Local-scale environmental filtering shape plant taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity in an isolated Amazonian tepui (Tepequém table mountain)

• Published in: Evolutionary ecology Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 55 - 73
• Main Authors: Campos, Prímula Viana, Schaefer, Carlos Ernesto G. R., Pontara, Vanessa, Xavier, Márcio Venícius Barbosa, do Vale Júnior, José Frutuoso, Corrêa, Guilherme Resende, Villa, Pedro Manuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.02.2022; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Altitude; Amazonia; Animal Ecology; Biological diversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Clustering; Community composition; community structure; Composition; Ecology; Elevation; Evolutionary Biology; forests; Grasslands; Life Sciences; Mountains; Nodes; Original Paper; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant communities; Plant diversity; Plant Sciences; plant taxonomy; Soil properties; Soils; Species diversity; Species richness; Taxonomy; Amazonia; flora; Plant-soil relationship; Mountainous ecosystems; Rupestrian grassland complex; Phylogenetic composition

Understanding how environmental drivers induce changes in plant composition and diversity across evolutionary time can provide important insights into community assembly mechanisms. We evaluated how taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity and structure of plant communities change along a local-scale ed...