| Scale-dependent effects of habitat fragmentation on reproduction in the annual Circaeaster agristis, a narrow endemic and threatened species | |
| Zhao, Jie-Cai; Luo, Jun; Yang, Chun-Ping; Cao, Guo-Xing | |
| 2014 | |
| Source Publication | BOTANICAL STUDIES
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| Volume | 56Issue:xPages:15 |
| Abstract | BackgroundHabitat fragmentation and the resulting decline in population size and density commonly reduce the reproduction of rare and threatened species. We investigated the impacts of population size and density on reproduction in more than 30 populations of Circaeaster agristis, a narrow endemic and threatened species, in 2010 and 2011. We also examined the effects of NND (nearest neighbor distance) and LNS (local neighbor size), within radii of 0.1 m, 0.2 m and 0.3 m, on reproduction in two of the populations in 2011. ResultsPopulation size did not affect fruit (seed) number and fruit set in either year studied. Population density had an indirect negative effect on fruit number and fruit set as a consequence of a negative effect on plant size in 2010, but had no effect on fruit number and fruit set in 2011. Within populations, individual fruit number did not change, and individual fruit set increased independent of plant size, in response to increasing NND. Both individual fruit number and individual fruit set increased, independent of plant size, with increases in LNS within a 0.1 m radius, but did not change with increases in LNS within radii of between 0.1 m and 0.2 m radii or between 0.2 m and 0.3 m. ConclusionsThe effect of habitat fragmentation on reproduction of C. agristis is scale-dependent. In contrast to the generally accepted idea that fragmentation reduces plant reproduction, reproductive success may increase in sparse populations or increase in response to decreases in LNS in C. agristis. |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/10144 |
| Collection | 其他 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhao, Jie-Cai,Luo, Jun,Yang, Chun-Ping,et al. Scale-dependent effects of habitat fragmentation on reproduction in the annual Circaeaster agristis, a narrow endemic and threatened species[J]. BOTANICAL STUDIES,2014,56(x):15. |
| APA | Zhao, Jie-Cai,Luo, Jun,Yang, Chun-Ping,&Cao, Guo-Xing.(2014).Scale-dependent effects of habitat fragmentation on reproduction in the annual Circaeaster agristis, a narrow endemic and threatened species.BOTANICAL STUDIES,56(x),15. |
| MLA | Zhao, Jie-Cai,et al."Scale-dependent effects of habitat fragmentation on reproduction in the annual Circaeaster agristis, a narrow endemic and threatened species".BOTANICAL STUDIES 56.x(2014):15. |
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