Animal Versus Wind Dispersal and the Robustness of Tree Species to Deforestation Export

@article{citeulike:3046589, abstract = {Studies suggest that populations of different species do not decline equally after habitat loss. However, empirical tests have been confined to fine spatiotemporal scales and have rarely included plants. Using data from 89,365 forest survey plots covering peninsular Spain, we explored, for each of 34 common tree species, the relationship between probability of occurrence and the local cover of remaining forest. Twenty-four species showed a significant negative response to forest loss, so that decreased forest cover had a negative effect on tree diversity, but the responses of individual species were highly variable. Animal-dispersed species were less vulnerable to forest loss, with six showing positive responses to decreased forest cover. The results imply that plant-animal interactions help prevent the collapse of forest communities that suffer habitat destruction. 10.1126/science.1158404}, author = {Montoya, Daniel and Zavala, Miguel A. and Rodriguez, Miguel A. and Purves, Drew W.}, citeulike-article-id = {3046589}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1158404}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/320/5882/1502}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18535208}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18535208}, comment = {includes supplementary information}, day = {13}, doi = {10.1126/science.1158404}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {biology, ecology, environment}, month = {June}, number = {5882}, pages = {1502--1504}, posted-at = {2009-02-05 15:08:09}, priority = {0}, title = {Animal Versus Wind Dispersal and the Robustness of Tree Species to Deforestation}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1158404}, volume = {320}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3046589 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3046589 N2 - Studies suggest that populations of different species do not decline equally after habitat loss. However, empirical tests have been confined to fine spatiotemporal scales and have rarely included plants. Using data from 89,365 forest survey plots covering peninsular Spain, we explored, for each of 34 common tree species, the relationship between probability of occurrence and the local cover of remaining forest. Twenty-four species showed a significant negative response to forest loss, so that decreased forest cover had a negative effect on tree diversity, but the responses of individual species were highly variable. Animal-dispersed species were less vulnerable to forest loss, with six showing positive responses to decreased forest cover. The results imply that plant-animal interactions help prevent the collapse of forest communities that suffer habitat destruction. 10.1126/science.1158404 IS - 5882 JF - Science EP - 1504 TI - Animal Versus Wind Dispersal and the Robustness of Tree Species to Deforestation VL - 320 SP - 1502 KW - biology KW - ecology KW - environment N1 - includes supplementary information AU - Montoya, Daniel AU - Zavala, Miguel AU - Rodriguez, Miguel AU - Purves, Drew PY - 2008/06/13/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1158404 ER -