artículo
Size variation ofAcacia caven (leguminosae) pods along a climatic gradient in Chile
Fecha
1981Registro en:
10.1007/BF02184464
Autor
Gutiérrez, Julio R.
Armesto, Juan J.
Institución
Resumen
A southward tendency of increment in pod-length is shown for 11 populations ofAcacia caven (Mol.) Hook et Arn. localized along a climatic gradient of increasing annual rainfall in Chile. This fact would suggest thatA. caven populations occurring in the south are in better conditions for reproduction than northern populations, since pod-length is related to the amount of seeds inside the pods. The possible bearing of this southward tendency of increasing seed production upon the expansion ofA. caven toward the more humid zones in southern Chile is discussed.