Dispersal syndromes are poorly associated with climatic niche differences in the Azorean seed plants

[Aim]: Environmental niche tracking is linked to the species ability to disperse. While well investigated on large spatial scales, dispersal constraints also influence small-scale processes and may explain the difference between the potential and the realized niche of species at small scales. Here w...

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Autores: Leo, María, Steinbauer, Manuel J., Borges, Paulo A.V., Azevedo, Eduardo Brito de, Gabriel, Rosalina, Schaefer, Hanno, Santos, Ana Margarida C.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2021
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositório:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/245434
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/245434
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Anemochory
Dispersal syndromes
Endozoochory
Epizoochory
Hydrochory
Hypervolume
Island biogeography
Niche fill
Niche size
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Resumo:[Aim]: Environmental niche tracking is linked to the species ability to disperse. While well investigated on large spatial scales, dispersal constraints also influence small-scale processes and may explain the difference between the potential and the realized niche of species at small scales. Here we test whether niche size and niche fill differ systematically according to dispersal syndrome within isolated oceanic islands. We expect that species with higher dispersal abilities (anemochorous or endozoochorous) will have a higher niche fill, despite their environmental niche size.