F. Whigham Importance of woody debris in seed germination of Tipularia discolor (Orchidaceae) Am. J. Bot. 85 1998 829 834
32. J.M. Reddoch, and A.H. Reddoch The orchids in the Ottawa district: floristics, phytogeography, population studies and historical review Canad. Field-Nat. 111 1997 1 184
33. R.R. Sokal, and F.J. Rohlf Biometry: The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research third ed. 1997 W.H. Freeman and Company New York
34. T. Snäll, P.J. Ribeiro Jr., and H. Rydin Spatial occurrence and colonization in patch-tracking metapopulations: local conditions versus dispersal Oikos 103 2003 566 578
35. T. Snäll, A. Hagström, J. Rudolphi, and H. Rydin Distribution pattern of the epiphyte Neckera penneta on three spatial scales-importance of past landscape structure, connectivity and local conditions Ecography 27 2004 757 766
36. T. Snäll, J. Fogelquist, J. Ribeiro Jr., and M. Lascoux Spatial genetic structure in to congeneric epiphytes with different dispersal strategies analysed by three different methods Mol. Ecol. 13 2004 2109 2119
37. T. Snäll, J. Ehrlén, and H. Rydin Colonization-extinction dynamics of an epiphyte metapopulation in a dynamic landscape Ecology 86 2005 106 115
38. T. Snäll, J. Pennanen, L. Kivistö, and I. Hanski Modelling epiphyte metapopulation dynamics in a dynamic forest landscape Oikos 109 2005 209 222
39. R.R. Sokal, and F.J. Rohlf Biometry: The Principles and Practice of Statistics in Biological Research second ed. 1981 W.H. Freeman New York, USA
40. C.O. Tamm Behaviour of some orchid populations in a changing environment: observations on permanent plots, 1943-1990 T.C.E. Wells J.H. Willems Population Ecology of Terrestrial Orchids 1991 SPB Academic Publishing The Hague 1 13
41. D. Tilman, R.M. May, C.L. Lehman, and M.A. Nowak Habitat destruction and the extinction debt Nature 371 1994 65 66
42. P.H. Thrall, J.J. Burdon, and B.R. Murray The metapopulation paradigm: a fragmented view of conservation biology A.G. Young G.M. Clarke Genetics, Demography and Viability of Fragmented Populations Conservation Biology vol. 4 2000 Cambridge University Press Cambridge, UK
43. R.L. Tremblay Distribution and dispersion patterns of individuals in nine species of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) Biotropica 29 1997 38 45
44. R.L. Tremblay Morphological variance among populations of three tropical orchids with restricted gene flow Pl. Sp. Biol. 12 1997 85 96
45. R.L. Tremblay Lepanthes caritensis, an endangered orchid: no sex, no future? Selbyana 18 1997 160 166
46. R.L. Tremblay Plant longevity in four species of Lepanthes (Pleurothallidinae; Orchidaceae) Lindleyana 15 2000 257 266
47. R.L. Tremblay, and J.D. Ackerman Gene flow and effective population size in Lepanthes (Orchidaceae): a case for genetic drift Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 72 2001 47 62
48. R.L. Tremblay, and J.D. Ackerman The genetic structure or orchid populations and its evolutionary importance Lankesteriana 7 2003 87 92
49. R.L. Tremblay, and M.J. Hutchings Population dynamics in orchid conservation: a review of analytical methods based on the rare species Lepanthes eltoroensis K. Dixon P. Cribb S. Kell R. Barrett Orchid Conservation 2003 Kluwer Academic Press Perth, Australia
50. R.L. Tremblay, J.D. Ackerman, J.K. Zimmerman, and R. Calvo Variation in sexual reproduction in orchids and its evolutionary consequences: a spasmodic journey to diversification Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 84 2005 1 54
51. R.L. Tremblay, J. Zimmerman, L. Lebrón, P. Bayman, I. Sastre, F. Axelrod, and J. Alers-García Host specificity and low reproductive success in the rare endemic Puerto Rican orchid Lepanthes caritensis (Orchidaceae) Biol. Conserv. 85 1998 297 304
52. L. Vanhecke Population dynamics of Dactylorhiza praetermissa in relation to topography and inundation T.C.E. Wells J.H. Willems Population Ecology of Terrestrial Orchids 1991 SPB Academic Publishing The Hague 1 13
53. R.B. Waide, and D.P. Reagan The rainforest setting D.P. Reagan R.B. Waide The Food Web of a Tropical Rainforest 1996 The University of Chicago Press Chicago, IL, USA 1 16
54. T.C.E. Wells, and R. Cox Demographic and biological studies of Ophrys apifera: some results from a 10 years study T.C.E. Wells J.H. Willems Population Ecology of Terrestrial Orchids 1989 SPB Academic Publishing The Hague 1 13
55. J.H. Willems A founder population of Orchis simia n the Netherlands: a 30-year struggle for survival P. Kindlmann J.H. Willems D.F. Whigham Trends and Fluctuations and Underlying Mechanisms in Terrestrial Orchid Populations 2002 Backhuys Publishers Leiden 23 32
56. K.A. With Metapopulation dynamics: perspectives from landscape ecology I. Hanski O.E. Gaggiotti Ecology, Genetics and Evolution of Metapopulations 2004 Elsevier Academic Press San Diego, CA, USA 23 44
57. G. Zotz, and M.T. Tyree Water stress in the epiphytic orchid, Dimerandra emarginata Oecologia 107 1996 151 159
58. G. Zotz Demography of the epiphytic orchid Dimerandra emarginata J. Trop. Ecol. 14 1998 725 741
59. G. Zotz What are backshoots good for? Seasonal changes in mineral, carbohydrate, and water content of different organs of the epiphytic orchid, Dimerandra emarginata Ann. Bot. 84 1999 791 798
60. G. Zotz Size dependence in the reproductive allocation of Dimerandra emarginata, an epiphytic orchid Ecotropica 6 2000 95 98