Can we predict dispersal guilds based on the leaf-height-seed scheme in a disjunct cerrado woodland?

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 553-559

  Jardim, A V F ^a   Batalha, M A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dispersal groups; Ecological strategy; Functional traits; Logistic regression; Savanna

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; LOGISTIC MODELS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; SEASONS; SEEDS;

AVES;

EID: 53549097634     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842008000300013     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. ARENS, K., 1958. Considerações sobre as causas do xeromorfismo foliar. Bolm. Fac. Ciênc. Let. Univ. S. Paulo, vol. 224, no. 15, p. 25-26.
2. BATALHA, MA. and MANTOVANI, W., 1999. Chaves de identificaçã o das espécies vegetais vasculares do cerrado baseada em caracteres vegetativos para a ARIE Cerrado Péde-Gigante, Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, SP. Rev. Inst. Flor., vol. 11, no. 1, p. 137-158.
3. BATALHA, MA. and MARTINS, FR., 2004. Reproductive phenology of the cerrado plant community in Emas National Park (central Brazil). Aust. J. Bot., vol. 52, no. 2, p. 149-161.
4. BATALHA, MA., ARAGAKI, S. and MANTOVANI, W., 1998. Chave de identificação das espécies vasculares do cerrado em Emas (Pirassununga, SP) baseada em caracteres vegetativos. Bolm. Bot. Univ. S. Paulo, vol. 17, no. 1, p. 85-108.
5. BUSTAMANTE, MMC., MARTINELLI, MA., SILVA, DA., CAMARGO, PB., KLINK, CA., DOMINGUES, TF. and SANTOS, RV., 2004. N natural abundance in woody plants and soils of Central Brazilian savannas (cerrado). Ecol. Appl., vol. 14, p. S200-S213.
6. CASTRO, EA. and KAUFFMAN, JB., 1998. Ecosystem structure in the Brazilian Cerrado: a vegetation gradient of aboveground biomass, root mass and consumption by fire. J. Trop. Ecol., vol. 14, no. 4, p. 263-283.
7. CORNELISSEN, JHC., LAVOREL, S., GARNIER, E., DÍAZ, S., BUCHMANN, N., GURVICH, DE., REICH, PB., TERSTEEGE, H., MORGAN, HD., VAN DER HEIJDEN, MGA., PAUSAS, JG. and POORTER, H., 2003. A handbook of protocols for standardised and easy measurement of plant functional traits worldwide. Aust. J. Bot., vol. 51, no. 4, p. 335-380.
8. COUTINHO, LM., 1990. Fire in the ecology of the Brazilian Cerrado. In Goldammer, JG. (Ed.). Fire in the tropical biota: ecosystem processes and global challenges. Berlin: Springer. p. 82-105.
9. DURIGAN, G., SIQUEIRA, MF., FRANCO, GADC., BRIDGEWATER, S. and RATTER, JA., 2003. The vegetation of priority areas for cerrado conservation in São Paulo State, Brazil. Edinburgh J. Bot., vol. 60, no. 2, p. 217-241.
10. EITEN, G., 1972. The cerrado vegetation of Brazil. Bot. Rev., vol. 38, no. 2, p. 201-341.
11. EMBRAPA. EMPRESA BRASILEIRA DE PESQUISA AGROPECUÁRIA, 1999. Sistema brasileiro de classificação de solos. Brasília: EMBRAPA-SPI.
12. FRANCO, AC., 1998. Seasonal patterns of gas exchange, water relations and growth of Roupala montana, an evergreen savanna species. Plant Ecol., vol. 136, no. 1, p. 69-76.
13. FUENTES, M., 2000. Frugivory, seed dispersal and plant community ecology. TREE, vol. 15, no. 12, p. 487-488.
14. GIVNISH, TJ., 1982. On the adaptive significance of leaf height in forest herbs. Am. Nat., vol. 120, no. 3, p. 353-381.
15. GOTTSBERGER, G. and SILBERBAUER GOTTSBERGER, I., 1983. Dispersal and distribution in the cerrado vegetation of Brazil. Sonderbd. Naturwiss. Ver. Hamburg, vol. 7, p. 315-352.
16. HAIR JR, JF., ANDERSON, RE., TATHAM, RL. and BLACK, WC., 1998. Multivariate data analysis. Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall. 730 p.
17. HARPER, JL., 1977. Population biology of plants. London: Academic Press. 892 p.
18. HORVITZ, CC., 1981. Analysis of how ant behaviors affect germination in a tropical myrmechocore Calathea microcephala (P. and E.) Koernicke (Marantaceae): microsite selection and aril removal by Neotropical ants, Odontomachus, Pachycondyla, and Solenopsis (Formicidae). Oecologia, vol. 51, no. 1, p. 47-52.
19. HOSMER, DW. and LEMESHOW, S., 1989. Applied logistic regression. New York: John Wiley & Sons. 307 p.
20. HOWE, HF. and WESTLEY, LC., 1991. Ecology of pollination and seed dispersal. In Crawley, MJ. (Ed.). Plant ecology. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. p. 262-283
21. HUGHES, L., DUNLOP, M., FRENCH, K., LEISHMAN, MR., RICE, B., RODGERSON, L. and WESTOBY, M., 1994. Predicting dispersal spectra: a minimal set of hypotheses based on plant attributes. J. Ecol., vol. 82, no. 4, p. 933-950.
22. KAY, QON., 1992. Edible fruits in a cool climate: the evolution and ecology of endozoochory in the European flora. In Marshall, C. and Grace, J. (Eds.). Fruit and seed production: aspects of development, environmental physiology and ecology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 217-250
23. KEDDY, PA., 1992. A pragmatic approach to functional ecology. Funct. Ecol., vol. 6, no. 6, p. 621-626.
24. KÖPPEN, W., 1948. Climatología. Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Económica. 479 p.
25. LARCHER, W., 1995. Physiological plant ecology. New York: Springer. 506 p.
26. LAVERGNE, S., GARNIER, E. and DEBUSSCHE, M., 2003. Do rock endemic and widespread plant species differ under the Leaf-Height-Seed plant ecology strategy scheme? Ecol. Lett., vol. 6, no. 5, p. 398-404.
27. LEAL, IR. and OLIVEIRA, PS., 1998. Interactions between fungus-growing ants (Attini), fruits and seeds in cerrado vegetation in Southeast Brazil. Biotropica, vol. 30, no. 2, p. 170-178.
28. LEISHMAN, MR., WESTOBY, M. and JURADO, E., 1995. Correlates of seed size variation: a comparison among five temperate floras. J. Ecol., vol. 83, no. 3, p. 517-529.
29. LILIENFEIN, J., WILCKE, W., ZIMMERMANN, R., GERSTBERGER, P., ARAÚJO, GM. and ZECH, W., 2001. Nutrient storage in soil and biomass of native Brazilian Cerrado. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci., vol. 164, no. 5, p. 487-495.
30. LORD, J., WESTOBY, M. and LEISHMAN, M., 1995. Seed size and phylogeny in six temperate floras: constraints, niche conservatism and adaptation. Am. Nat., vol. 146, no. 3, p. 349-364.
31. MARQUIS, RJ., DINIZ, IR. and MORAIS, HC., 2001. Patterns and correlates of interspecific variation in foliar insect herbivory and pathogen attack in Brazilian cerrado. J. Trop. Ecol., vol. 17, no. 1, p. 127-148.
32. MEINZER, FC., GOLDSTEIN, G., FRANCO, AC., BUSTAMANTE, M., IGLER, E., JACKSON, P., CALDAS, L. and RUNDEL, PW., 1999. Atmospheric and hydraulic limitations on transpiration in Brazilian Cerrado woody species. Funct. Ecol., vol. 13, no. 2, p. 273-282.
33. MOLES, AT., ACKERLY, DD., WEBB, CO., TWEDDLE, JC., DICKIE, JB., PITMAN, AJ. and WESTOBY, M., 2005. Factors that shape seed mass evolution. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., vol. 102, no. 30, p. 10540-10544.
34. MOOG, D., KAHMEN, S. and POSCHLOD, P., 2005. Application of CSR- and LHS-strategies for the distinction of differently managed grasslands. Basic Appl. Ecol., vol. 6, no. 2, p. 133-143.
35. MOREIRA, A. and KLINK, CA., 2000. Biomass allocation and growth of tree seedlings from two contrasting Brazilian savannas. Ecotropicos, vol. 13, no. 1, p. 43-51.
36. NATHAN, R., 2001. The challenges of studying dispersal. TREE, vol. 16, no. 9, p. 481-483.
37. NATHAN, R., KATUL, GG., HORN, HS., THOMAS, SM., OREN, R., AVISSAR, R., PACALA, SW. and LEVIN, SA., 2002. Mechanisms of long-distance dispersal of seeds by wind. Nature, vol. 418, no. 6896, p. 409-413.
38. NATHAN, R. and MULLER LANDAU, HC., 2000. Spatial patterns of seed dispersal, their determinants and consequences for recruitment. TREE, vol. 15, no. 7, p. 278-285.
39. NETER, J., WASSERMAN, W. and KUTNER, MH., 1989. Applied linear regression models. Homewood: Irwin. 688 p.
40. OLIVEIRA, JB. and PRADO, H., 1984. Levantamento pedológico semidetalhado do estado de São Paulo: quadrícula de São Carlos II. Campinas: Embrapa/SAA/IAC. (Boletim Técnico 98)
41. OLIVEIRA, PEAM. and MOREIRA, AG., 1992. Anemocoria em espécies de cerrado e mata de galeria de Brasília, DF. Rev. Bras. Bot., vol. 15, no. 2, p. 163-174.
42. OUBORG, NJ., PIQUOT, Y. and VAN GROENENDAEL, JM., 1999. Population genetics, molecular markers and the study of dispersal in plants. J. Ecol., vol. 87, no. 4, p. 551-568.
43. RASBAND, W., 2004. ImageJ: Image processing and analysis in Java. Version 1.34s. [06 08, 2006]. Available from: http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij.
44. RATTER, JA., RIBEIRO, JF. and BRIDGEWATER, S., 1997. The Brazilian Cerrado vegetation and threats to its biodiversity. Ann. Bot., vol. 80, no. 3, p. 223-230.
45. RIZZINI, CT., 1965. Experimental studies on seedlings development. Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard., vol. 52, no. 3, p. 410-426.
46. ROTH, I., 1987. Stratification of a tropical forest as seen in dispersal types. Dordrecht: Dr. W. Junk. 324 p.
47. RYAN, TP., 1997. Modern regression methods. New York: John Wiley & Sons. 515 p.
48. SECRETARIA DO MEIO AMBIENTE, 1997. Cerrado: bases para conservação e uso sustentável das áreas de cerrado do estado de São Paulo. São Paulo: SMA. 184 p.
49. SARMIENTO, G., 1984. The ecology of neotropical savannas. Cambridge: Harvard University. 235 p.
50. SASSAKI, RM. and FELIPPE, GM., 1999. Single-seeded fruits and seedling establishment in Dalbergia miscolobium Benth. (Papilionaceae). Biotropica, vol. 31, no. 4, p. 591-597.
51. SILVA JÚNIOR, MC., 2005. 100 árvores do cerrado: guia de campo. Rede de sementes do cerrado. Brasília: Rede de Sementes do Cerrado . 278 p.
52. SOKAL, RR. and ROHLF, FJ., 1994. Biometry. New York: W. H. Freeman. 880 p.
53. STATSOFT, INC., 2001. Statistica (data analysis software system). Version 6. [06 08, 2006]. Available from: http://www.statsoft.com.
54. TACKENBERG, O., 2003. Modeling long-distance dispersal of plant diaspores by wind. Ecol. Monogr., vol. 73, no. 2, p. 173-189.
55. VALLADARES, F., SKILLMAN, JB. and PEARCY, RW., 2002. Convergence in light capture efficiencies among tropical forest understory plants with contrasting crown architectures: a case of morphological compensation. Am. J. Bot., vol. 89, no. 8, p. 1275-1284.
56. VAN DER PIJL, L., 1972. Principles of dispersal in higher plants. Berlin: Springer. 162 p.
57. WEBER, WA., 1982. Mnemonic three-letter acronyms for the families of vascular plants: a device for more effective herbarium curation. Taxon, vol. 31, p. 74-88.
58. WESTOBY, M., 1998. A leaf-height-seed (LHS) plant ecology strategy scheme. Plant Soil, vol. 199, no. 2, p. 213-227.
59. WESTOBY, M., RICE, B., HOWELL, J., 1990. Seed size and plant growth form as factors in dispersal spectra. Ecology, vol. 71, no. 4, p. 1307-1315.
60. WESTOBY, M., FALSTER, DS., MOLES, AT., VESK, PA. and WRIGHT, IJ., 2002. Plant ecological strategies: some leading dimensions of variation between species. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst., vol. 33, p. 125-159.
61. WILLSON, MF., IRVINE, AK. and WALSH, NG., 1989. Vertebrate dispersal syndromes in some Australian and New Zealand plant communities, with geographic comparisons. Biotropica, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 133-147.
62. WILLSON, MF., RICE, BL. and WESTOBY, M., 1990. Seed dispersal spectra: a comparison of temperate plant communities. J. Veg. Sci., vol. 1, no. 4, p. 547-562.
63. WRIGHT, IA., REICH, PB., CORNELISSEN, JHC., FALSTER, DS., GROOM, PK., HIKOSAKA, K., LEE, W., LUSK, CH., NIINEMETS, U., OLEKSYN, J., OSADA, N., POORTER, H., WARTON, DI. and WESTOBY, M., 2005. Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate. Global Ecol. Biogeogr., vol. 14, no. 5, p. 411-421.