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<p>A new locality of regionally alien and rare <italic>Virga pilosa</italic> was recorded outside the compact range of the species in the Wielkopolski National Park, midwestern Poland. It probably appeared as a result of unintentional anthropochory. Local distribution pattern of <italic>V</italic>. <italic>pilosa</italic> in micro- and mesoscale was described and interpreted in the light of life and dispersal strategy and habitat conditions of the species. Accidental epizoochory and unintentional anthropochory could have been responsible for the mesoscale distribution pattern with population units scattered along human and animal communication routes. Close dense autochory together with the species CR life strategy with a strong competitive component were responsible for microscale distribution pattern alternating in space and time, but always mosaic, including vegetative, generative and mixed patches. The distribution pattern was also influenced by the occurrence of the required combination of the moderately light, moderately moist and nitrogen-rich habitat conditions with favourable human-induced disturbance. Some data on the form of growth, reproductive potential and dispersal mode of the species, as well as on plant-animal interactions were also included.</p>
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A new locality of regionally alien and rare Virga pilosa was recorded outside the compact range of the species in the Wielkopolski National Park, midwestern Poland. It probably appeared as a result of unintentional anthropochory. Local distribution pattern of V. pilosa in micro- and mesoscale was described and interpreted in the light of life and dispersal strategy and habitat conditions of the species. Accidental epizoochory and unintentional anthropochory could have been responsible for the mesoscale distribution pattern with population units scattered along human and animal communication routes. Close dense autochory together with the species CR life strategy with a strong competitive component were responsible for microscale distribution pattern alternating in space and time, but always mosaic, including vegetative, generative and mixed patches. The distribution pattern was also influenced by the occurrence of the required combination of the moderately light, moderately moist and nitrogen-rich habitat conditions with favourable human-induced disturbance. Some data on the form of growth, reproductive potential and dispersal mode of the species, as well as on plant-animal interactions were also included.

Local distribution pattern of <italic>Virga pilosa</italic> (L.) Hill. (Dipsacaceae) as an effect of its life and dispersal strategy

Laboratory of Nature Education and Conservation

Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Department of Systematic and Environmental Botany, Faculty of Biology

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

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Local distribution pattern of  (L.) Hill. (Dipsacaceae) as an effect of its life and dispersal strategy

A new locality of regionally alien and rare Virga pilosa was recorded outside the compact range of the species in the Wielkopolski National Park, midwestern...

Local distribution pattern of Virga pilosa (L.) Hill. (Dipsacaceae) as an effect of its life and dispersal strategy

Published Online: Jan 26, 2021

Page range: 15 - 27

Received: Sep 01, 2020

Accepted: Sep 30, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2020-0009

Keywords
habitat conditions, ecological disturbance, seed dispersal, Wielkopolski National Park, Poland

© 2020 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland), Department of Plant Taxonomy

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Local distribution pattern of Virga pilosa (L.) Hill. (Dipsacaceae) as an effect of its life and dispersal strategy

Published Online: Jan 26, 2021

Page range: 15 - 27

Received: Sep 01, 2020

Accepted: Sep 30, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2020-0009

Keywordshabitat conditions, ecological disturbance, seed dispersal, Wielkopolski National Park, Poland

© 2020 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland), Department of Plant Taxonomy

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
habitat conditions, ecological disturbance, seed dispersal, Wielkopolski National Park, Poland