Morpho-environmental strategies in the genus Ononis L. (subsections Natrix and Viscosae) in Western Mediterranean
| Autor: | Rocha, J., Ramírez, R., Díaz, M., Martins, M., García-Cabral, I., Amich, F., Almeida, R., Carnide, V., Castro, Isaura Alberta Oliveira De, Crespí, A. L. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Resilience Resistance Plant Science 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Morpho-environment Life strategies Modelling 010601 ecology 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Biogeography Climate change Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) instacron:RCAAP |
| DOI: | 10.6084/m9.figshare.4042941 |
| Popis: | Very similar morphologies have always been pointed out for subsections Natrix and Viscosae of the genus Ononis L. Morphological, environmental and biogeographic approaches do not show significant differences between taxa of both subsections, and only life form was pointed out as biological descriptor to explain taxonomic and ecological strategies for these taxa: Natrix is composed by perennial life forms, while Viscosae is solely represented by annual life forms. The discussion of results was conducted through the insurance hypothesis, according to which resilient or resistant behaviours, here represented by taxonomic diversity and morpho-environmental variability, described the ecological strategies for these taxa. In this way, wider morpho-environmental variability induced more responses (higher taxonomic diversity and life forms), i.e. more resilience. On contrary, the narrower morpho-environmental variability induced less taxonomic diversity and only perennial life forms, i.e. more resistance. Two future climate change scenarios were also used to confirm these resilience and resistance strategies for both subsections. A. L. Crespí thanks Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) for a grant for the elaboration of the present work (SFRH/BSAB/1424/2014) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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