Carbon assimilation and habitat segregation in resurrection plants: A comparison between desiccation- and non-desiccation-tolerant species of Neotropical Velloziaceae (Pandanales)

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1499-1512

  Alcantara, Suzana ^a,b   de Mello Silva, Renato ^a   Teodoro, Grazielle S ^c   Drequeceler, Kamila ^a   Ackerly, David D ^b   Oliveira, Rafael S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

campos rupestres; Competitive ability; Drought; Outcrops; Poikilohydry; Productivity; Trade off; Velloziaceae

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESICCATION; DROUGHT; LIMITING FACTOR; MONOCOTYLEDON; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; NICHE PARTITIONING; OUTCROP; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TOLERANCE; WATER CONTENT;

BRAZIL;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PANDANALES; SELAGINELLA PILIFERA; TRACHEOPHYTA; VELLOZIACEAE;

EID: 84954405170     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12462     Document Type: Article

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