title: Modeling hydrochory effects on the Tunisian island populations of Pancratium maritimum L. using colored Petri nets.
abstract: Hydrochory, the seed dispersal by water, is a strategy used by many aquatic and some terrestrial plants to move into areas appropriate for establishment. In this paper we model the hydrochory effects on the Tunisian island populations of Pancratium maritimum L. using colored Petri nets. Nineteen Tunisian coastal sites were considered including fourteen mainland and five island sites. The model was simulated for 400 thousand Atlantic Tunisian Current cycles (years). Snapshots of the island population's genetic makeup were taken for 50, 200 and 400 thousand years. The evolution of the obtained dendrograms showed a clear divide between the northern and southern island populations according to their estimated genetic make-up for the considered simulation durations. Hydrochory is not only with important ecological consequences, such as maintaining the populations of P. maritimum but also it may move species into areas appropriate for establishment. In this context, in situ and ex situ conservation measures of P. maritimum populations should be adopted very fast.
authors: National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (INSAT), Department of Biology, Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, North Urban Center, BP 676, Cedex 1080 Tunis, Tunisia. Electronic address: sanaaadnen@yahoo.fr.
authors: Adnen
authors: A
authors: Sanaa
authors: 6'Com Laboratory, ENIT, El Manar University. BP 37, Le Belvedere, 1002 Tunis, Tunisia.
authors: Samir
authors: S
authors: Ben Abid
authors: National Institute of Physico-chemical Research and Analysis, Laboratory of Natural Substances, Sidi Thabet, 2020 Ariana, Tunisia.
authors: Abdennacer
authors: A
authors: Boulila
authors: National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (INSAT), Department of Biology, Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, North Urban Center, BP 676, Cedex 1080 Tunis, Tunisia.
authors: Chokri
authors: C
authors: Messaoud
authors: National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (INSAT), Department of Biology, Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, North Urban Center, BP 676, Cedex 1080 Tunis, Tunisia.
authors: Mohamed
authors: M
authors: Boussaid
authors: National Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology (INSAT), Department of Biology, Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, North Urban Center, BP 676, Cedex 1080 Tunis, Tunisia.
authors: Najeh
authors: N
authors: Ben Fadhel
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D005828:Genetics, Population; D062312:Islands; D019668:Liliaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D008954:Models, Biological; D058614:Seed Dispersal; D014416:Tunisia
keywords: Atlantic Tunisian Current; Colored Petri nets; Hydrochory; Island; Pancratium maritimum L.