Effects of selective logging on rodent-mediated seed dispersal
Effects of selective logging on rodent-mediated seed dispersal
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选择性伐木对啮齿动物介导的种子传播的影响
DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2017.10.001
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发表时间:
2017-12
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Ma Jianmin
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作者:
Yu Fei;Shi Xiaoxiao;Zhang Xue;Yi Xianfeng;Wang Dexiang;Ma Jianmin
It is generally accepted that selective logging significantly influences the vegetation coverage and habitat structures, but little is known about whether and how low intensity selective logging affects seed dispersal mediated by small rodents. In this study, we compared the differences in seed disperser composition and abundance as well as primary and secondary seed dispersal and predation of Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata by scatter-hoarding rodents in different aged forest (i.e., unlogged stands, stands in the second and fifth year after low intensity logging 150 stems per ha) in Huoditang Forest in the Qinling Mountains, China. We found that the rodent composition of stands in the second year after logging (large-bodied disperser Sciurotamias davidianus was absent) differed conspicuously from that of the other two stands. Selective logging reduced the abundance of.rodents, seed removal rate, scatter–hoarded proportion, and seed dispersal distance during the second year after selective logging. However, no significant differences were found in the composition and abundance of rodents as well as their seed dispersal services between the unlogged stands and in stands during the fifth year after logging. In addition, the proportions of initially buried acorns were significantly lower in stands in the second.year after logging compared with the other two types of stands, but after seed caching, the seed revisiting rates were lower in stands in the second year after logging compared with the other two types of stands. Rodent–mediated seed dispersal was lower in the second year after selective logging but it recovered to its initial level within five years. The dispersal distance was significantly lower in stands in the second year after logging compared with the distances (3.12 ± 0.23 m) in the unlogged forest stands (5.75 ± 0.41 m) and in stands in the fifth year after logging (4.44 ± 0.36 m). Therefore, selective logging in forests is likely to temporarily alter the composition of rodent communities, change seed dispersal services, and the capacity for plant movements. Number of years after selective logging is important for determining whether seeds are removed rapidly by.potential dispersers, which can lead to different rates of seed removal, seed predation, scatter–hoarding, and survival, and eventually influence forest recovery after selective logging.
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影响因子:
1.2
作者:
Yu Fei;Shi Xiaoxiao;Wei Kailu;Wang Dexiang
通讯作者:
Wang Dexiang
影响因子:
3.3
作者:
Dongyuan Zhang;Jia Li;Zhenyu Wang;Xianfeng Yi
通讯作者:
Xianfeng Yi
影响因子:
2.1
作者:
E. Andresen;Luis Pedroza-Espino;E. Allen;D. Pérez-Salicrup
通讯作者:
E. Andresen;Luis Pedroza-Espino;E. Allen;D. Pérez-Salicrup
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
J. Terborgh;Gabriela Nuñez;Iturri;Nigel;A. C.;Pitman;Fernando;-H.;Cornejo Valverde;Patrícia Alvarez;Varun Swamy;Elizabeth;-G.;Pringle;E. C.;Timothy Paine
通讯作者:
J. Terborgh;Gabriela Nuñez;Iturri;Nigel;A. C.;Pitman;Fernando;-H.;Cornejo Valverde;Patrícia Alvarez;Varun Swamy;Elizabeth;-G.;Pringle;E. C.;Timothy Paine
影响因子:
2.7
作者:
Farwig, N;Böhning-Gaese, K;Bleher, B
通讯作者:
Bleher, B