Genetic threats to the forest giants of the Amazon: Habitat degradation effects on the socio-economically important Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa)
Ecosystem degradation in the Amazon drives this biodiverse rainforest toward an ecological tipping point. Sustainable management and restoration of degraded rainforest therein are central to counteract this crisis. One hyperdominant, keystone species of high ecological and socio-economic value, the...
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| author | Chiriboga-Arroyo, Fidel Jansen, Merel Bardales-Lozano, Ricardo Ismail, Sascha A. Thomas, Evert García, Mishari Corvera Gomringer, Ronald Kettle, Christopher J. |
| author_browse | Bardales-Lozano, Ricardo Chiriboga-Arroyo, Fidel Corvera Gomringer, Ronald García, Mishari Ismail, Sascha A. Jansen, Merel Kettle, Christopher J. Thomas, Evert |
| author_facet | Chiriboga-Arroyo, Fidel Jansen, Merel Bardales-Lozano, Ricardo Ismail, Sascha A. Thomas, Evert García, Mishari Corvera Gomringer, Ronald Kettle, Christopher J. |
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| description | Ecosystem degradation in the Amazon drives this biodiverse rainforest toward an ecological tipping point. Sustainable management and restoration of degraded rainforest therein are central to counteract this crisis. One hyperdominant, keystone species of high ecological and socio-economic value, the Brazil nut tree, offers additional benefits as a major carbon sink and a nutritional source of the most prominent globally traded non-timber forest product.
• Despite Brazil nut trees being protected by conservation regulation, forest degradation threatens sufficient gene-flow among Brazil nut tree populations. This has impacts on the reproductive success, genetic diversity, and consequently on the resilience of this species to environmental change.
• We used 13 microsatellite loci to explore the consequences of forest degradation on the reduction in genetic diversity of Brazil nut populations. We examined the clustering of genetically related individuals as fine-scale genetic structure (FSGS)
and the variation in genetic diversity and inbreeding across adult trees and seedlings along a categorized forest-degradation gradient ranging from conserved to degraded areas. In addition, we applied direct and indirect approaches to estimate
contemporary pollen-mediated gene flow.
• We found significant levels of FSGS, comparable to other similar tropical tree species. Brazil nut seedlings had consistently lower genetic diversity and higher inbreeding than adults, significantly associated with the degree of forest degradation of their origin. We observed limited pollen dispersal, differential patterns in pollen heterogeneity, and disproportionate paternal-assignment rates from few individuals shaping the effective population size in our dataset. We discuss how this evidence for reproduction vulnerability may affect the genetic resources and undermine the resilience of this ecological and socio-economic system in Peru. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1108592025-11-12T05:37:48Z Genetic threats to the forest giants of the Amazon: Habitat degradation effects on the socio-economically important Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) Chiriboga-Arroyo, Fidel Jansen, Merel Bardales-Lozano, Ricardo Ismail, Sascha A. Thomas, Evert García, Mishari Corvera Gomringer, Ronald Kettle, Christopher J. brazil nuts genetic variation disturbed forests genetic structures socioeconomic development nuez del brasil variación genética bosques perturbados horticulture forestry Ecosystem degradation in the Amazon drives this biodiverse rainforest toward an ecological tipping point. Sustainable management and restoration of degraded rainforest therein are central to counteract this crisis. One hyperdominant, keystone species of high ecological and socio-economic value, the Brazil nut tree, offers additional benefits as a major carbon sink and a nutritional source of the most prominent globally traded non-timber forest product. • Despite Brazil nut trees being protected by conservation regulation, forest degradation threatens sufficient gene-flow among Brazil nut tree populations. This has impacts on the reproductive success, genetic diversity, and consequently on the resilience of this species to environmental change. • We used 13 microsatellite loci to explore the consequences of forest degradation on the reduction in genetic diversity of Brazil nut populations. We examined the clustering of genetically related individuals as fine-scale genetic structure (FSGS) and the variation in genetic diversity and inbreeding across adult trees and seedlings along a categorized forest-degradation gradient ranging from conserved to degraded areas. In addition, we applied direct and indirect approaches to estimate contemporary pollen-mediated gene flow. • We found significant levels of FSGS, comparable to other similar tropical tree species. Brazil nut seedlings had consistently lower genetic diversity and higher inbreeding than adults, significantly associated with the degree of forest degradation of their origin. We observed limited pollen dispersal, differential patterns in pollen heterogeneity, and disproportionate paternal-assignment rates from few individuals shaping the effective population size in our dataset. We discuss how this evidence for reproduction vulnerability may affect the genetic resources and undermine the resilience of this ecological and socio-economic system in Peru. 2021-03 2021-01-14T09:17:52Z 2021-01-14T09:17:52Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110859 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Chiriboga-Arroyo, F.; Jansen, M.; Bardales-Lozano, R.; Ismail, S.A.; Thomas, E.; García, M.; Corvera Gomringer, R.; Kettle, C.J. (2020) Genetic threats to the forest giants of the Amazon: Habitat degradation effects on the socio-economically important Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa). Plants People Planet 17 p. ISSN: 2572-2611 |
| spellingShingle | brazil nuts genetic variation disturbed forests genetic structures socioeconomic development nuez del brasil variación genética bosques perturbados horticulture forestry Chiriboga-Arroyo, Fidel Jansen, Merel Bardales-Lozano, Ricardo Ismail, Sascha A. Thomas, Evert García, Mishari Corvera Gomringer, Ronald Kettle, Christopher J. Genetic threats to the forest giants of the Amazon: Habitat degradation effects on the socio-economically important Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) |
| title | Genetic threats to the forest giants of the Amazon: Habitat degradation effects on the socio-economically important Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) |
| title_full | Genetic threats to the forest giants of the Amazon: Habitat degradation effects on the socio-economically important Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) |
| title_fullStr | Genetic threats to the forest giants of the Amazon: Habitat degradation effects on the socio-economically important Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Genetic threats to the forest giants of the Amazon: Habitat degradation effects on the socio-economically important Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) |
| title_short | Genetic threats to the forest giants of the Amazon: Habitat degradation effects on the socio-economically important Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) |
| title_sort | genetic threats to the forest giants of the amazon habitat degradation effects on the socio economically important brazil nut tree bertholletia excelsa |
| topic | brazil nuts genetic variation disturbed forests genetic structures socioeconomic development nuez del brasil variación genética bosques perturbados horticulture forestry |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110859 |
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