Importance of habit and environmental characteristics in shaping patterns of richness and range size of ferns and lycophytes in the Atlantic Forest
Fern range sizes and richness were influenced by a combination of ecological and environmental factors such as temperature, precipitation, and soil variables; only ecological variables influenced lycophyte richness and range sizes. The effects of these factors must be considered separately for the two lineages due to their different responses to stressors. Conservation efforts should increase in the species-rich-low-range areas that are outside protected areas to protect these low-range species.
Authors
- Paulo H. Labiak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5239-2048)
- Elivane Salete Capellesso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2474-9994)
- Andrés Lira‐Noriega (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3219-0019)
- Victor P. Zwiener (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1693-8960)
- Márcia C. M. Marques (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1003-9596)
- Amabily Bohn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9807-2704)
Institutions
- Instituto de Ecología (MX)
- Universidade Federal do Paraná (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16437
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.06
Funders
- Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
- Universidade Federal do Paraná