shared influence of phylogeny and ecology on the reproductive patterns of Myrteae (Myrtaceae)

• Published in: The Journal of ecology Vol. 98; no. 6; pp. 1409 - 1421
• Main Authors: Staggemeier, Vanessa Graziele, Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre Felizola, Morellato, Leonor Patrícia Cerdeira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2010; Blackwell Publishing; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: anatomy and morphology; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Biological taxonomies; Biotic factors; Brazil; Climate; competition; Ecology; ecosystems; Environmental conditions; Environmental factors; facilitation; Flowering; flowers; Forest ecology; Fruiting; Fruits; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Human ecology; morphological characters; Myrtaceae; niche conservatism; Phenology; phylogenetic signal; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Plant biology; Plant ecology; plant phenology; Plant populations; Plant reproduction; Plants; Pollinators; rain forests; Rainforests; reproduction; Reproductive ecology; resource availability; seasonal variation; Seasonal variations; statistics; temperature; Brazil; AS, Atlantic; Competition; Availability; Facilitation; niche conservatism; Reproductive pattern; resource availability; Ecology; Phylogeny; fruiting; Reproduction; Signal; plant phenology; Phenology; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Ecological niche; Myrtaceae; Morphological character; Flowering; Spermatophyta; morphological characters; reproductive ecology; Fructification; phylogenetic signal

1. Many factors shape plant reproductive patterns including climate, competition or attraction of pollinators and seed dispersers, flower and fruit morphologies and phylogenetic relationships. South American Myrtaceae (Myrteae) were chosen to evaluate hypotheses on how abiotic and biotic factors, mo...