Palatability and profitability of co-occurring seeds alter indirect interactions among rodent-dispersed trees

Zhishu XIAO; Marcel HOLYOAK; Charles J. KREBS

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Palatability and profitability of co-occurring seeds alter indirect interactions among rodent-dispersed trees

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Beyond direct species interactions, seed dispersal is potentially affected by indirect seed–seed interactions among co-occurring nut-bearing trees which are mediated by scatter-hoarding animals as shared seed dispersers. A relevant question in such systems is to what extent different functional traits related to food palatability and profitability affect the kinds of indirect interactions that occur among co-occurring seeds, and the consequences for seed dispersal. We used field experiments to trackseed dispersal with individually tagged seeds in both monospecific and mixed seed communities. We measured indirect effects based on 3 seed–seed species pairs from the family Fagaceae with contrasting seed size, tannin level, and dormancy in a subtropical forest in Southwest China. When all else was equal, the presence of adjacently placed seeds with contrasting seed traits created different indirect effects measured through a variety of dispersal-related indicators. Apparent mutualism was reciprocaldue to increasing seed dispersal in mixed seed patches with mixed differences in seed tannins and dormancy. However, differences in either seed size or dormancy in co-occurring adjacently placed seeds caused apparent competition with reduced seed removalor seed dispersal (distance) in at least one species. Our study supports the hypothesis that different functional traits related to food palatability and profitability in co-occurring seeds modify foraging decisions of scatter-hoarding animals, and subsequently cause indirect effects on seed dispersal among rodent-dispersed trees. We conclude that such indirect effects mediated by shared seed dispersers may act as an important determinant of seed dispersal for co-fruiting animal-dispersed trees in manynatural forests.

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《Integrative zoology》 |2022年第2期|206-216|共11页
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Zhishu XIAO; Marcel HOLYOAK; Charles J. KREBS;
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State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents in Agriculture, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;

Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, USA;

Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada;

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Palatability and profitability of co-occurring seeds alter indirect interactions among rodent-dispersed trees

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