Evidence of morphometric differentiation among Antarctic moss populations as a response to local microenvironment

• Published in: Acta Botanica Brasilica
• Main Authors: Rayssa Garay Medina, Suziane Alves Barcellos, Filipe de Carvalho Victoria, Margéli Pereira de Albuquerque, Antonio Batista Pereira, Valdir Marcos Stefenon
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 2015
• Subjects: Andreae gainii; Bryum pseudotriquetrum; Nelson Island; phenotypic plasticity; Polytrichum juniperinum; Botany; QK1-989; Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-33062014abb0034; https://doaj.org/article/ac154da082cf4cd8afa6b122a733daf7

ABSTRACTStudies on phenotypic variation among populations growing in different microenvironments may provide information about plasticity related to environmental pressures, and thus help to elucidate the potential evolutionary forces contributing to the origin and maintenance of diversity in any re...