Wind dispersed tree species have greater maximum height

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WANLOP CHUTIPONG

Strategic Research Themes

Conservation Ecology (Bio resource management & utilization)

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Author list: Ferry Slik, Bruno X. Pinho, Daniel M. Griffith, Edward Webb, Akhilesh Singh Raghubanshi, Adriano C. Quaresma, Aida Cuni Sanchez, Aisha Sultana, Alexandre F. Souza, Andreas Ensslin, Andreas Hemp, Andrew Lowe, Andrew R. Marshall, Kamalakumari Anitha, Anne Mette Lykke, Armadyanto, Asyraf Mansor, Atsri K. Honam, Axel D. Poulsen, Ben Sparrow, Benjamin J. W. Buckley, Bernat Ripoll Capilla, Bianca Weiss Albuquerque, Christine B. Schmitt, Dharmalingam Mohandass, Diogo S. B. Rocha, Douglas Sheil, Eduardo A. Pérez-García, Eduardo Catharino, Eduardo van den Berg, Ervan Rutishauser, Fabian Brambach, Felipe Zamborlini Saiter, Feyera Senbeta, Florian Wittmann, Francesco Rovero, Francisco Mora Ardila, Frans Bongers, Gabriella M. Fredriksson, Gemma Rutten, Gerard Imani, Gerardo A. Aymard Corredor, Giselda Durigan, Gopal Shukla, Guadalupe Williams-Linera, Heike Culmsee, Hendrik Segah, Iñigo Granzow-de la Cerda, Jamuna S. Singh, James Grogan, Jan Reitsma, Jean-François Bastin, Jeremy Lindsell, Jerome Millet, Joao Roberto dos Santos, Jochen Schoengart, John H. Vandermeer, John Herbohn, Jon Lovett, Jorge A. Meave, José Roberto Rodrigues Pinto, Juan Carlos Montero, Kalle Ruokolainen, Khairil Bin Mahmud, Layon O. Demarchi, Lourens Poorter, Luis Bernacci, Manichanh Satdichanh, Marcio Seiji Suganuma, Maria T. F. Piedade, Mariarty A. Niun, Mark E. Harrison, Mark Schulze, Markus Fischer, Michael Kessler, Miguel Castillo, Mohammad Shah Hussain, Moses B. Libalah, Muhammad Ali Imron, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy, Naret Seuaturien, Natalia Targhetta, Ni Putu Diana Mahayani, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Orlando Rangel, Pantaleo Munishi, Patricia Balvanera, Peter Ashton, Pia Parolin, Polyanna da Conceição Bispo, Priya Davidar, Rahayu Sukri, Rahmad Zakaria, Rama Chandra Prasad, Ravi K. Chaturvedi, Robert Steinmetz, Rodrigo Muñoz, Rozainah Mohamad Zakaria, Saara J. DeWalt, Hoang Van Sam, Samir Rolim, Sharif Ahmed Mukul, Siti Maimunah, Swapan Kumar Sarker, Terry Sunderland, Thomas Gillespie, Tinde van Andel, Tran Van Do, Wanlop Chutipong, Runguo Zang, Xiaobo Yang, Xinghui Lu, Yves Laumonier and Zhila Hemati

Publisher: Wiley

Publication year: 2024

Journal acronym: Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr.

Volume number: 33

Start page: e13878

ISSN: 1466-822X

eISSN: 1466-8238

URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geb.13878

Languages: English-United States (EN-US)

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Abstract

Aim: We test the hypothesis that wind dispersal is more common among emergent tree species given that being tall increases the likelihood of effective seed dispersal.
Location: Americas, Africa and the Asia-Pacific.
Time period: 1970–2020.
Major taxa studied: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms.
Methods: We used a dataset consisting of tree inventories from 2821 plots across three biogeographic regions (Americas, Africa and Asia-Pacific), including dry and wet forests, to determine the maximum height and dispersal strategy of 5314 tree species. A web search was used to determine whether species were wind-dispersed. We compared differences in tree species maximum height between biogeographic regions and examined the relationship between species maximum height and wind dispersal using logistic regression. We also tested whether emergent tree species, that is species with at least one individual taller than the 95% height percentile in one or more plots, were disproportionally wind dispersed in dry and wet forests within each biogeographic region.
Results: Our dataset provides maximum height values for 5314 tree species, of which more than half (2914) had no record of this trait in existing global databases. We found that, on average, tree species in the Americas have lower maximum heights compared to those in Africa and the Asia Pacific. The probability of wind dispersal increased significantly with tree species maximum height and was significantly higher among
emergent than non-emergent tree species in both dry and wet forests in all three biogeographic regions.
Main conclusion: Wind dispersal is more prevalent in tall, emergent tree species than in non-emergent
species and may thus be an important factor in the evolution of tree species maximum height. By providing the most comprehensive dataset so far of tree species maximum height and wind dispersal strategies, this study paves the way for advancing our understanding of the eco-evolutionary drivers of tree size.

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