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Table 2 Seed and pollen dispersal parameters (± standard error) of different populations of C. edulis estimated using the neighbourhood model implemented in NMπ

From: Short-distance seed and pollen dispersal in both hunted and intact forests in the lower canopy African rainforest tree, Coula edulis Baill. (Coulaceae)

Parameter

CMNP

MFR (Juveniles)

MFR (Seeds)

Fifinda

Density of adults per ha (DBH ≥ 10.6 cm)

1.62

1.76

1.76

2.94

Selfing rate (s)

0 ± 0.004

0.02 ± 0.01

0.30 ± 0.05

0 ± 0.01

Pollen immigration rate (mp)

0.59 ± 0.05

0.33 ± 0.05

0.17 ± 0.04

0.71 ± 0.08

Mean kernel pollen dispersal distance (dp)

173 m [141–223]a

211 m [151–348]a

65 m [48–97]a

358 m [156 - ∞]a

Shape of pollen dispersal kernel (bp)

1.68 ± 0.48

0.79 ± 0.18

-

0.5 ± 0.1

Pollen dispersal anisotropy (kp)

0.31 ± 0.34

1.04 ± 0.33

-

 

Pollen dispersal prevailing direction (ap)

0.86 ± 0.15

0.13 ± 0.05

-

 

Seed immigration rate (ms)

0.15 ± 0.03

0.07 ± 0.03

0.2 ± 0.01

0.28 ± 0.07

Mean kernel seed dispersal distance (ds)

105 m [86–140]a

131 m [99–197]a

-

219 m [134–599]a

Shape of seed dispersal kernel (bs)

0.8 ± 0.16

0.73 ± 0.14

-

0.5 ± 0.1

Seed dispersal anisotropy (ks)

0.30 ± 0.16

0.9 ± 0.19

-

 

Seed dispersal prevailing direction (as)

0.41 ± 0.09

0.57 ± 0.03

-

 

Effect of DBH on female fitness (g)

0.83 ± 0.10

0.41 ± 0.10

-

0.57 ± 0.15

Effect of DBH on male fitness (b)

0.59 ± 0.17

0.61 ± 0.15

-

0.39 ± 0.34

  1. a 95% confidence interval when both the shape and the mean distance of dispersal kernels are estimated
  2. - indicates parameters that were not estimated