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| Author(s): |
de Lima, Karoline Baptista
[1, 2]
;
Ferreira, Patricia Alves
[1, 2]
;
Groppo, Milton
[2]
;
Goldenberg, Renato
[3]
;
Pansarin, Emerson Ricardo
[2]
;
Barreto, Roxana Cardoso
[4]
;
Coelho, Guilherme Peres
[5]
;
Barros-Souza, Yago
[6]
;
Boscolo, Danilo
[1, 2]
Total Authors: 9
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Natl Inst Sci & Technol Interdisciplinary & Trans, Salvador, BA - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Fac Philosophy Sci & Letters, Biol Dept, BR-14040901 Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Fed Parana, Biol Sci Sect, Bot Dept, BR-81531970 Curitiba, PR - Brazil
[4] Pernambuco Fed Univ, Biol Sci Ctr, Bot Dept, BR-50670420 Recife, PE - Brazil
[5] Rio Grande do Sul Fed Univ, Inst Biosci, BR-90040060 Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
[6] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Bot Dept, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES; v. 9, n. 1 NOV 9 2020. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 0 |
| Abstract | |
Background How landscape modifications affect functional diversity of floral characteristics pertinent to pollinators is poorly known. Flowers possess functional traits that sometimes coevolved with pollinators, crucial for the maintenance of both pollinator and plant communities. We evaluated how richness and functional diversity of available understory flowers respond to forest cover and landscape heterogeneity in a multiscale analysis. Plants in bloom were sampled from 25 landscapes in the understory of Atlantic Forest fragments in Brazil. Species were classified into functional groups regarding flower characteristics relevant to pollination. Landscape heterogeneity and forest cover were measured in buffers ranging from 200 to 2000 m from sampling units and their correlation with plant richness and functional diversity was assessed using generalized linear models and further model selection through Akaike's second-order information criterion. Results Plants' richness and functional diversity were affected negatively by forest cover. The former responded to forest cover at a regional scale while the latter responded at a local scale. Higher landscape heterogeneity increased richness and functional diversity. Conclusions Our results showed that forest cover and landscape heterogeneity are important to support biodiversity related to pollination, mostly due to the availability of diversified resources and nesting sites associated to different land-uses for pollinators and flowering plant communities. These findings should highlight, along with forest cover, landscape heterogeneity as an environmental management priority in rural tropical areas for mitigating the loss of plant biodiversity and enhancing ecosystem functioning. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/04337-3 - Functional diversity of the floral biology of plants in heterogenous landscapes of the Atlantic Rainforest |
| Grantee: | Karoline Baptista de Lima |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/50421-2 - New sampling methods and statistical tools for biodiversity research: integrating animal movement ecology with population and community ecology |
| Grantee: | Milton Cezar Ribeiro |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |