Changes in Tree Reproductive Traits Reduce Functional Diversity in a Fragmented Atlantic Forest Landscape
Luciana Coe Girão, Ariadna Valentina Lopes, Marcelo Tabarelli et al. · 2007
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Luciana Girao, Ariadna Lopes, Marcelo Tabarelli and colleagues studied how breaking up Atlantic Forest changes tree reproduction, in PLOS ONE in 2007. A forest's mix of working traits helps keep the whole system running. How human disturbance scrambles that mix was poorly known.
The team tested whether fragmentation shifts which reproductive traits dominate among trees. Fragmented edges favor some pollination and seed styles over others, thinning the range of strategies. A narrower range can leave a forest less able to recover from drought or disease. The study gives conservationists a trait based way to judge forest damage, beyond counting species alone.
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| CREATOR | Luciana Coe Girão, Ariadna Valentina Lopes, Marcelo Tabarelli et al. |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2007 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58 KB |
| LICENSE | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | PLOS ONE |
Source: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0000908