Testing mechanisms of compensatory fitness of dioecy in a cosexual world

doi:10.1111/jvs.12730

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	Testing mechanisms of compensatory fitness of dioecy in a cosexual world
	Wang, Yunyun 1; Mazer, Susan J.2; Freckleton, Robert P.3; Yuan, Zuoqiang 1; Wang, Xugao 1; Du, Yanjun 4; Lin, Luxiang 5; Wang, Xihua 6; Sang, Weiguo 4; Liu, Xiaojuan 4; Hao, Zhanqing 1
通讯作者	Mazer, Susan J.(susan.mazer@lifesci.ucsb.edu) ; Hao, Zhanqing(hzq@iae.ac.cn)
	2019-05-01
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
ISSN	1100-9233
卷号	30 期号:3 页码:413-426
摘要	Questions All else being equal, populations of dioecious species with a 50:50 sex ratio have only half the effective reproductive population size of bisexual species of equal abundance. Consequently, there is a need to explain how dioecious and bisexual species coexist. Increased mean individual seed mass, fecundity, and population density have all been proposed as attributes of unisexual individuals or populations that may contribute to the persistence or resilience of dioecious species. To date, no studies have compared sympatric dioecious and cosexual species with respect to all three components of fitness. In this study, we sought evidence for these compensatory advantages (higher seed mass, greater seed production per unit basal area, and higher population density) in dioecious species. Location Five 20-25 ha forest dynamic plots spanning a latitudinal gradient in China, including two temperate, two subtropical, and one tropical forest. Methods We used a phylogenetically corrected generalized linear modelling approach to assess the phylogenetic dependence and joint evolution of sexual system, seed mass and production, and ecological abundances among 48-333 species and 32,568-136,237 individuals per forest. Results Across all five forests, we detected no consistent advantage for dioecious relative to sympatric cosexual species with respect to mean individual seed mass, seed production or the density of stems in any size class. Conclusions Our study suggests that seed traits may provide compensatory mechanisms in some forests, but most often the coexistence of sexual systems cannot be explained by advantages of dioecy related to seed quality and demographic parameters. Future investigations of the factors that promote coexistence may increase our understanding by expanding the search to include attributes such as lifespan and tolerance or resistance to herbivores.
关键词	abundance bisexual dioecy forest dynamics plot multiple forest type per basal area seed mass sexual system
资助者	National Key Research and Development Program of China ; National Natural Science Foundation of China
DOI	10.1111/jvs.12730
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	National Key Research and Development Program of China[2016YFC0500300] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31370445] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31570432] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31670632] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[31770666] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41671050]
WOS研究方向	Plant Sciences ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Forestry
WOS类目	Plant Sciences ; Ecology ; Forestry
WOS记录号	WOS:000469999900002
出版者	WILEY
引用统计	被引频次：1[WOS] [WOS记录] [WOS相关记录]
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.imr.ac.cn/handle/321006/133722
专题	中国科学院金属研究所
通讯作者	Mazer, Susan J.; Hao, Zhanqing
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Appl Ecol, Key Lab Forest Ecol & Management, Shenyang, Liaoning, Peoples R China 2.Univ Calif Santa Barbara, Dept Ecol Evolut & Marine Biol, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 USA 3.Univ Sheffield, Dept Anim & Plant Sci, Sheffield, S Yorkshire, England 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Bot, State Key Lab Vegetat & Environm Change, Beijing, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Trop Forest Ecol, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China 6.East China Normal Univ, Tiantong Natl Field Observat Stn Forest Ecosyst, Shanghai, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Yunyun,Mazer, Susan J.,Freckleton, Robert P.,et al. Testing mechanisms of compensatory fitness of dioecy in a cosexual world[J]. JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE,2019,30(3):413-426.
APA	Wang, Yunyun.,Mazer, Susan J..,Freckleton, Robert P..,Yuan, Zuoqiang.,Wang, Xugao.,...&Hao, Zhanqing.(2019).Testing mechanisms of compensatory fitness of dioecy in a cosexual world.JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE,30(3),413-426.
MLA	Wang, Yunyun,et al."Testing mechanisms of compensatory fitness of dioecy in a cosexual world".JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE 30.3(2019):413-426.