Seed dispersal distance is more strongly correlated with plant height than with seed mass

By Fiona J. Thomson, A. Moles, T. Auld, Richard T. Kingsford. 2011

632 citations recorded by the source corpus.

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

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In Ecology

1. A. Helm
2. M. Pärtel
3. J. Larson
4. J. Funk
5. J. W. F. Slik
6. Yun-Hong Tan
7. Jiajia Liu
8. C. Baltzinger

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. A. Helm
2. M. Pärtel
3. J. Funk
4. J. Larson
5. J. W. F. Slik
6. S. Harrison
7. David D. Ackerly
8. A. Moles

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. A. Helm
2. M. Pärtel
3. J. Funk
4. R. Lindborg
5. R. Bommarco
6. J. Larson
7. David D. Ackerly
8. A. Moles

Citations in the corpus

• Which plant traits predict species loss in calcareous grasslands with extinction debt? (2012, background): “…trait values associated with better dispersal ability include higher seed production, lighter seeds (Eriksson & Jakobsson, 1998), larger height (Thomson et al., 2011), anemochory (Williams et al., 2005; Fréville et al., 2007; Tremlová & Münzbergová, 2007) or exozoochory (Ozinga et al.,…”
• Traits related to species persistence and dispersal explain changes in plant communities subjected to habitat loss (2012, background): “Moreover, tall species are also expected to have longer seed dispersal distances than short species, increasing their ability to colonize new patches (Thomson et al., 2011).”
• Modelling spread of British wind‐dispersed plants under future wind speeds in a changing climate (2012, background): “A cross-species analysis by Thomson et al. (2012) showed that dispersal distances are related more to plant height than seed size, and plant height responses of Carduus nutans to climate manipulations had a large effect on modelled dispersal distances (Zhang, Jongejans & Shea 2011).”
• A synthesis of empirical plant dispersal kernels (2017, methodology): “Thomson et al. (2011) found that plant height is a much more important predictor of dispersal distance than seed mass, so we chose this as the grouping criterion for wind-dispersed seeds.”
• Plant dispersal syndromes are unreliable, especially for predicting zoochory and long‐distance dispersal (2021, background): “Modelling suggests plant migration and colonization rates are highly sensitive to the MDD value and the frequency with which it is attained (Thomson et al. 2011, Bullock 2012).”
• Community assembly along a soil depth gradient: contrasting patterns of plant trait convergence and divergence in a Mediterranean rangeland (2012, neutral): “2008) and differences in dispersal distances (Thomson et al. 2011), provides strong support for the existence of niche differentiation processes in grasslands (Wilson 2007), although specific mechanisms (e.”
• Being John Harper: Using evolutionary ideas to improve understanding of global patterns in plant traits (2018, background): “Taller plant species tend to have greater seed dispersal distances (Tamme et al., 2014; Thomson et al., 2011) and lower rates of molecular evolution than do short plant species (Lanfear et al., 2013).”
• Regeneration: an overlooked aspect of trait‐based plant community assembly models (2016, background): “For example, seed mass may have a lower explanatory power than other traits with respect to dispersal distance (Thomson et al. 2011) seed persistence (Hill, Edwards & Franks 2012) or seedling survival (e.g. Funk & McDaniel 2010), and its importance for these processes is likely to vary across…”
• Topography related habitat associations of tree species traits, composition and diversity in a Chinese tropical forest (2014, methodology): “Maximum height was used to indicate the adult light niche and colonizing strategy (Moles et al., 2009; Thomson et al., 2011).”
• Using plant functional traits to restore Hawaiian rainforest (2015, methodology): “For example, we included both maximum plant height and seed mass as proxies for dispersal distance (see Thomson et al. 2011).”
• Endemic plant communities on special soils: early victims or hardy survivors of climate change? (2012, background): “2004) and seed release height (Soons et al. 2004; Thomson et al. 2011).”