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dc.contributor.authorAndersen, Gidske Leknæs
dc.contributor.authorKrzywinski, Knut
dc.contributor.authorGjessing, Håkon K.
dc.contributor.authorPierce, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-02T14:29:17Z
dc.date.available2016-03-02T14:29:17Z
dc.date.issued2016-01
dc.PublishedEcology and Evolution 2016, 6(1):256-266eng
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/11422
dc.description.abstractOur study focuses on the keystone species Acacia tortilis and is the first to investigate the effect of domestic ungulates and aridity on seed viability and germination over an extensive part of the Eastern Sahara. Bruchids infest its seeds and reduce their viability and germination, but ingestion by ruminant herbivores diminishes infestation levels and enhances/promotes seed viability and germination. The degree of these effects seems to be correlated with animal body mass. Significantly reduced numbers of wild ruminant ungulates have increased the potential importance of domestic animals and pastoral nomadism for the functionality of arid North African and Middle Eastern ecosystems. We sampled seeds (16,543) from A. tortilis in eight areas in three regions with different aridity and land use. We tested the effect of geography and sampling context on seed infestation using random effects logistic regressions. We did a randomized and balanced germination experiment including 1193 seeds, treated with different manure. Germination time and rates across geography, sampling context, and infestation status were analyzed using time-to-event analyses, Kaplan–Meier curves and proportional hazards Cox regressions. Bruchid infestation is very high (80%), and the effects of context are significant. Neither partial infestation nor adding manure had a positive effect on germination. There is a strong indication that intact, uningested seeds from acacia populations in the extremely arid Western Desert germinate more slowly and have a higher fraction of hard seeds than in the Eastern Desert and the Red Sea Hills. For ingested seeds in the pastoralist areas we find that intact seeds from goat dung germinate significantly better than those from camel dung. This is contrary to the expected body-mass effect. There is no effect of site or variation in tribal management.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherWileyeng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/eng
dc.titleSeed viability and germination success of Acacia tortilis along landuse and aridity gradients in the Eastern Saharaeng
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.date.updated2015-12-29T14:01:18Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2015 The Authorsen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1851
dc.identifier.cristin1278489


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