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Abstract:

Recent studies have advanced our understanding of the mechanisms behind population and community responses to edge effects. However, functional responses remain poorly explored. Seed dispersal is a key process in ecosystem functioning, and edge effects may alter patterns of seed dispersal through changes in dispersers' behavior and environmental conditions. Here, we test predictive models of edge effects and habitat suitability on seed dispersal by considering different scenarios given by differences in the dispersal agent (wind and vertebrate dispersal), and the contrast between habitats of native southern Atlantic forest and tree plantations that occur across the entire area of influence of the edge. We fit our data to non-linear theoretical models to explore the response of seed rain to three general patterns of response to edge effects and differences on habitat suitability: (1) monotonic (sigmoid or exponential) (seed rain is higher in one of the habitats), (2) unimodal (seed rain shows either a maximum or a minimum near the edge, with or without differences on habitat suitability between adjacent habitats) and (3) neutral response (seed rain is constant across the ecotone). We estimated abundance and richness of wind- and vertebrate-dispersed seeds using seed traps, and measured vegetation structure in four different edges between native forest and tree plantations (from recent to mature plantations). Edge effects affected seed rain patterns depending on both the degree of vegetation contrast between habitats and the dispersal agent. Wind-dispersed seeds showed a monotonic response to most edges, whereas responses of vertebrate-dispersed seeds varied among edges (monotonic, unimodal and neutral), consistent with the dispersers' behavior. High contrast edges (forest-recent plantation) showed unimodal edge response, while those created by low contrast edges (forest-mature plantation) exhibited monotonic responses (sigmoid). Differences on habitat suitability on vertebrate-dispersed seeds increased with edge contrast, while richness and abundance of vertebrate-dispersed seeds in the habitat interior showed the opposite pattern. The abundance of wind-dispersed seeds inside the studied habitats increased with edge contrast. The current analytical framework developed to explore responses of populations and communities to edge effects successfully described the response of seed dispersal. Furthermore, edge effects affected seed dispersal patterns differently depending on the dispersal agent and the contrast between habitats. Our findings contribute to the understanding of forest regeneration processes and may help increase the effectiveness of restoration efforts. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Functional responses to edge effects: Seed dispersal in the southern Atlantic forest, Argentina
Autor:Vespa, N.I.; Zurita, G.; Isabel Bellocq, M.
Filiación:Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, FCEN, Universidad de Buenos Aires - IEGEBA, CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab 2, piso 4, C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto de Biología Subtropical, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales, Universidad Nacional de Misiones - CONICET, Bertoni 85, 3370 Puerto Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina
Palabras clave:Dispersal agent; Habitat contrast; Seed rain; Tree plantations; Conservation; Rain; Reforestation; Vegetation; Ecosystem functioning; Environmental conditions; Forest regeneration; Habitat contrast; Habitat suitability; Seed rain; Tree plantations; Vegetation structure; Ecosystems; community response; ecosystem function; edge effect; environmental conditions; functional response; habitat restoration; population structure; regeneration; seed dispersal; species richness; tree planting; Conservation; Dispersants; Ecosystems; Plantations; Rain; Reforestation; Seeds; Atlantic Forest
Año:2014
Volumen:328
Página de inicio:310
Página de fin:318
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.054
Título revista:Forest Ecology and Management
Título revista abreviado:For. Ecol. Manage.
ISSN:03781127
CODEN:FECMD
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03781127_v328_n_p310_Vespa

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Citas:

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Vespa, N.I., Zurita, G. & Isabel Bellocq, M. (2014) . Functional responses to edge effects: Seed dispersal in the southern Atlantic forest, Argentina. Forest Ecology and Management, 328, 310-318.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.054
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Vespa, N.I., Zurita, G., Isabel Bellocq, M. "Functional responses to edge effects: Seed dispersal in the southern Atlantic forest, Argentina" . Forest Ecology and Management 328 (2014) : 310-318.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.054
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Vespa, N.I., Zurita, G., Isabel Bellocq, M. "Functional responses to edge effects: Seed dispersal in the southern Atlantic forest, Argentina" . Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 328, 2014, pp. 310-318.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.054
---------- VANCOUVER ----------
Vespa, N.I., Zurita, G., Isabel Bellocq, M. Functional responses to edge effects: Seed dispersal in the southern Atlantic forest, Argentina. For. Ecol. Manage. 2014;328:310-318.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.054