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Trait values varied continuously across species.
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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.
- 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.
- Observation The opposite trait suite was common in open habitats.
- 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.