MISTLETOE-A KEYSTONE RESOURCE IN FORESTS AND WOODLANDS WORLDWIDE

By David M. Watson. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science

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Vectors, viscin, and Viscaceae: mistletoes as parasites, mutualists, and resources (2003, neutral): “Watson DM. 2001.”
Comparison of dwarf mistletoes (Arceuthobium spp., Viscaceae) in the western United States with mistletoes (Amyema spp., Loranthaceae) in Australia—ecological analogs and reciprocal models for ecosystem management (2004, background): “As previously stated, dwarf mistletoes are keystone species (Watson 2001) that have a disproportional influence on forest communities in relation to their small stature and biomass.”
Ecosystem Services Provided by Birds (2008, background): “Mistletoes in the families Viscaceae, Loranthaceae, and Eremolepidaceae occur worldwide, with highest diversity in the tropics and subtropics (Watson 2001).”
Mistletoe ecophysiology: Host-parasite interactions (2009, background): “Watson (2001) reviews aspects of mistletoe biotic interactions from the perspective of community ecology and the keystone importance of mistletoes on biodiversity.”
A productivity-based explanation for woodland bird declines: poorer soils yield less food (2011, background): “Providing reliable nectar, high-quality fruit, enriched litter and dense micro-habitats used by many species for nesting and roosting, these plants have a positive effect onmanywoodland species (Watson 2001; Bowen et al. 2009; Montague-Drake et al. 2009) having dramatic effects on the organic inputs”
Seed dispersal by a frugivorous marsupial shapes the spatial scale of a mistletoe population (2009, background): “activity of seed dispersers and recruitment, because undispersed seeds do not germinate or become established (Reid 1991; Ladley & Kelly 1996; Watson 2001), and seed dispersal is spatially directed to host plants, which represent the only microsite for recruitment (Reid 1991; Aukema & Martinez del R”
Functional biology of parasitic plants: a review (2016, background): “…(2) effects on nutrient cycling via modifications of soil microbial community structure (Bardgett et al. 2006, Quested et al. 2003, Spasojevic & Suding 2011) and (3) pro-vision of important resources for animals, such as birds or insects (Watson 2001, Watson et al. 2011, Watson & Herring 2012).”
Distribution and dispersal of desert mistletoe is scale-dependent, hierarchically nested (2004, background): “In addition, because mistletoes are important features of landscapes throughout the world and are critical resources in many habitats (Watson 2001, Aukema and Martı́nez del Rio 2002a, Aukema 2003), multiscale studies of the spatial distribution of mistletoes in a variety of habitats and explicit…”
Parasitic plants as facilitators: more Dryad than Dracula? (2009, background): “While these interactions led to the proposal that mistletoes, and parasitic plants in general, function as ecological keystones (Watson 2001, 2004), could these interactions also represent sources for these additional nutrients?”
Determinants of parasitic plant distribution: the role of host quality. (2009, background): “Although root-parasitism is the more widespread habit, most knowledge on the distribution and spatial ecology of parasitic plants has come from the aerially hemiparasitic mistletoes (primarily Viscaceae and Loranthaceae; Restrepo 1987; Dean et al. 1994; Watson 2001; Aukema and Martinez del Rio 2002a”
Feeding Ecology of Propithecus diadema in Forest Fragments and Continuous Forest (2008, background): “This is consistent with other studies showing that mistletoes are crucial for the survival of animal populations (Atsalis 1999; Watson 2001).”
Parasitic angiosperms: How often and how many? (2020, background): “Most of the remaining genera comprise species that not only do not damage crops but are in fact keystone components of natural ecosystems (Watson, 2001, 2009).”