Claim · model-written summary
The opposite trait suite was common in open habitats.
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirectionValueQualifier
Verbatim
e0“An opposite suite of traits was common in open habitats (grassland and edge)”
e1“70 species of trees and shrubs”
Title
EVOLUTIONARY AND ECOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF EARLY SEEDLING MORPHOLOGY IN EAST AFRICAN
Amy E. Zanne; Colin A. Chapman; Kaoru Kitajima 2005
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- Observation Species with photosynthetic cotyledons were more abundant than in other tropical floras.
- Association Trait associations matched expectations from literature.
- Observation Trait values varied continuously across species.
- Association Mean trait values differed significantly among habitat association types.
- Observation Large seeds, seedlings, storage cotyledons, slow germination, large adults and dispersal by large animals were common in forests and gaps.
- Association Phylogenetic analyses confirmed correlated evolution of the trait suites.
- Association Cotyledon functional morphology showed a strong phylogenetic signal.
- Observation Seed mass was evolutionarily labile.
- Association Change from photosynthetic to reserve cotyledons was more likely when ancestral disperser and perhaps seed size were large.