dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorRossatto, D. R.
dc.creatorKolb, R. M.
dc.date2014-05-27T11:30:07Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:52:08Z
dc.date2014-05-27T11:30:07Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:52:08Z
dc.date2013-08-02
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T02:33:57Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T02:33:57Z
dc.identifierNew Zealand Journal of Botany.
dc.identifier0028-825X
dc.identifier1175-8643
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/76207
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/76207
dc.identifier10.1080/0028825X.2013.795904
dc.identifierWOS:000328317600002
dc.identifier2-s2.0-84880753651
dc.identifier0000-0003-3841-5597
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2013.795904
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/896909
dc.descriptionDeciduous forests from the neotropics are one of the most endangered forest types in the world due to the exploitation of their natural resources by mankind. Many aspects of these ecosystems have been studied; however, there is a lack of information about leaf structure and the effects of tree dominance on their structural leaf patterns. In this article, we examine leaf anatomy and specific leaf areas (SLA) in 13 tree species differing in their dominance in a Dry Forest site in Central Brazil, relating leaf anatomical traits with phytosociological aspects. Leaf anatomical traits differed according to tree dominance: greater leaf thickness (achieved through greater thickness of the mesophyll), low values of SLA and bigger stomata were found for the most dominant species, whereas the less dominant species showed thinner leaves with high SLA, as well as numerous and small stomata. These responses suggest that tree dominance is an important indirect effect associated with vertical light availability in the forest. These strategies are probably related to the accomplishment of a high performance in carbon gain and water economy, given the distinction in irradiance that the leaves of different species are subject to in the dry forest. © 2013 Copyright The Royal Society of New Zealand.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationNew Zealand Journal of Botany
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subjectdeciduous trees
dc.subjectdry forest
dc.subjectfunctional traits
dc.subjectleaf anatomy
dc.subjecttree dominance
dc.titleLeaf anatomical traits are correlated with tree dominance in a Neotropical deciduous forest
dc.typeOtro


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