Potential disruptions to seed dispersal mutualisms in Tonga, Western Polynesia

By Hayley J. Meehan, K. McConkey, D. Drake. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Geography, Planning and Development

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Conservation and restoration of plant–animal mutualisms on oceanic islands (2010, background): “This has been reported from Tonga (Meehan et al., 2002; McConkey and Drake, 2006), Mauritius (Baider and Florens, 2006; Hansen et al., 2008), Pitcairn Island (Kingston and Waldren, 2005) and has been suggested in the Canary Islands (Valido, 1999).”
Are introduced rats (Rattus rattus) both seed predators and dispersers in Hawaii? (2011, background): “By contrast, several large-seeded species on Pacific islands may no longer experience bird dispersal because of the loss of particular native fauna (Meehan et al. 2002; Traveset and Richardson 2006), and consequently some of these plant species may not be dispersed beyond the canopies of the parent…”
‘Nucleating’ succession in recovering neotropical wet forests: The legacy of remnant trees (2008, background): “Because these tree species are dependent on fewer dispersers, they may be dispersal-limited in secondary forests and particularly in forests where populations of larger fauna are reduced or no longer present (e.g. Meehan et al. 2002; McConkey & Drake 2006).”
Ecosystem Services Provided by Birds (2008, background): “New Zealand and south Pacific islands have already suffered wholesale extinctions of frugivorous birds and widespread dispersal failure is suspected, particularly among large-seeded plant species (McConkey & Drake 2002; Meehan et al. 2002).”
Island extinctions: processes, patterns, and potential for ecosystem restoration (2017, unknown): “On islands, co-extinction is a risk for specialized insect-pollinated (Dunn et al. 2009) or faunaldispersed plants (e.g. Meehan et al. 2002) and has caused the loss of many host-specific parasites (e.g. Mey 1990; Wood et al. 2013).”
Forest fragmentation differentially affects seed dispersal of large and small-seeded tropical trees (2007, background): “The extinction of the four largest frugivorous pigeons in Tonga (Polynesia) left 18 large-seeded plant species with no dispersers (Meehan et al., 2002).”
Patterns of Seed Dispersal and Dispersal Failure in a Hawaiian Dry Forest Having Only Introduced Birds (2010, background): “As the size and structure of fruits and seeds that birds can consume or transport are constrained by a bird’s size (Wheelwright 1985, Stiles 2000, Meehan et al. 2002, Lord 2004, Buckley et al. 2006), small generalists like Japanese white-eyes may be preferentially consuming only smaller fruits and…”
Changing perspectives on the biogeography of the tropical South Pacific: influences of dispersal, vicariance and extinction (2009, unknown): “S m it h et al ., 19 98 ; A u st in , 19 99 ; Z er eg a et al ., 20 04 ; H in kl e, 20 07 ) R es il ie n t Journal of Biogeography 36, 1035–1054 1043 ª 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Steadman, 1995; Worthy, 2000, 2001; Meehan et al., 2002).”
The impacts of rats on the endangered native flora of French Polynesia (Pacific Islands): drivers of plant extinction or coup de grâce species? (2009, background): “, Ducula) are now extinct in the large majority of the islands of French Polynesia (McConkey and Drake 2002; Meehan et al. 2002; Steadman 2006).”