Claim · model-written summary
Temperature, humidity and light intensity were primary filters of functional trait space.
- Taxon
- BromeliaceaeBromeliaceaet0
- Outcome
- functional trait spacee0
- Qualifier
- temperature, humidity, and light intensitye0
- Setting
- high-elevation habitatst0
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Verbatim
e0“temperature, humidity, and light intensity were the primary filters shaping functional trait space”
t0“Trait variability in Bromeliaceae species from high-elevation habitats of the Atlantic Forest: morphoanatomical and biochemical responses to environmental factors”
Title
Sarah Diniz Pasini; Mariana Maciel Monteiro; Graciele Daiane Diniz Soares; et al. Revista Brasileira de Botânica 2026. doi:10.1007/s40415-026-01149-z
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