Seed Feeding Behavior of Diplothrix legata (Muridae: Rodentia): Effects on Germination of Five Plants in Okinawajima Island, Japan

Phylogenomics and evolutionary history of Oreocnide (Urticaceae) shed light on recent geological and climatic events in SE Asia

“…Oreocnide achenes have fleshy receptacles, that might promote inter-island by birds or rats (Balakrishnan, 2011;Nago et al, 2019;Osuri et al, 2017), whereas some Oreocnide propagules appear capable of long-distance dispersal in seawater (Wu et al 2018). These factors might have acted to prevent allopatric speciation during most of 16 / 27 the Pleistocene, and to maintain gene flow within the widespread species O. rubescens and O. integrifolia.…”

“…First, preliminary examination of Oreocnide species distributions indicates distribution patterns closely related to specific tectonomorphological features, making it a suitable plant model to investigate past geological and climatic events. Second, potential capabilities for dispersal by rats and local birds (Nago et al, 2019;Osuri et al, 2017) and for at least some species across long distances in seawater (Wu et al, 2018), means that the genus could be representative of typical modes and directions of dispersal for biota in SE Asia. Finally, the genus consistently inhabits tropical and subtropical forests (Chen, Lin, Friis, Wilmot-Dear, & Monro, 2003), where both the mean annual temperature and precipitation are very high (Fig.…”