| Title: | The contribution of seed dispersers to tree species diversity in tropical rainforests |
| Authors: | Kakishima, Satoshi Browse this author |
| Morita, Satoru Browse this author |
| Yoshida, Katsuhiko Browse this author |
| Ishida, Atsushi Browse this author |
| Hayashi, Saki Browse this author |
| Asami, Takahiro Browse this author |
| Ito, Hiromu Browse this author |
| Miller, Donald G. Browse this author |
| Uehara, Takashi Browse this author |
| Mori, Shigeta Browse this author |
| Hasegawa, Eisuke Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Matsuura, Kenji Browse this author |
| Kasuya, Eiiti Browse this author |
| Yoshimura, Jin Browse this author |
| Keywords: | animal seed dispersers |
| coexistence |
| glacial periods |
| multi-layer lattice model |
| tropical rainforests |
| Issue Date: | 14-Oct-2015 |
| Publisher: | Royal Society Publishing |
| Journal Title: | Royal Society open science |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 10 |
| Start Page: | 150330 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1098/rsos.150330 |
| PMID: | 26587246 |
| Abstract: | Tropical rainforests are known for their extreme biodiversity, posing a challenging problem in tropical ecology. Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain the diversity of tree species, yet our understanding of this phenomenon remains incomplete. Here, we consider the contribution of animal seed dispersers to the species diversity of trees. We built a multi-layer lattice model of trees whose animal seed dispersers are allowed to move only in restricted areas to disperse the tree seeds. We incorporated the effects of seed dispersers in the traditional theory of allopatric speciation on a geological time scale. We modified the lattice model to explicitly examine the coexistence of new tree species and the resulting high biodiversity. The results indicate that both the coexistence and diversified evolution of tree species can be explained by the introduction of animal seed dispersers. |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/66437 |
| Appears in Collections: | 農学院・農学研究院 (Graduate School of Agriculture / Faculty of Agriculture) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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