Importance of species traits on individual-based seed dispersal networks and dispersal distance for endangered trees in a fragmented forest.

ABSTRACT: Although mutualistic network analyses have sparked a renewed interest in the patterns and drivers of network structures within communities, few studies have explored structural patterns within populations. In an endangered tree species population, plant individuals share their bird seed dispersers; however, the factors affecting individual interaction patterns are poorly understood. In this study, four individual-based networks were built for the endangered Chinese yew, Taxus chinensis, in a fragmented forest based on bird foraging type (swallowing and pecking networks) and habitat type (networks in a bamboo patch and an evergreen broad-leaved forest patch). Species-level network metrics (species degree and specialization, d') were used to evaluate the effects of species trai

SUBMITTER: Li N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9534520 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature