在120个岛屿的植物和水果种群中,物种的引入更大程度上改变了种子的分散潜力,而不是灭绝

Julia H Heinen1,2, Donald R Drake3, Kim McConkey4

  • 1Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark.

概括

引入和灭绝的脊椎动物正在全球重塑岛屿生态系统,通过改变果动物群体改变种子分散. 这种由引入驱动的功能转变,在动物口大小和植物种子大小之间产生了不匹配,影响了全球生态系统的运作.

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