GERMINATION ECOLOGY OF NEOTROPICAL PIONEERS: INTERACTING EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS AND SEED SIZE

By T. Pearson, David F. R. P. Burslem, C. Mullins, J. Dalling. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Butenolide from plant-derived smoke enhances germination and seedling growth of arable weed species (2006, background): “In the natural environment these signals indicate that a seed is either close to the soil surface or in a disturbed site (Pons 1989; Daws et al. 2002; Pearson et al. 2002).”
Beyond the regeneration phase: differentiation of height–light trajectories among tropical tree species (2005, result): “This is in sharp contrast to the seedling stage, where mortality rates provide an important life-history filter, determining under what light conditions species are found (cf. Li et al. 1996; Davies 2001; Peña-Claros 2001; Montgomery & Chazdon 2002).”
Population differences in juvenile survival under increasing drought are mediated by seed size in cork oak (Quercus suber L.). (2009, background): “…evidence (Gómez, 2004); several studies have found that larger seeds help seedlings to endure drought (Leishman and Westoby, 1994; Seiwa, 2000), and promote germination (Milberg et al., 2000; Pearson et al., 2002), emergence (Castro, 1999), growth and survival (Seiwa, 2000; Baraloto et al., 2005).”
Patterns in the seed germination response to smoke in plants from the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa (2003, background): “This is reflected by the finding that small-seeded species are typically more likely to respond to light, as a germination cue, than larger seeded species (Milberg et al. 2000, Pearson et al. 2002).”
Seed size, growth rate and gap microsite conditions as determinants of recruitment success for pioneer species (2002, background): “These categories were based on the observed maximum burial depths from which different pioneer species could emerge in a growth chamber experiment (Pearson et al. 2002).”
Studies on the seed biology of 100 native species of trees in a seasonal moist tropical forest, Panama, Central America (2006, background): “…(Dalling and Wirth, 1998); and seven of non-Panamanian provenance, Byrsonima crassifolia (Geilfus, 1994; Vega et al., 1983), Virola surinamensis (Piña-Rodrigues and Figliolia, 2005), Dialium guianense (Vieira et al., 1996; Lorenzi, 1998), Castilla elastica (González, 1991), Erythrina fusca…”
Germination, Postgermination Adaptation, and Species Ecological Ranges (2010, background): “…for fitness—correlational selection across loci such that the adaptive value of one locus depends on alleles at other loci—trajectories for adaptive evolution can be limited and can depend on the temporal sequence of fixation at particular loci (Poelwijk et al. 2007, Weinreich et al. 2005).”
The Ecology of Seeds: References (2005, background): “Sixteen species of pioneer trees in semi-deciduous rainforest in Panama all required gaps for germination but used temperature to distinguish between large and small gaps (Pearson et al., 2002).”
Traits of recalcitrant seeds in a semi‐deciduous tropical forest in Panamá: some ecological implications (2005, background): “Additionally, a number of desiccation-tolerant species have been classified as ‘pioneers’ (sensu Swaine & Whitmore 1988), for example Ochroma pyrimidale and Miconia argentea (Pearson et al. 2002).”
Functional significance of photoblastic germination in neotropical pioneer trees: a seed's eye view (2003, background): “Smallerseeded species may be more susceptible to these mortality agents because the seed coat is thinner (Pearson et al. 2002).”
Colonization, tolerance, competition and seed-size variation within functional groups (2003, background): “Moreover, another recent study in the same forest by Pearson et al. [ 55 ] has shown a further kind of niche differentiation in these species.”
Community-wide germination strategies in an alpine meadow on the eastern Qinghai-Tibet plateau: phylogenetic and life-history correlates (2008, background): “One possible interpretation was faster germination of smaller seeds could obtain competitive advantage in time and space (Hendrix 1984), and larger seeds germinated slower due to their usual opacity of thick or hard seed coats (Pearson et al. 2002).”
Disturbance‐Mediated Drift in Tree Functional Groups in Amazonian Forest Fragments (2007, background): “The germination of many pioneer species can be facilitated by the lateral penetration of light and wind along forest edges (Pearson et al. 2002) and increased soil irradiance and temperature fluctuations (Didham & Lawton 1999, Laurance 2004).”
Environmental signals for seed germination reflect habitat adaptations in four temperate Caryophyllaceae (2008, background): “In addition, Nikolaeva (1999) stated that ‘the physiological properties and dormancy pattern of various seeds are undoubtedly related to plant position within large taxa’.”
Ecological functions and ecosystem services provided by Scarabaeinae dung beetles (2008, background): “While the emergence success of most seeds is greatly reduced at depths below 3 cm (Feer, 1999; Hingrat and Feer, 2002; Pearson et al., 2002), a recent review by Andresen and Feer (2005) found that dung beetles bury most seeds at depths of 1–5 cm.”