Megafruit and megafauna diversity are positively associated, while megafruit traits are related to abiotic factors, in tropical Asia
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| 作者 | McConkey, Kim R.; Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa; Corlett, Richard T.; Sushma, Hosur Subbarao6; Ong, Lisa2,7; Brodie, Jedediah F. |
| 刊名 | GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
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| 出版日期 | 2022 |
| 卷号 | 31期号:4页码:740-752 |
| 关键词 | Asia megafauna megafaunal fruits Pleistocene seed dispersal tropical forests |
| ISSN号 | 1466-822X |
| DOI | 10.1111/geb.13464 |
| 英文摘要 | Aim For tens of millions of years, herbivorous megafauna were abundant across the globe, fulfilling important ecological roles including seed dispersal. Megafruits are very large fruits that are dispersed most effectively by megafauna. However, megafruits also occur in ecosystems where megafauna are extinct or were never present, emphasizing our incomplete understanding of megafauna-megafruit relationships. Here we use the complex biogeography of tropical Asia to investigate how megafruit diversity and traits are associated with the diversity of megafauna, smaller animals, and abiotic factors. Location Tropical Asia, from the Indian subcontinent in the west to tropical China in the north to the Maluku archipelago (Indonesia) in the east. Time period Late Pleistocene to the present day. Major taxa studied Megafauna (body weight > 500 kg) that consume fruits, including stegodons, elephants, rhinoceroses, giant tapirs, and large bovids. Fleshy-fruited plant species across the region with a fruit width > 40 mm (i.e., megafruits). Methods We compiled a list of all megafruits along with selected plant, fruit, and seed traits in 16 subregions across tropical Asia. We explored biogeographical patterns in megafruit diversity and traits in relation to the diversities of past and present megafauna, large- and medium-sized animals and abiotic factors (mean temperature, mean precipitation, precipitation seasonality, insularity). Results We identified 496 megafruits in tropical Asia. Megafruit diversity was highest in subregions with high megafaunal diversity, particularly extant species. Megafruit traits were influenced most strongly by abiotic factors (mainly temperature and land area), and weakly by megafauna and smaller dispersers. Main conclusions Our results are consistent with megafauna maintaining or responding to megafruit diversity, but variation in megafruit traits is primarily associated with abiotic factors. Given the massive megafaunal losses in tropical Asia since the Late Pleistocene, it is important to identify fruit traits that can increase megafauna-dependence and thus vulnerability to these losses. |
| 学科主题 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Physical Geography |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000757108200001 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.xtbg.org.cn/handle/353005/12988]  |
| 专题 | 西双版纳热带植物园_2012年后新成立研究组 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Integrat Conservat Xisuangbanna Trop Bot Gard, Mengla, Peoples R China 2.Univ Nottingham Malaysia, Sch Environm & Geog Sci, Semenyih, Malaysia 3.Brodie, Jedediah F.] Univ Montana, Wildlife Biol Program, Missoula, MT 59812 USA 4.Brodie, Jedediah F.] Univ Montana, Div Biol Sci, Missoula, MT 59812 USA 5.Salim Ali Ctr Ornithol & Nat Hist SACON, Anaikatty Post, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 6.Corlett, Richard T.] Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Integrat Conservat, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Mengla, Peoples R China 7.Chinese Acad Sci, Southeast Asia Biodivers Res Inst, Mengla, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | McConkey, Kim R.,Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa,Corlett, Richard T.,et al. Megafruit and megafauna diversity are positively associated, while megafruit traits are related to abiotic factors, in tropical Asia[J]. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY,2022,31(4):740-752. |
| APA | McConkey, Kim R.,Campos-Arceiz, Ahimsa,Corlett, Richard T.,Sushma, Hosur Subbarao,Ong, Lisa,&Brodie, Jedediah F..(2022).Megafruit and megafauna diversity are positively associated, while megafruit traits are related to abiotic factors, in tropical Asia.GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY,31(4),740-752. |
| MLA | McConkey, Kim R.,et al."Megafruit and megafauna diversity are positively associated, while megafruit traits are related to abiotic factors, in tropical Asia".GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY 31.4(2022):740-752. |
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