Global seed dormancy patterns are driven by macroclimate but not fire regime
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Global seed dormancy patterns are driven by macroclimate but not fire regime. / Rosbakh, Sergey; Carta, Angelino; Fernández-Pascual, Eduardo; Phartyal, Shyam S.; Dayrell, Roberta L.C.; Mattana, Efisio; Saatkamp, Arne; Vandelook, Filip; Baskin, Jerry; Baskin, Carol.
In: New Phytologist, Vol. 240, No. 2, 2023, p. 555-564.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Global seed dormancy patterns are driven by macroclimate but not fire regime
AU - Rosbakh, Sergey
AU - Carta, Angelino
AU - Fernández-Pascual, Eduardo
AU - Phartyal, Shyam S.
AU - Dayrell, Roberta L.C.
AU - Mattana, Efisio
AU - Saatkamp, Arne
AU - Vandelook, Filip
AU - Baskin, Jerry
AU - Baskin, Carol
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2023 New Phytologist Foundation.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Seed dormancy maximizes plant recruitment in habitats with variation in environmental suitability for seedling establishment. Yet, we still lack a comprehensive synthesis of the macroecological drivers of nondormancy and the different classes of seed dormancy: physiological dormancy, morphophysiological dormancy and physical dormancy. We examined current geographic patterns and environmental correlates of global seed dormancy variation. Combining the most updated data set on seed dormancy classes for > 10 000 species with > 4 million georeferenced species occurrences covering all of the world's biomes, we test how this distribution is driven by climate and fire regime. Seed dormancy is prevalent in seasonally cold and dry climates. Physiological dormancy occurs in relatively dry climates with high temperature seasonality (e.g. temperate grasslands). Morphophysiological dormancy is more common in forest-dominated, cold biomes with comparatively high and evenly distributed precipitation. Physical dormancy is associated with dry climates with strong seasonal temperature and precipitation fluctuations (e.g. deserts and savannas). Nondormancy is associated with stable, warm and wetter climates (e.g. tropical rain forest). Pyroclimate had no significant effect on the distribution of seed dormancy. The environmental drivers considered in this study had a comparatively low predictive power, suggesting that macroclimate is just one of several global drivers of seed dormancy.
AB - Seed dormancy maximizes plant recruitment in habitats with variation in environmental suitability for seedling establishment. Yet, we still lack a comprehensive synthesis of the macroecological drivers of nondormancy and the different classes of seed dormancy: physiological dormancy, morphophysiological dormancy and physical dormancy. We examined current geographic patterns and environmental correlates of global seed dormancy variation. Combining the most updated data set on seed dormancy classes for > 10 000 species with > 4 million georeferenced species occurrences covering all of the world's biomes, we test how this distribution is driven by climate and fire regime. Seed dormancy is prevalent in seasonally cold and dry climates. Physiological dormancy occurs in relatively dry climates with high temperature seasonality (e.g. temperate grasslands). Morphophysiological dormancy is more common in forest-dominated, cold biomes with comparatively high and evenly distributed precipitation. Physical dormancy is associated with dry climates with strong seasonal temperature and precipitation fluctuations (e.g. deserts and savannas). Nondormancy is associated with stable, warm and wetter climates (e.g. tropical rain forest). Pyroclimate had no significant effect on the distribution of seed dormancy. The environmental drivers considered in this study had a comparatively low predictive power, suggesting that macroclimate is just one of several global drivers of seed dormancy.
KW - environmental gradient
KW - fire
KW - macroclimate
KW - seed dormancy
KW - seed germination
KW - seed trait
U2 - 10.1111/nph.19173
DO - 10.1111/nph.19173
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37537732
AN - SCOPUS:85166663922
VL - 240
SP - 555
EP - 564
JO - New Phytologist
JF - New Phytologist
SN - 0028-646X
IS - 2
ER -
ID: 362695469