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Seeds as space-time travelers: How does evolution balance the joint benefits and trade-offs of dormancy and dispersal? <i>American Journal of Botany</i>. 2026;113(3). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70175\">10.1002/ajb2.70175</a>","chicago":"Backlund, Sofia Maria, Sean Stankowski, and Rosina Matilde Soler Schaller. “Seeds as Space-Time Travelers: How Does Evolution Balance the Joint Benefits and Trade-Offs of Dormancy and Dispersal?” <i>American Journal of Botany</i>. Wiley, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70175\">https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70175</a>.","ieee":"S. M. Backlund, S. Stankowski, and R. M. Soler Schaller, “Seeds as space-time travelers: How does evolution balance the joint benefits and trade-offs of dormancy and dispersal?,” <i>American Journal of Botany</i>, vol. 113, no. 3. Wiley, 2026.","ista":"Backlund SM, Stankowski S, Soler Schaller RM. 2026. Seeds as space-time travelers: How does evolution balance the joint benefits and trade-offs of dormancy and dispersal? American Journal of Botany. 113(3), e70175.","short":"S.M. Backlund, S. Stankowski, R.M. Soler Schaller, American Journal of Botany 113 (2026).","apa":"Backlund, S. M., Stankowski, S., &#38; Soler Schaller, R. M. (2026). Seeds as space-time travelers: How does evolution balance the joint benefits and trade-offs of dormancy and dispersal? <i>American Journal of Botany</i>. Wiley. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70175\">https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70175</a>"},"tmp":{"short":"CC BY (4.0)","name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0)","image":"/images/cc_by.png","legal_code_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"},"article_number":"e70175","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"month":"03","date_published":"2026-03-11T00:00:00Z","file":[{"access_level":"open_access","date_updated":"2026-03-23T14:01:44Z","creator":"dernst","file_size":495080,"date_created":"2026-03-23T14:01:44Z","checksum":"6116108a12c4a5cc91fc653d67885309","success":1,"content_type":"application/pdf","file_id":"21477","relation":"main_file","file_name":"2026_AmericanJourBotany_Backlund.pdf"}],"date_updated":"2026-03-23T14:47:52Z","file_date_updated":"2026-03-23T14:01:44Z","intvolume":"       113","department":[{"_id":"NiBa"},{"_id":"GradSch"}],"oa_version":"Published Version","ddc":["580","570"],"corr_author":"1","status":"public","scopus_import":"1","publication":"American Journal of Botany","_id":"21471","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","type":"journal_article","has_accepted_license":"1","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1537-2197"],"issn":["0002-9122"]},"volume":113,"title":"Seeds as space-time travelers: How does evolution balance the joint benefits and trade-offs of dormancy and dispersal?","issue":"3","external_id":{"pmid":["41814642"]},"publisher":"Wiley","oa":1,"pmid":1,"OA_place":"publisher","acknowledgement":"We thank the Barton group at the Institute of Scienceand Technology Austria for many fruitful conversationsthat triggered the germination of the ideas and questions discussed here. N. H. Barton, P. Surendranadh, A. Pal,Z. Mérai, and two anonymous reviewers provided useful comments on the manuscript.","author":[{"first_name":"Sofia Maria","last_name":"Backlund","full_name":"Backlund, Sofia Maria","id":"a19ed178-1337-11ed-9389-c30ab879a82a"},{"first_name":"Sean","last_name":"Stankowski","full_name":"Stankowski, Sean","id":"43161670-5719-11EA-8025-FABC3DDC885E"},{"first_name":"Rosina Matilde","full_name":"Soler Schaller, Rosina Matilde","last_name":"Soler Schaller","id":"9e668447-8c32-11ed-b0c7-8dc2d7b80803"}],"quality_controlled":"1","date_created":"2026-03-22T23:04:33Z"},{"acknowledgement":"We would like to thank Guillermo Ortiz (CADIC-CONICET) for his invaluable support in the field and lab work. We are extremely grateful to the ranchers for kindly allowing us access to their fields. Funding for this work was provided by the Argentine National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET) and the National Agency for Scientific Promotion through project PICT 2019–675. PR was also granted the Mobility Scholarship Program 2025 between Andalusian and Ibero-American Universities (AUIP). VCA is co-supported by the Community of Madrid under the 2024 call for the ‘César Nombela’ research talent attraction programme (2024-T1/ECO-31335).","quality_controlled":"1","author":[{"full_name":"Rodríguez, Paula","last_name":"Rodríguez","first_name":"Paula"},{"first_name":"Verónica","last_name":"Cruz Alonso","full_name":"Cruz Alonso, Verónica"},{"first_name":"Silvina","last_name":"Romano","full_name":"Romano, Silvina"},{"last_name":"Bustamante","full_name":"Bustamante, Gimena","first_name":"Gimena"},{"full_name":"Soler Schaller, Rosina Matilde","last_name":"Soler Schaller","first_name":"Rosina Matilde","id":"9e668447-8c32-11ed-b0c7-8dc2d7b80803"}],"das_tickbox":"1","date_created":"2026-01-25T23:01:38Z","title":"Context-dependent effects of livestock grazing on forest attributes and ecosystem multifunctionality in Nothofagus forests","publisher":"Elsevier","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","_id":"21036","publication":"Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment","publication_identifier":{"issn":["0167-8809"]},"supplementarymaterial":"yes","volume":400,"type":"journal_article","department":[{"_id":"NiBa"}],"intvolume":"       400","scopus_import":"1","status":"public","oa_version":"None","date_published":"2026-04-15T00:00:00Z","researchdata_availability":"no","month":"04","date_updated":"2026-07-27T11:01:30Z","article_number":"110219","citation":{"apa":"Rodríguez, P., Cruz Alonso, V., Romano, S., Bustamante, G., &#38; Soler Schaller, R. M. (2026). Context-dependent effects of livestock grazing on forest attributes and ecosystem multifunctionality in Nothofagus forests. <i>Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment</i>. Elsevier. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2026.110219\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2026.110219</a>","short":"P. Rodríguez, V. Cruz Alonso, S. Romano, G. Bustamante, R.M. Soler Schaller, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 400 (2026).","chicago":"Rodríguez, Paula, Verónica Cruz Alonso, Silvina Romano, Gimena Bustamante, and Rosina Matilde Soler Schaller. “Context-Dependent Effects of Livestock Grazing on Forest Attributes and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Nothofagus Forests.” <i>Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment</i>. Elsevier, 2026. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2026.110219\">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2026.110219</a>.","ieee":"P. Rodríguez, V. Cruz Alonso, S. Romano, G. Bustamante, and R. M. Soler Schaller, “Context-dependent effects of livestock grazing on forest attributes and ecosystem multifunctionality in Nothofagus forests,” <i>Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment</i>, vol. 400. Elsevier, 2026.","ista":"Rodríguez P, Cruz Alonso V, Romano S, Bustamante G, Soler Schaller RM. 2026. Context-dependent effects of livestock grazing on forest attributes and ecosystem multifunctionality in Nothofagus forests. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 400, 110219.","mla":"Rodríguez, Paula, et al. “Context-Dependent Effects of Livestock Grazing on Forest Attributes and Ecosystem Multifunctionality in Nothofagus Forests.” <i>Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment</i>, vol. 400, 110219, Elsevier, 2026, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2026.110219\">10.1016/j.agee.2026.110219</a>.","ama":"Rodríguez P, Cruz Alonso V, Romano S, Bustamante G, Soler Schaller RM. Context-dependent effects of livestock grazing on forest attributes and ecosystem multifunctionality in Nothofagus forests. <i>Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment</i>. 2026;400. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2026.110219\">10.1016/j.agee.2026.110219</a>"},"day":"15","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"OA_type":"closed access","article_processing_charge":"No","dataavailabilitystatement":"The authors do not have permission to share data.","publication_status":"published","year":"2026","abstract":[{"text":"Forests under livestock grazing sustain important ecosystem services but face potential trade-offs between production and ecological integrity. While the effects of grazing on individual forest attributes are well documented, their integrated consequences remain poorly understood, particularly in temperate forest ecosystems. We evaluated the combined influence of livestock grazing intensity and canopy cover on individual attributes and ecosystem multifunctionality in native Nothofagus forests of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Across eight ranches spanning two agroecological regions (Ecotone and Mountain Range), we quantified forest regeneration, understorey richness and biomass, and soil properties, integrating them into a multifunctionality index. Using generalized linear mixed models, we found strong context-dependence: in the Mountain Range, higher grazing intensity reduced seedling and sapling density, organic matter content, coarse woody debris, and overall multifunctionality. In the Ecotone, these effects of livestock use intensity were attenuated, and canopy cover diminished sapling density and multifunctionality, but moderate cover enhanced understorey. Our results extend multifunctionality research from grazed grasslands to grazed temperate forests and show that ecological responses and trade-offs vary across landscape units. We conclude that the Mountain Range is more vulnerable to grazing, requiring stricter management, whereas the Ecotone retains greater capacity to sustain multifunctionality under controlled livestock use intensity. These findings underscore the importance of region-specific silvopastoral strategies that reconcile food production with forest conservation in southern Patagonia and comparable temperate forest landscapes worldwide.","lang":"eng"}],"article_type":"original","doi":"10.1016/j.agee.2026.110219"},{"language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"day":"01","citation":{"mla":"Arpigiani, Daniela, et al. “A Life-Cycle Approach to Understand Consequences of Silvopastoral Use on Two Native Tree Species of Northern Patagonia.” <i>Austral Ecology</i>, vol. 50, no. 4, e70058, Wiley, 2025, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.70058\">10.1111/aec.70058</a>.","ama":"Arpigiani D, Aschero V, Soler Schaller RM, Amoroso MM. A life-cycle approach to understand consequences of silvopastoral use on two native tree species of Northern Patagonia. <i>Austral Ecology</i>. 2025;50(4). doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.70058\">10.1111/aec.70058</a>","ieee":"D. Arpigiani, V. Aschero, R. M. Soler Schaller, and M. M. Amoroso, “A life-cycle approach to understand consequences of silvopastoral use on two native tree species of Northern Patagonia,” <i>Austral Ecology</i>, vol. 50, no. 4. Wiley, 2025.","chicago":"Arpigiani, Daniela, Valeria Aschero, Rosina Matilde Soler Schaller, and Mariano M. Amoroso. “A Life-Cycle Approach to Understand Consequences of Silvopastoral Use on Two Native Tree Species of Northern Patagonia.” <i>Austral Ecology</i>. Wiley, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.70058\">https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.70058</a>.","ista":"Arpigiani D, Aschero V, Soler Schaller RM, Amoroso MM. 2025. A life-cycle approach to understand consequences of silvopastoral use on two native tree species of Northern Patagonia. Austral Ecology. 50(4), e70058.","short":"D. Arpigiani, V. Aschero, R.M. Soler Schaller, M.M. Amoroso, Austral Ecology 50 (2025).","apa":"Arpigiani, D., Aschero, V., Soler Schaller, R. M., &#38; Amoroso, M. M. (2025). A life-cycle approach to understand consequences of silvopastoral use on two native tree species of Northern Patagonia. <i>Austral Ecology</i>. Wiley. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.70058\">https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.70058</a>"},"article_number":"e70058","date_updated":"2025-09-30T12:31:04Z","month":"04","date_published":"2025-04-01T00:00:00Z","doi":"10.1111/aec.70058","article_type":"original","abstract":[{"text":"Silvopastoral use in native forests could impact population dynamics of key tree species, with contrasting effects at different life cycle stages. Prior studies in South American temperate forests have mainly focused on initial stages, lacking a comprehensive understanding of the entire life cycle within productive systems. We assessed the population dynamics of two key species of mixed forests in northern Patagonia (Austrocedrus chilensis and Nothofagus dombeyi) under two silvopastoral use intensities (high vs. low), using demographic techniques and population projection models. Over 3 years, we quantified vital rates (survival, fertility, growth, reversion and stasis) and used matrix models to calculate deterministic population growth rates (λ). High-intensity silvopastoral use had predominantly negative effects on the elements of the projection matrices of A. chilensis, whereas N. dombeyi exhibited mostly positive or no changes. As a result, projections indicated slight population decreases for A. chilensis (mostly λ < 1) at high silvopastoral use levels compared to low levels, while N. dombeyi showed similar projections (λ ≅ 1) between use levels. Decreased λ for A. chilensis resulted mainly from lower adult tree survival, while early life stages had limited influence on λ for these long-lived species. In summary, silvopastoral use affects population dynamics of key tree species of these mixed forests of northern Patagonia, with implications for sustainable management. Our findings highlight the importance of considering the entire life cycle and suggest targeted practices to enhance A. chilensis populations.","lang":"eng"}],"year":"2025","publication_status":"published","article_processing_charge":"No","OA_type":"closed access","publisher":"Wiley","title":"A life-cycle approach to understand consequences of silvopastoral use on two native tree species of Northern Patagonia","issue":"4","external_id":{"isi":["001476761500001"]},"date_created":"2025-05-11T22:02:41Z","author":[{"full_name":"Arpigiani, Daniela","last_name":"Arpigiani","first_name":"Daniela"},{"first_name":"Valeria","full_name":"Aschero, Valeria","last_name":"Aschero"},{"last_name":"Soler Schaller","full_name":"Soler Schaller, Rosina Matilde","first_name":"Rosina Matilde","id":"9e668447-8c32-11ed-b0c7-8dc2d7b80803"},{"last_name":"Amoroso","full_name":"Amoroso, Mariano M.","first_name":"Mariano M."}],"quality_controlled":"1","acknowledgement":"We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the owners of the estates, Lisandro and Oscar Lanfré, Roberto Criado and Yayo Tillería, for allowing us to conduct our research on their properties and for generously sharing their time and knowledge throughout these years. We are also deeply thankful to our field assistants, Matías Scotti, Clara Pissolito, Noel Szudruk, Mariano Varela, Ian Mott, Brisa Guenuleo, Nicolás Bistolfi, Facundo Gómez and Belén Vallerga, who tirelessly collaborated in the arduous tasks of monitoring and data collection, even in challenging weather conditions. We are grateful to CONICET for providing the doctoral scholarship to D. Arpigiani. This study received partial financial support from the Agencia MINCyT (PICT 2015-1692) and the Universidad Nacional de Río Negro (PI 40-B-478), Argentina.","oa_version":"None","status":"public","scopus_import":"1","isi":1,"intvolume":"        50","department":[{"_id":"NiBa"}],"type":"journal_article","publication_identifier":{"eissn":["1442-9993"],"issn":["1442-9985"]},"volume":50,"publication":"Austral Ecology","_id":"19671","user_id":"317138e5-6ab7-11ef-aa6d-ffef3953e345"},{"author":[{"first_name":"Gimena Noemí","last_name":"Bustamante","full_name":"Bustamante, Gimena Noemí"},{"last_name":"Arena","full_name":"Arena, Miriam Elisabet","first_name":"Miriam Elisabet"},{"last_name":"Selzer","full_name":"Selzer, Luciano","first_name":"Luciano"},{"full_name":"Ruggirello, Matthew","last_name":"Ruggirello","first_name":"Matthew"},{"last_name":"Rodríguez","full_name":"Rodríguez, Paula","first_name":"Paula"},{"last_name":"Pedrazzani","full_name":"Pedrazzani, Samuele","first_name":"Samuele"},{"first_name":"Jose Antonio","last_name":"Navarro-Cano","full_name":"Navarro-Cano, Jose Antonio"},{"first_name":"Rosina Matilde","full_name":"Soler Schaller, Rosina Matilde","last_name":"Soler Schaller","id":"9e668447-8c32-11ed-b0c7-8dc2d7b80803"}],"quality_controlled":"1","date_created":"2025-10-05T22:01:36Z","title":"Biotic interactions between trees and colonizing shrubs: Implications for active restoration in southern Patagonian forests","external_id":{"isi":["001581599800001"]},"publisher":"Springer Nature","publication":"Plant Ecology","user_id":"2DF688A6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87","_id":"20429","type":"journal_article","page":"1301-1313","publication_identifier":{"issn":["1385-0237"],"eissn":["1573-5052"]},"volume":226,"isi":1,"department":[{"_id":"NiBa"}],"intvolume":"       226","status":"public","oa_version":"None","scopus_import":"1","date_published":"2025-12-01T00:00:00Z","month":"12","date_updated":"2026-01-05T13:23:57Z","citation":{"short":"G.N. Bustamante, M.E. Arena, L. Selzer, M. Ruggirello, P. Rodríguez, S. Pedrazzani, J.A. Navarro-Cano, R.M. Soler Schaller, Plant Ecology 226 (2025) 1301–1313.","apa":"Bustamante, G. N., Arena, M. E., Selzer, L., Ruggirello, M., Rodríguez, P., Pedrazzani, S., … Soler Schaller, R. M. (2025). Biotic interactions between trees and colonizing shrubs: Implications for active restoration in southern Patagonian forests. <i>Plant Ecology</i>. Springer Nature. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-025-01568-0\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-025-01568-0</a>","ama":"Bustamante GN, Arena ME, Selzer L, et al. Biotic interactions between trees and colonizing shrubs: Implications for active restoration in southern Patagonian forests. <i>Plant Ecology</i>. 2025;226:1301-1313. doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-025-01568-0\">10.1007/s11258-025-01568-0</a>","mla":"Bustamante, Gimena Noemí, et al. “Biotic Interactions between Trees and Colonizing Shrubs: Implications for Active Restoration in Southern Patagonian Forests.” <i>Plant Ecology</i>, vol. 226, Springer Nature, 2025, pp. 1301–13, doi:<a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-025-01568-0\">10.1007/s11258-025-01568-0</a>.","ista":"Bustamante GN, Arena ME, Selzer L, Ruggirello M, Rodríguez P, Pedrazzani S, Navarro-Cano JA, Soler Schaller RM. 2025. Biotic interactions between trees and colonizing shrubs: Implications for active restoration in southern Patagonian forests. Plant Ecology. 226, 1301–1313.","ieee":"G. N. Bustamante <i>et al.</i>, “Biotic interactions between trees and colonizing shrubs: Implications for active restoration in southern Patagonian forests,” <i>Plant Ecology</i>, vol. 226. Springer Nature, pp. 1301–1313, 2025.","chicago":"Bustamante, Gimena Noemí, Miriam Elisabet Arena, Luciano Selzer, Matthew Ruggirello, Paula Rodríguez, Samuele Pedrazzani, Jose Antonio Navarro-Cano, and Rosina Matilde Soler Schaller. “Biotic Interactions between Trees and Colonizing Shrubs: Implications for Active Restoration in Southern Patagonian Forests.” <i>Plant Ecology</i>. Springer Nature, 2025. <a href=\"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-025-01568-0\">https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-025-01568-0</a>."},"day":"01","language":[{"iso":"eng"}],"OA_type":"closed access","article_processing_charge":"No","year":"2025","abstract":[{"lang":"eng","text":"Plant–plant interactions are key to understanding ecosystem services and shaping restoration strategies, as they can produce either negative or positive effects, determining species establishment and growth. Recognizing these interactions during early-life stages provides valuable insights for restoration in human-disturbed areas. One promising approach is nucleation planting, which establishes small clusters of native species in strategically selected sites, being particularly useful in sites with large herbivores. In southern Patagonia, livestock production has historically been the main economic activity, severely impacting extensive areas of Nothofagus antarctica forest through grazing and intentional burning to increase forage. In this context, nucleation planting with Berberis microphylla, a non-palatable shrub, could foster forest recovery in degraded sites. To evaluate this, we conducted an experiment testing the response of trees to varying shrub number, while also assessing intraspecific effects in both species. We measured survival, biomass, and functional traits. Results showed that the combination of four shrubs surrounding a single tree maintained tree survival at levels comparable to trees growing alone, while seedlings exhibited conspecific negative plant number dependence. Additionally, B. microphylla increased its below- to above-ground biomass ratio under higher plant number, indicating resource reallocation and niche differentiation through spatial separation of root systems."}],"publication_status":"published","article_type":"original","doi":"10.1007/s11258-025-01568-0"}]