Atlantic forest and leaf traits: an overview

AP Vitória, LF Alves, LS Santiago - Trees, 2019 - Springer
Key message Leaf traits in Atlantic forest are modulated by environmental filters and biotic
interactions. More information about leaf traits and nutrient are needed. Abstract …

A systematic review of leaf and wood traits in the Neotropics: environmental gradients and functionality

GV de Freitas, M Da Cunha, AP Vitória - Trees, 2024 - Springer
Key message Resource-limited environments showed a tendency towards conservative and
coupled leaf and wood traits, while displaying an acquisitive and decoupled pattern in …

Seedling recruitment in response to artificial gaps: predicting the ecological consequence of forest disturbance

M Zhang, X Yi - Plant Ecology, 2021 - Springer
Artificial gaps are widely created for forest management. However, the interactive effects of
gap sizes and within-gap locations on seedling regeneration are rarely tested. Therefore …

Structural leaf attributes indicate different degrees of xeromorphism: New discoveries in co-occurring species of savanna and forest formations

APR Ariano, MJG Pessoa, NG Ribeiro-Júnior… - Flora, 2022 - Elsevier
The diversity of environments in the Neotropical region has different environmental filters on
vegetation. The southern face of the Amazon is exposed to high rainfall seasonality and …

Using leaf δ13C and photosynthetic parameters to understand acclimation to irradiance and leaf age effects during tropical forest regeneration

AP Vitoria, T de Oliveira Vieira… - Forest Ecology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Regenerating forests are important for the maintenance of tropical biodiversity. Forest
management in fragments of Atlantic forest in Brazil includes removal of exotic eucalyptus …

Photosynthetic and antioxidant responses of the tropical intertidal seagrasses Halophila ovalis and Thalassia hemprichii to moderate and high irradiances

S Phandee, P Buapet - Botanica Marina, 2018 - degruyter.com
This study investigated photosynthetic and oxidative stress-related responses to moderate
(500 μmol photons m− 2 s− 1) and high irradiances (1500 μmol photons m− 2 s− 1) in two …

Acclimatization capacity of leaf traits of species co-occurring in restinga and seasonal semideciduous forest ecosystems

S Pireda, D da Silva Oliveira, NL Borges… - Environmental and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Restingas and seasonal semideciduous forests (SSF) are phytophysiognomies of the
Atlantic Forest that have many co-occurring species. However, the microclimatic and …

[PDF][PDF] Species-specific performance and trade-off between growth and survival in the early-successional light-demanding group

TO Vieira, LS Santiago, IA Pestana, E Ávila-Lovera… - …, 2021 - ps.ueb.cas.cz
Abbreviations: C–elemental carbon; Ci–intercellular CO2 concentration; D–diameter at soil
level; Fv/Fm–maximal quantum yield of PSII; H–height; LA–leaf area; NL–number of leaves; …

Ecological anatomy of Eugenia luschnathiana (O.Berg) Klotzsch ex BDJacks. (Myrtaceae) leaves in the Restinga region, state of Ceara

VOT Lemos, EMP Lucena, OH Bonilla… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
A espécie Eugenia luschnathiana (O. Berg) Klotzsch ex BD Jacks.(Myrtaceae), vulgarmente
conhecida como pitomba-da-baía, ocorre em região de Restinga no Estado do Ceará e …

Key anatomical attributes for occurrence of Psychotria schlechtendaliana (Müll. Arg.) Müll. Arg.(Rubiaceae) in different successional stages of a tropical moist forest

G Campbell, MS Mielke, GR Rabelo, M Da Cunha - Flora, 2018 - Elsevier
We analyzed the effects of two different successional stages on leaf and wood anatomy of
Psychotria schlechtendaliana in a tropical moist forest. Leaf and wood samples were …