Revealing the influence of climatic variables on the distribution of legume dispersal traits in the Chaco
Giovani Carlos Andrella,
Evaldo Benedito de Souza,
Ângela Lúcia Bagnatori Sartori
Abstract:Climate influences species distribution and selects different morphological traits. The Chaco biome has climatic gradients, leading us to question morphological trait distribution. Using Fabaceae as a study model, we aimed to understand how the dispersal traits of this family, such as fruit types, dispersal syndromes and dispersal units, are distributed along the climatic gradients in the Chaco. We performed a spatial analysis in order to generate spatial predictors and thus identify on which spatial scales cl… Show more
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