Unmasking the perching effect of the pioneer Mediterranean dwarf palm Chamaerops humilis L.

ABSTRACT: Although farmlands are the most extensive terrestrial biomes, the abandonment of traditional agriculture in many parts of the world has brought opportunities and challenges for the restoration of such human-disturbed habitats. Seed arrival is a crucial necessary ecological process during plant recolonization that can be enhanced by the use of the so-called "perch plants". Little is known, however, about whether the seed arrival via frugivorous birds is affected by the spatial distribution of the perch plants in disturbed habitats. To evaluate several spatial aspects of "perching" effect, we used a spatially explicit approach in two disturbed plots within the Doñana National Park (SW Spain). Specifically, we chose as study system the pioneer Mediterranean dwarf palm Chamaerops humilis L., w

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Garcia V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9398033 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature