Ecophysiology of Campos Rupestres Plants
Campos rupestres are rocky seasonally-dry environments that occur over mountaintops in
central Brazil. Plant growth is limited and prone to fire during the dry winter, and soils are …
central Brazil. Plant growth is limited and prone to fire during the dry winter, and soils are …
Accelerated diversification and functional trait evolution in Velloziaceae reveal new insights into the origins of the campos rupestres' exceptional floristic richness
S Alcantara, RH Ree, R Mello-Silva - Annals of botany, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background and Aims The greater diversity of plant clades in the Neotropics
compared to their relatives in Africa is a pervasive pattern in biogeography. To better …
compared to their relatives in Africa is a pervasive pattern in biogeography. To better …
Carbon assimilation and habitat segregation in resurrection plants: a comparison between desiccation‐and non‐desiccation‐tolerant species of Neotropical …
S Alcantara, R de Mello‐Silva, GS Teodoro… - Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Desiccation tolerance is the ability that some organisms show to equilibrate their water
content with that of dry air and recover when water supplies are re‐established. This is a …
content with that of dry air and recover when water supplies are re‐established. This is a …