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Estrutura foliar de espécies lenhosas de dossel e sub-bosque em uma floresta subtropical do sul do Brasil

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: This study evaluated leaf morphoanatomical characteristics of species that occupy different strata in a subtropical forest in South Brazil. The principal component analysis explained 88,51 % of data variation, defi ning two groups: one formed by Cedrela fi ssilis Vell., Cupania vernalis Cambess., Matayba elaeagnoides Radlk.and Nectandra lanceolata Nees & Mart. (canopy) and another formed by Allophylus guaraniticus (A. St.Hill.) Radlk., Lantana brasiliensis Link. and Gymnanthes concolor Spreng. (understory), with sun and shade features, respectively. Stomata density, palisade and spongy parenchyma thickness and the percentage of spongy parenchyma air spaces were found as important traits to estimate specifi c leaf area and morphological characterization of canopy and understory species.

Source: Iheringia Série Botânica

Authors: Márcia Bündchen, Maria Regina Torres Boeger, Carlos Bruno Reissmann

Institutions: Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Botany and Plant Ecology Studies

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2530092002

FWCI: 1.132

Cites: 41

Cited by: 6

Related to: 10