Traditional management affects the phenotypic diversity of fruits with economic and cultural importance in the Brazilian Savanna

• Published in: Agroforestry systems Vol. 92; no. 1; pp. 11 - 21
• Main Authors: Sousa Júnior, José Ribamar, Collevatti, Rosane Garcia, Lins Neto, Ernani Machado Freitas, Peroni, Nivaldo, Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2018; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; agroforestry; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Brazil; Caryocar brasiliense; Caryocar coriaceum; Cultivation; Culture; Domestication; ethnobotany; Forestry; Fruits; human population; Human populations; humans; Life Sciences; Management; Morphology; Morphometry; people; Perception; phenotypic plasticity; Plant populations; Population studies; Populations; savannas; Brazil; Artificial selection; Phenotypic variation; Plant domestication; Evolutionary ethnobiology; Ethnobotany; Directed management

The management of plant populations may cause phenotypic changes in the characteristics of a plant that is targeted by human selection over time, which can therefore lead to the domestication process. Studies about this approach have shown that managed plant populations have the most interesting fea...