Categories: Methodological, Publications, Selected article – Posted on 24 de March de 201025 de June de 2020 A framework for metacommunity analysis of phylogenetic structure Abstract It is well known that species evolutionary history plays a crucial role in community assembly. Here, we offer a … Continue reading >A framework for metacommunity analysis of phylogenetic structure
Categories: Original article, Publications – Posted on 28 de January de 201025 de June de 2020 Testing for the influence of niche and neutral factors on sapling community assembly beneath isolated woody plants in grasslands Abstract Questions: Perching and nursing effects drive initial steps of forest expansion over grasslands. Nursing effect is obviously related to … Continue reading >Testing for the influence of niche and neutral factors on sapling community assembly beneath isolated woody plants in grasslands
Categories: Original article, Publications – Posted on 25 de March de 200925 de June de 2020 Discriminating trait-convergence and trait-divergence assembly patterns in ecological community gradients. Abstract Question: Whereas similar ecological requirements lead to trait-convergence assembly patterns (TCAP) of species in communities, the interactions controlling how … Continue reading >Discriminating trait-convergence and trait-divergence assembly patterns in ecological community gradients.
Categories: Original article, Publications – Posted on 12 de March de 200925 de June de 2020 Macroecological analyses reveal historical factors influencing seed dispersal strategies in Brazilian Araucaria forests. ABSTRACT Aim Our objective was to evaluate the influence of distinct macroecological factors (space, floristics and environment) on the variation … Continue reading >Macroecological analyses reveal historical factors influencing seed dispersal strategies in Brazilian Araucaria forests.
Categories: Original article, Publications – Posted on 9 de December de 200725 de June de 2020 Plant dispersal strategies and the colonization of Araucaria forest patches in a grassland-forest mosaic. Abstract Questions: In a natural grassland-forest mosaic: What is the influence of phylogeny and diaspore traits related to disperser attraction … Continue reading >Plant dispersal strategies and the colonization of Araucaria forest patches in a grassland-forest mosaic.
Categories: Original article, Publications – Posted on 9 de February de 200725 de June de 2020 Performance consequences of food mixing in two passion vine leaf-footed bugs, Holymenia clavigera and Anisoscelis foliacea marginella (Hemiptera: Coreidae) Abstract Holymenia clavigera (Herbst) and Anisoscelis foliacea marginella (Dallas) (Hemiptera: Coreidae: Anisoscelini) are distributed in southern Brazil and use various … Continue reading >Performance consequences of food mixing in two passion vine leaf-footed bugs, Holymenia clavigera and Anisoscelis foliacea marginella (Hemiptera: Coreidae)
Categories: Original article, Publications – Posted on 9 de June de 200625 de June de 2020 Role of nurse plants in Araucaria Forest expansion over grassland in south Brazil. Abstract Araucaria Forest expansion over grassland takes place under wet climate conditions and low disturbance and it is hypothesized that … Continue reading >Role of nurse plants in Araucaria Forest expansion over grassland in south Brazil.
Categories: Original article, Publications – Posted on 13 de January de 200625 de June de 2020 What saplings can tell us about forest expansion over natural grasslands. Abstract Questions: 1. Do the species composition, richness and diversity of sapling communities vary significantly in differently sized patches? 2. … Continue reading >What saplings can tell us about forest expansion over natural grasslands.
Categories: Original article, Publications – Posted on 13 de January de 200225 de June de 2020 Assessing the role of light availability in the regeneration of Araucaria angustifolia (Araucariaceae). Abstract The role of Brazilian pine (Araucaria angustifolia) in the process of forest succession is a topic of increasing controversy. … Continue reading >Assessing the role of light availability in the regeneration of Araucaria angustifolia (Araucariaceae).
Categories: Original article, Publications – Posted on 13 de January de 200025 de June de 2020 Ecophysiological responses of brazilian pine (Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Ktze.) to different irradiance levels. Abstract Brazilian pine (Araucaria angustifolia [Bert.] O.Ktze.) is an indigenous conifer of the southern region of South America, typically regarded … Continue reading >Ecophysiological responses of brazilian pine (Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Ktze.) to different irradiance levels.