Assessing spatial and environmental drivers of phylogenetic structure in Brazilian Araucaria forests

• Published in: Ecography (Copenhagen) Vol. 35; no. 10; pp. 952 - 960
• Main Authors: Duarte, Leandro D. S., Prieto, Pablo V., Pillar, Valério D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2012; Blackwell Publishing; Blackwell; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: altitude; Angiosperms; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Araucaria; biogeography; Biological and medical sciences; Biomes; Classification; Coniferous forests; conservation plants; Coordinate systems; Ecophysiology; Ecosystems; Evolution; filters; Forestry; forests; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; General forest ecology; Generalities. Production, biomass. Quality of wood and forest products. General forest ecology; Phenotypic traits; Phylogenetics; phylogeny; Plant ecology; seeds; Synecology; temperature; Tree ferns; South America; Brazil; America; Forests; Coniferales; Spermatophyta; Phylogeny; Taxonomy; Gymnospermae

Evidence of phylogenetic conservatism in plant ecological traits has accumulated over the past few years, suggesting an interplay between the distribution of phylogenetic clades and major environmental gradients. Nonetheless, determining what environmental factors underlie the distribution of phylog...