Title:	Differences in plant-dispersal mechanisms between contrasting Brazilian savanna habitats
Authors:	Winck, Nadjarriny Colli, Guarino Rinaldi Mews, Henrique Augusto Silvério, Divino V. Abadia, Ana Clara Pinto, José Roberto Rodrigues Vieira, Thiago Bernardi Purificação, Keila Nunes Oliveira, Eddie Lenza de
metadata.dc.identifier.orcid:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2628-5652 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7489-8197 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1642-9496 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2773-8588 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2028-6176 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1762-8294 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9733-4784 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9139-5949
metadata.dc.contributor.affiliation:	Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação Universidade de Brasília, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis, Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Capitão Poço Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Nova Xavantina, Brasil Universidade de Brasília, Departamento de Engenharia Florestal Universidade Federal do Pará, Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas, Altamira, Brasil Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Nova Xavantina Instituto de Ciências Exatas e Naturais, Universidade Federal de Rondonópolis, Rondonópolis Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Nova Xavantina Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias, Biológicas e Sociais Aplicadas, Nova Xavantina
Assunto::	Conservação da biodiversidade Cerrados Plantas - dispersão
Issue Date:	Nov-2022
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Citation:	WINCK, Nadjarriny et al. Differences in plant-dispersal mechanisms between contrasting Brazilian savanna habitats. Plant Ecology & Diversity, [S. l.], v. 15, n. 3-4, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2022.2132543.
Abstract:	Background By favouring long-distance dispersal, anemochory is often associated with open and patchy habitats, whereas zoochory enables short-distance dispersal and prevails in closed and extensive habitats. Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) on shallow rocky soils (RS) have open vegetation and are patchily distributed, whereas savanna on deep soils (DS) have dense vegetation and occur in large stands. Thus, we predicted that zoochory would be favoured in DS and anemochory would characterise RS. Aims We tested the hypothesis that vegetation structure and distribution patchiness are related to the characteristic dispersal mechanisms associated with closed and open habitats. Methods We compared the abundance of dispersal mechanisms between DS and RS with generalised linear mixed models and used an indicator species analysis to identify species associated with each vegetation type. Results There was no difference between DS and RS in the number of species associated with one or the other dispersal mechanism. We found fewer-than-expected zoochorous individuals and more-than-expected anemochorous individuals in RS, and more zoochorous indicator species in DS. Conclusion Habitat patchiness and openness are related to the composition of dispersal mechanisms. Open vegetation on shallow rocky soils favours long-distance dispersal relative to zoochory. This implies reduced plant establishment and increased leaflessness, being harsher on animal dispersers. Protected areas are often concentrated in RS, whereas DS are rapidly converted into croplands due to their excellent aptitude for mechanised agriculture. Conserving DS and RS requires a balanced complementary approach, that ensures that all landscape elements are adequately represented in protected areas.
metadata.dc.description.unidade:	Faculdade de Tecnologia (FT) Departamento de Engenharia Florestal (FT EFL)
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1080/17550874.2022.2132543
metadata.dc.relation.publisherversion:	https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17550874.2022.2132543
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