Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates

Diego F. Correa; Pablo R. Stevenson; Maria Natalia Umaña; Luiz  de Souza Coelho; Diógenes  de Andrade Lima Filho; Rafael  Salomão; Iêda  Leão do Amaral; Florian Wittmann; Francisca  Dionízia de Almeida Matos; Carolina  Castilho; Oliver L. Phillips; Juan Ernesto Guevara; Marcelo  de Jesus Veiga Carim; William E. Magnusson; Daniel Sabatier; Jean François Molino; Mariana Victória Irume; Maria Pires Martins; José  Renan da Silva Guimarães; Olaf S. Bánki; Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade; Nigel  Pitman; Abel Monteagudo Mendoza; José Ferreira Ramos; Bruno  Garcia Luize; Evlyn  Márcia Moraes de Leão Novo; Percy Núñez Vargas; Thiago  Sanna Freire Silva; Eduardo Venticinque; Angelo  Manzatto; Neidiane   Reis; John  Terborgh; Katia  Casula; Euridice Honorio Coronado; Juan Montero; Jochen Schöngart; Dairon López; Flávia Costa; Adriano Quaresma; Charles  Zartman; Timothy Killeen; Beatriz Marimon; Ben  Marimon-Junior; Paul Maas; Tinde  van Andel; Bruce Hoffman; André  Junqueira; Bernardo Flores; Milena Holmgren; Roderick Zagt

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Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates

Diego F. Correa^*, Pablo R. Stevenson, Maria Natalia Umaña, Luiz de Souza Coelho, Diógenes de Andrade Lima Filho, Rafael Salomão, Iêda Leão do Amaral, Florian Wittmann, Francisca Dionízia de Almeida Matos, Carolina Castilho, Oliver L. Phillips, Juan Ernesto Guevara, Marcelo de Jesus Veiga Carim, William E. Magnusson, Daniel Sabatier, Jean François Molino, Mariana Victória Irume, Maria Pires Martins, José Renan da Silva Guimarães, Olaf S. BánkiMaria Teresa Fernandez Piedade, Nigel Pitman, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza, José Ferreira Ramos, Bruno Garcia Luize, Evlyn Márcia Moraes de Leão Novo, Percy Núñez Vargas, Thiago Sanna Freire Silva, Eduardo Venticinque, Angelo Manzatto, Neidiane Reis, John Terborgh, Katia Casula, Euridice Honorio Coronado, Juan Montero, Jochen Schöngart, Dairon López, Flávia Costa, Adriano Quaresma, Charles Zartman, Timothy Killeen, Beatriz Marimon, Ben Marimon-Junior, Paul Maas, Tinde van Andel, Bruce Hoffman, André Junqueira, Bernardo Flores, Milena Holmgren, Roderick Zagt

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Aim: To investigate the geographic patterns and ecological correlates in the geographic distribution of the most common tree dispersal modes in Amazonia (endozoochory, synzoochory, anemochory and hydrochory). We examined if the proportional abundance of these dispersal modes could be explained by the availability of dispersal agents (disperser-availability hypothesis) and/or the availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits (resource-availability hypothesis). Time period: Tree-inventory plots established between 1934 and 2019. Major taxa studied: Trees with a diameter at breast height (DBH) ≥ 9.55 cm. Location: Amazonia, here defined as the lowland rain forests of the Amazon River basin and the Guiana Shield. Methods: We assigned dispersal modes to a total of 5433 species and morphospecies within 1877 tree-inventory plots across terra-firme, seasonally flooded, and permanently flooded forests. We investigated geographic patterns in the proportional abundance of dispersal modes. We performed an abundance-weighted mean pairwise distance (MPD) test and fit generalized linear models (GLMs) to explain the geographic distribution of dispersal modes. Results: Anemochory was significantly, positively associated with mean annual wind speed, and hydrochory was significantly higher in flooded forests. Dispersal modes did not consistently show significant associations with the availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits. A lower dissimilarity in dispersal modes, resulting from a higher dominance of endozoochory, occurred in terra-firme forests (excluding podzols) compared to flooded forests. Main conclusions: The disperser-availability hypothesis was well supported for abiotic dispersal modes (anemochory and hydrochory). The availability of resources for constructing zoochorous fruits seems an unlikely explanation for the distribution of dispersal modes in Amazonia. The association between frugivores and the proportional abundance of zoochory requires further research, as tree recruitment not only depends on dispersal vectors but also on conditions that favour or limit seedling recruitment across forest types.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	49-69
Journal	Global Ecology and Biogeography
Volume	32
Issue number	1
Early online date	24 Oct 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13596
Publication status	Published - Jan 2023

Keywords

Amazonian rain forests
anemochory
dispersal agents
disperser-availability hypothesis
endozoochory
flooded forests
hydrochory
resource-availability hypothesis
synzoochory
terra-firme forests

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Correa, D. F., Stevenson, P. R., Umaña, M. N., de Souza Coelho, L., de Andrade Lima Filho, D., Salomão, R., Leão do Amaral, I., Wittmann, F., Dionízia de Almeida Matos, F., Castilho, C., Phillips, O. L., Guevara, J. E., de Jesus Veiga Carim, M., Magnusson, W. E., Sabatier, D., Molino, J. F., Irume, M. V., Martins, M. P., Renan da Silva Guimarães, J., ... Zagt, R. (2023). Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32(1), 49-69. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13596

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