Acaulescent palms are resilient to disturbances: experimental and global evidence
Acaulescent palms are resilient to disturbances. Even when exposed to repeated disturbances, they manage to resprout and recover due to their multiple morphological adaptations. The diversity observed in belowground system architecture, ranging from differences in ramification to shifts in growth habit under varying conditions, illustrates adaptive capacity in disturbance-prone ecosystems.
Authors
- Gabriela Santos da Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8756-9317)
- Lucas H S Barbosa
- Beatriz Appezzato-da-Glória
- Juli G Pausas
Institutions
- Fundação de Estudos Agrários Luiz de Queiroz (BR)
- Institute of Botany of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK)
- Institute of Botany (AZ)
- Centre d'Investigacions sobre Desertificació (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Botany
- Published
- 2025-12-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf335
- Primary Topic
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00