Plant phylogenetic diversity of tropical mountaintop rocky grasslands: local and regional constraints

Autor(es)

de Mattos, Jacqueline Salvi ^[1] ; Cerdeira Morellato, Leonor Patricia ^[2] ; Gutierrez Camargo, Maria Gabriela ^[2] ; Batalha, Marco Antonio ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Bot, POB 676, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil

^[2] Sao Paulo State Univ UNESP, Dept Bot, Lab Phenol, Av 24A 1515, BR-13506900 Rio Claro - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: PLANT ECOLOGY; v. 220, n. 12, p. 1119-1129, DEC 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

Mountains are interesting systems for studying patterns of diversity distribution and the role of environmental filters and competition on community assembly. According to the phylogenetic niche conservatism theory, the co-occurrence of closely related species might indicate that environmental filters are more important than competition when structuring communities in time and space. We investigated the patterns of phylogenetic diversity and the influence of environmental filters in the Brazilian rocky grasslands and tested the influence of phylogenetic niche conservatism. We placed 180 plots of 1 m(2) in five sites along an altitudinal gradient at the Cipo Mountains (Espinhaco Range, southeastern Brazil) and surveyed all vascular plant species and edaphic variables. We assessed the phylogenetic diversity of the communities by calculating the phylogenetic species variability and phylogenetic species richness. These measures were related to altitude and the edaphic variables through a principal component analysis and regressions. Phylogenetic species variability decreased towards higher altitudes and less fertile sites, whereas phylogenetic species richness increased. Thus, the number of species and the degree of phylogenetic clustering increased with increasing altitude, suggesting that the intensity of abiotic factors acting as environmental filters increased with altitude and could be constraining species in the community to a smaller number of clades. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 13/50155-0 - Combining new technologies to monitor phenology from leaves to ecosystems
• Beneficiário: Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa de Pesquisa sobre Mudanças Climáticas Globais - PITE
• Processo FAPESP: 09/54208-6 - EMU: Laboratório Multiusuário Centralizado do Núcleo de Estudos em Biodiversidade da UNESP
• Beneficiário: Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa Equipamentos Multiusuários
• Processo FAPESP: 18/21646-0 - Relações ecológicas no tempo e no espaço: padronização de sinais florais em espécies congêneres
• Beneficiário: Maria Gabriela Gutierrez de Camargo
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Pós-Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 15/10754-8 - Variação espácio-temporal no espectro de cores de flores conforme a visão dos polinizadores
• Beneficiário: Maria Gabriela Gutierrez de Camargo
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado