A trade-off in stand size effects in the reproductive biology of a declining tropical conifer Callitris intratropica

• Published in: Plant ecology Vol. 214; no. 1; pp. 169 - 174
• Main Authors: Lawes, Michael J., Taplin, Pascale, Bellairs, Sean M., Franklin, Donald C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.01.2013; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied Ecology; Biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Callitris; Community & Population Ecology; Coniferous trees; Conifers; Ecological competition; Ecology; Embryos; Forest ecology; forests; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Genetics and breeding of economic plants; intraspecific competition; Life Sciences; monsoon season; Plant Ecology; Plant populations; Plant reproduction; Pollen; Pollination; Population density; Savannas; Seed industry; Seeds; Stand tables; Terrestial Ecology; Trees; Viability; Wind; Wind pollination; Allee effects; Seed germinability; Tropical savanna; Cypress pine; Density dependence; Cone production; Pollen limitation; Wind pollination; Germinability; Cone; Savannah; Tropical zone; Plant ecology; Windborne transmission; Pollination; Reproduction; Seed; Gymnospermae; Size effect; Spermatophyta; Coniferales; Pollen

Because wind pollination is inefficient over longer distances, plants dependent on it may suffer Allee effects (lower individual reproductive fitness with lower density). However, at higher density, individual reproductive fitness may suffer because of intraspecific competition. We investigate densi...