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Seed traits and phylogeny explain plants' geographic distribution
Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute
of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia,
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan
650201, China
Key Laboratory of Insect Resources Conservation and Utilization in
Western Yunnan, Baoshan University, Baoshan, Yunnan 678000, China
Kevin S. Burgess
Department of Biology, College of Letters and Sciences, Columbus State
University, University System of Georgia, Columbus, GA 31907-5645, USA
Fangliang He
Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta TG6 2R3, Canada
Xiang-Yun Yang
Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute
of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia,
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan
650201, China
Lijiang Forest Biodiversity National Observation and Research Station,
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lijiang, Yunnan 674100, China
De-Zhu Li
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming Institute
of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia,
Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan
650201, China
Kunming College of Life Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China
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Our study suggests the importance of the biogeographical conservatism hypothesis in understanding the present distribution of plants of different sexual systems, but this conservatism hypothesis would break down under future climate change. We argue the necessity to differentiate sexual systems when investigating the forest biodiversity and ecosystem function and reveals the importance of geographical origin in the study of floral diversity.
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Plant sexual systems are important to understanding the evolution and maintenance of plant diversity. We quantified region effects on their proportions while incorporating local climate factors and evolutionary history. We found regional processes and climate effects both play important roles in shaping the geographic distribution of sexual systems, providing a baseline for predicting future changes in forest communities in the context of global change.
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Why does plants' distributional range size vary enormously? This study provides evidence that seed mass, intraspecific seed mass variation, seed dispersal mode and phylogeny contribute to explaining species distribution variation on a geographic scale. Our study clearly shows the importance of including seed life-history traits in modeling and predicting the impact of climate change on species distribution of seed plants.
Why does plants' distributional range size vary enormously? This study provides evidence that...
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