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Paul Caplat. Foto.

Paul Caplat

Forskare

Paul Caplat. Foto.

Seed terminal velocity, wind turbulence, and demography drive the spread of an invasive tree in an analytical model

Författare

  • Paul Caplat
  • Ran Nathan
  • Yvonne M. Buckley

Summary, in English

Little is known about the relative importance of mechanistic drivers of plant spread, particularly when long-distance dispersal (LDD) events occur. Most methods to date approach LDD phenomenologically, and all mechanistic models, with one exception, have been implemented through simulation. Furthermore, the few recent mechanistically derived spread models have examined the relative role of different dispersal parameters using simulations, and a formal analytical approach has not yet been implemented. Here we incorporate an analytical mechanistic wind dispersal model (WALD) into a demographic matrix model within an analytical integrodifference equation spread model. We carry out analytical perturbation analysis on the combined model to determine the relative effects of dispersal and demographic traits and wind statistics on the spread of an invasive tree. Models are parameterized using data collected in situ and tested using independent data on historical spread. Predicted spread rates and direction match well the two historical phases of observed spread. Seed terminal velocity has the greatest potential influence on spread rate, and three wind properties (turbulence coefficient, mean horizontal wind speed, and standard deviation of vertical wind speed) are also important. Fecundity has marginal importance for spread rate, but juvenile survival and establishment are consistently important. This coupled empirical/ theoretical framework enables prediction of plant spread rate and direction using fundamental dispersal and demographic parameters and identifies the traits and environmental conditions that facilitate spread. The development of an analytical perturbation analysis for a mechanistic spread model will enable multispecies comparative studies to be easily implemented in the future.

Publiceringsår

2012-02

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

368-377

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Ecology

Volym

93

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Ecological Society of America

Ämne

  • Ecology

Nyckelord

  • Integrodifference equation
  • Invasion biology
  • Long-distance dispersal
  • Matrix model
  • Mechanistic model
  • Mount Barker, New Zealand
  • Pinus nigra
  • Plant traits
  • Population biology
  • Seed terminal velocity
  • Wald analytical long-distance dispersal kernel (WALD)

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0012-9658