Reproductive modes in Leiothrix (Eriocaulaceae) in South-eastern Brazil: The role of microenvironmental heterogeneity

Annals of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 353-360

  Coelho, Flávia F ^a   Capelo, Christina ^a   Ribeiro, Leonardo C ^a   Figueira, José Eugênio C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Environmental heterogeneity; Leiothrix; Life history; Morphological variation; Pseudovivipary; Reproductive modes; Rupestrian grasslands

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CLONAL GROWTH; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY; MICROHABITAT; MONOCOTYLEDON; MORPHOLOGY; MOSS; RAMET; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ERIOCAULACEAE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

BRAZIL; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ERIOCAULACEAE; REPRODUCTION;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SERRA DO CIPO; SERRA DO ESPINHACO; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRYOPHYTA; ERIOCAULACEAE; LEIOTHRIX;

EID: 38849090638     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm289     Document Type: Article

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