Megafauna Seed Dispersal in the Neotropics: A Meta-Analysis Shows No Genetic Signal of Loss of Long-Distance Seed Dispersal

• Published in: Frontiers in genetics Vol. 10; p. 788
• Main Authors: Collevatti, Rosane G., Lima, Jacqueline S., Ballesteros-Mejia, Liliana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 05.09.2019
• Subjects: angiosperms; general linear mixed models; genetic diversity; Genetics; meta-analysis; Neotropics; phylogenetic generalized least square models

Restricted gene flow may lead to the loss of genetic diversity and higher genetic differentiation among populations, but the genetic consequences of megafauna extinction for plant populations still remain to be assessed. We performed a phylogenetic-independent meta-analysis across 102 Neotropical pl...