Desiccation tolerance of terrestrial fern gametophytes is linked to light levels in the sporophyte habitat in a cloud forest
The physiology of the gametophyte was positively linked to the preferred light habitat of the sporophyte. Low physiological resilience to low to moderate desiccation events may compromise gametophyte survival and fern diversity in the face of habitat transformation and climate change.
Authors
- Karolina Riaño (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8775-542X)
- Klaus Mehltreter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8661-5652)
- Salvador González de León (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1380-3377)
- Oscar Briones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9786-5104)
- Blanca Pérez‐García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9069-1882)
- Cristian O. Pinzón‐Camacho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1986-0305)
Institutions
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (GT)
- Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (MX)
- Instituto de Ecología (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Published
- 2025-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70131
- Primary Topic
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00