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DOI 10.1007/s11427-021-2148-7
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Titel (primär) Differential impacts of adult trees on offspring and non-offspring recruits in a subtropical forest
Autor Wang, F.; Mi, X.; Chen, L.; Xu, W.; Durka, W. ORCID logo ; Swenson, N.G.; Johnson, D.J.; Worthy, S.J.; Xue, J.; Zhu, Y.; Schmid, B.; Liang, Y.; Ma, K.
Quelle Science China-Life Sciences
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
Department BZF
Band/Volume 65
Heft 10
Seite von 1905
Seite bis 1913
Sprache englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Supplements Supplement 1
Keywords genetic relatedness; conspecific negative density dependence; Janzen-Connell hypothesis; species coexistence; forest dynamics plot; subtropical forest
Abstract An important mechanism promoting species coexistence is conspecific negative density dependence (CNDD), which inhibits conspecific neighbors by accumulating host-specific enemies near adult trees. Natural enemies may be genotype-specific and regulate offspring dynamics more strongly than non-offspring, which is often neglected due to the difficulty in ascertaining genetic relatedness. Here, we investigated whether offspring and non-offspring of a dominant species, Castanopsis eyrei, suffered from different strength of CNDD based on parentage assignment in a subtropical forest. We found decreased recruitment efficiency (proxy of survival probability) of offspring compared with non-offspring near adult trees during the seedling-sapling transition, suggesting genotype-dependent interactions drive tree demographic dynamics. Furthermore, the genetic similarity between individuals of same cohort decreased in late life history stages, indicating genetic-relatedness-dependent tree mortality throughout ontogeny. Our results demonstrate that within-species genetic relatedness significantly affects the strength of CNDD, implying genotype-specific natural enemies may contribute to population dynamics in natural forests.
Wang, F., Mi, X., Chen, L., Xu, W., Durka, W., Swenson, N.G., Johnson, D.J., Worthy, S.J., Xue, J., Zhu, Y., Schmid, B., Liang, Y., Ma, K. (2022):
Differential impacts of adult trees on offspring and non-offspring recruits in a subtropical forest
Sci. China-Life Sci. 65 (10), 1905 - 1913 10.1007/s11427-021-2148-7