Assembly patterns and functional diversity of tree species in a successional gradient of Araucaria forest in Southern Brazil

• Published in: Natureza & conservação Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 67 - 73
• Main Authors: Vicente-Silva, José, Bergamin, Rodrigo S., Zanini, Kátia J., Pillar, Valério D., Müller, Sandra C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Editora Ltda 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Araucaria; Brazil; Convergence; Divergence; dry matter content; environmental factors; Forest strata; forest succession; forests; Functional diversity; leaf area; leaves; nitrogen content; phylogeny; Plant functional traits; prediction; secondary succession; seed weight; species diversity; wood density; Brazil; Plant functional traits; Divergence; Forest strata; Functional diversity; Convergence

Functional analysis of secondary succession may allow identifying and predicting processes of community assembly, which can be simultaneously driven by factors related to ecological filters and neutral forces. This study evaluated trait-convergence assembly patterns and trait-divergence assembly pat...