Evidence of morphometric differentiation among Antarctic moss populations as a response to local microenvironment
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...
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ftjscielo:oai:scielo:S0102-33062015000300383 2023-05-15T13:53:32+02:00 Evidence of morphometric differentiation among Antarctic moss populations as a response to local microenvironment Medina,Rayssa Garay Barcellos,Suziane Alves Victoria,Filipe de Carvalho Albuquerque,Margéli Pereira de Pereira,Antonio Batista Stefenon,Valdir Marcos 2015-09-01 text/html http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062015000300383 en eng Sociedade Botânica do Brasil Acta Botanica Brasilica v.29 n.3 2015 Andreae gainii Bryum pseudotriquetrum Nelson Island phenotypic plasticity Polytrichum juniperinum journal article 2015 ftjscielo 2015-10-26T19:53:07Z 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 region. In this study we investigate morphometric variation on a small geographic scale for three species of Antarctic mosses. All species revealed significant differentiation among populations for all evaluated traits. The comparison of morphometric measures of populations of Polytrichum juniperinumfrom Nelson Island and from southern Brazil suggests that the effects of a small geographic scale in Antarctica are the same as a large geographic scale in environments where the climate is more homogeneous and microhabitats have minor influence on vegetation. However, further investigations over a larger area, evaluating more species, and using controlled garden experiments are recommended in order to evaluate the capacity for plasticity of moss species in different climatic conditions and on different geographic scales. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Nelson Island SciELO Brazil (Scientific Electronic Library Online) Antarctic Nelson Island ENVELOPE(-59.050,-59.050,-62.300,-62.300) |
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Andreae gainii Bryum pseudotriquetrum Nelson Island phenotypic plasticity Polytrichum juniperinum Medina,Rayssa Garay Barcellos,Suziane Alves Victoria,Filipe de Carvalho Albuquerque,Margéli Pereira de Pereira,Antonio Batista Stefenon,Valdir Marcos Evidence of morphometric differentiation among Antarctic moss populations as a response to local microenvironment |
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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 region. In this study we investigate morphometric variation on a small geographic scale for three species of Antarctic mosses. All species revealed significant differentiation among populations for all evaluated traits. The comparison of morphometric measures of populations of Polytrichum juniperinumfrom Nelson Island and from southern Brazil suggests that the effects of a small geographic scale in Antarctica are the same as a large geographic scale in environments where the climate is more homogeneous and microhabitats have minor influence on vegetation. However, further investigations over a larger area, evaluating more species, and using controlled garden experiments are recommended in order to evaluate the capacity for plasticity of moss species in different climatic conditions and on different geographic scales. |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Medina,Rayssa Garay Barcellos,Suziane Alves Victoria,Filipe de Carvalho Albuquerque,Margéli Pereira de Pereira,Antonio Batista Stefenon,Valdir Marcos |
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Medina,Rayssa Garay Barcellos,Suziane Alves Victoria,Filipe de Carvalho Albuquerque,Margéli Pereira de Pereira,Antonio Batista Stefenon,Valdir Marcos |
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Medina,Rayssa Garay |
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Evidence of morphometric differentiation among Antarctic moss populations as a response to local microenvironment |
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Evidence of morphometric differentiation among Antarctic moss populations as a response to local microenvironment |
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Evidence of morphometric differentiation among Antarctic moss populations as a response to local microenvironment |
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Evidence of morphometric differentiation among Antarctic moss populations as a response to local microenvironment |
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Evidence of morphometric differentiation among Antarctic moss populations as a response to local microenvironment |
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evidence of morphometric differentiation among antarctic moss populations as a response to local microenvironment |
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Sociedade Botânica do Brasil |
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2015 |
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http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062015000300383 |
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ENVELOPE(-59.050,-59.050,-62.300,-62.300) |
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Antarctic Nelson Island |
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Antarctic Nelson Island |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Nelson Island |
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Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Nelson Island |
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Acta Botanica Brasilica v.29 n.3 2015 |
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