The Effect of Phylogeny, Environment and Morphology on Communities of a Lianescent Clade

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 9; no. 3; p. e90177
• Main Authors: Alcantara, Suzana, Ree, Richard H, Martins, Fernando R, Lohmann, Lúcia G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 03.03.2014
• Subjects: Analysis; Biomes; Phylogeny

The influence of ecological traits to the distribution and abundance of species is a prevalent issue in biodiversity science. Most studies of plant community assembly have focused on traits related to abiotic aspects or direct interactions among plants, with less attention paid to ignore indirect in...