The evolution of ecological specialization underlies plant endemism in the Atlantic Forest

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Authors

Eduardo Nery · Universidade Federal do ABC

Mayara K. Caddah · Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Matheus Fortes Santos · Universidade Federal do ABC

Anselmo Nogueira · Universidade Federal do ABC

Abstract

Environmental heterogeneity imposes selective pressures favouring ecological specialization and small geographical ranges among plant lineages in the AF domain. This selection-driven process has probably promoted plant endemism in the AF domain throughout its history.

Topics & Keywords

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Species Distribution and Climate Change Evolution and Paleontology Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Annals of Botany

Volume 131, Issue 6, pp. 921-940

DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcad029

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