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Phylogenetic relatedness within Neotropical fern communities increases with soil fertility




List of AuthorsLehtonen S, Jones MM, Zuquim G, Prado J, Tuomisto H

PublisherWILEY-BLACKWELL

Publication year2015

JournalGlobal Ecology and Biogeography

Journal name in sourceGLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Journal acronymGLOBAL ECOL BIOGEOGR

Volume number24

Issue number6

Start page695

End page705

Number of pages11

ISSN1466-822X

DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.12294


Abstract

Main conclusionsOur results highlight the importance of edaphic variation in structuring plant communities over evolutionary time-scales. Within the tropical forests studied, the effects of soil variation on local phylogenetic community structure seem to outweigh those of climate. Several fern genera show strong edaphic niche conservatism to either poor or rich soils, whereas many other genera have radiated to span a rather broad edaphic range. PD-based measures are so dominated by deep relationships that genus-level phylogenies are sufficient to investigate these patterns in tropical fern communities.


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