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Parent-parent and parent-offspring distances in Spondias radlkoferi seeds suggest long-distance pollen and seed dispersal: evidence from latrines of the spider monkey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2017

Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez ,
Esther Aguilar-Barajas ,
Arturo González-Zamora ,
Víctor Rocha-Ramírez ,
Antonio González-Rodríguez  and
Ken Oyama
Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez*
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Esther Aguilar-Barajas
Affiliation:
Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Morelia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Arturo González-Zamora
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Víctor Rocha-Ramírez
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Antonio González-Rodríguez
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Ken Oyama
Affiliation:
Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores Morelia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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*Corresponding author. Email: victorarroyo_rodriguez@hotmail.com
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Abstract:

Pollen and seed dispersal are key ecological processes, directly impacting the spatial distribution, abundance and genetic structure of plant populations; yet, pollen- and seed-dispersal distances are poorly known. We used molecular markers to identify the parental origin (n = 152 adult trees) of 177 Spondias radlkoferi (Anacardiaceae) seeds deposited by the spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) in latrines located beneath 17 sleeping-trees in two continuous forest sites (CF) and two forest fragments (FF) in the Lacandona rain forest, Mexico. We estimated mean parent-offspring (PO) distances per latrine and, for those seeds (54% of seeds) with more than one candidate parent (i.e. the potential maternal and parental parents), we also estimated parent-parent (PP) distances per latrine, and tested if PO and PP distances differed between forest types. Global PO and PP distances per latrine averaged 682 m (range = 83–1741 m) and 610 m (range = 74–2339 m), respectively, and did not differ significantly between CF and FF. This suggests that pollen dispersal is extensive in both forest types and that long seed dispersal distances (>100 m) are common, thus supporting the hypothesis that the spider monkey is an effective seed disperser of S. radlkoferi in continuous and fragmented forests.

Keywords

Atelesforest fragmentationLacandonaparental analysispollen dispersalseed dispersal effectiveness
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Research Article
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 33 , Issue 2 , March 2017 , pp. 95 - 106
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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