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

• Main Authors: Medina,Rayssa Garay, Barcellos,Suziane Alves, Victoria,Filipe de Carvalho, Albuquerque,Margéli Pereira de, Pereira,Antonio Batista, Stefenon,Valdir Marcos
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 2015
• Subjects: Andreae gainii; Bryum pseudotriquetrum; Nelson Island; phenotypic plasticity; Polytrichum juniperinum; Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062015000300383

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...