Integrated Vegetative and Reproductive Traits Reveal Functional Groups and Assembly Mechanisms in a Subtropical Forest Ecotone [PDF]
PlantsIn species-rich forests, the integration of vegetative and reproductive traits defines plant ecological strategies and underpins community assembly. How these trait syndromes assemble into functional groups to facilitate species coexistence in ecotones ...
Chenxing Xu +8 more
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A potential ant-hemiptera-plant mutualism on Lorostemon coelhoi (Clusiaceae) in the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
Acta AmazonicaInteractions among organisms are important in ecosystem functioning and relevant for the management and conservation of species. Here we report the first record of a potential ant-hemiptera-plant mutualism on Lorostemon coelhoi (Clusiaceae) in Manaus ...
Silvia Larissa FERREIRA-SILVA +4 more
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Evolution of pollination by frugivorous birds in Neotropical Myrtaceae [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Bird pollination is relatively common in the tropics, and especially in the Americas. In the predominantly Neotropical tribe Myrteae (Myrtaceae), species of two genera, Acca and Myrrhinium, offer fleshy, sugary petals to the consumption of birds that ...
María Gabriela Nadra +3 more
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Cloning capacity helps seeds of Garcinia xanthochymus counter animal predation
Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Seed predators have the potential to act as agents of natural selection that influence seed traits and seed fates, which in turn affect the whole plant population dynamic. Accordingly, plants deploy a variety of mechanisms (e.g., resistance and tolerance
Zhen‐yu Wang +5 more
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Investigations into stability in the fig/ fig-wasp mutualism [PDF]
, 2010 Fig trees (Ficus, Moraceae) and their pollinating wasps (Chalcidoidea, Agaonidae) are involved in an obligate mutualism where each partner relies on the other in order to reproduce: the pollinating fig wasps are a fig tree’s only pollen disperser ...
Al-Beidh, Sarah, Al-Beidh, Sarah
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Anthropogenic seed dispersal: rethinking the origins of plant domestication
, 2020 It is well documented that ancient sickle harvesting led to tough rachises, but the other seed dispersal properties in crop progenitors are rarely discussed. The first steps toward domestication are evolutionary responses for the recruitment of humans as
Spengler, R.
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Honey bees as potential vectors of the invasive rust pathogen Austropuccinia psidii: nutritional mutualism and implications for pathogen spread [PDF]
NeoBiotaMyrtle rust fungus, Austropuccinia psidii (Basidiomycota, Pucciniales), infects more than 500 species in the Myrtaceae family and is a significant threat to keystone plant taxa, particularly in Australia.
Sacchi Shin-Clayton +8 more
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Mutualism supports biodiversity when the direct competition is weak [PDF]
, 2016 A key question of theoretical ecology is which properties of ecosystems favour their stability and help maintaining biodiversity. This qu estion recently reconsid- ered mutualistic systems, generating intense controversy about the role of mutu- alistic ...
Pascual Garcia, A
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Sniffing on Microbes: Diverse Roles of Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds in Plant Health
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2013 Secreted proteins and metabolites play diverse and critical roles in organismal and organism–environment interactions. Volatile organic compounds (VOC) can travel far from the point of production through the atmosphere, porous soils, and liquid, making ...
Vasileios Bitas +3 more
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The Strength and Drivers of Bird-Mediated Selection on Fruit Crop Size: A Meta-Analysis
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2018 In seed-dispersal mutualisms, the number of fruit a plant displays is a key trait, as it acts as a signal for seed dispersers that entails fruit removal and exportation of reproductive units (fruit crop size hypothesis).
Facundo X. Palacio, Mariano Ordano
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