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| Tovar-Sánchez,Efraín; Valencia-Cuevas,Leticia; Mussali-Galante,Patricia; Ramírez-Rodríguez,Rolando; Castillo-Mendoza,Elgar. |
| BACKGROUND: Recently it has been proposed that the genetic diversity of foundation species influences the structure and function of the community by creating locally stable conditions for other species and modulating ecosystem dynamics. Oak species are an ideal system to test this hypothesis because many of them have a wide geographical distribution, and they are dominant elements of the forest canopy. In this study we explored the response of canopy arthropod community structure (diversity and biomass) to the level of genetic diversity of Quercus crassipes and Q. rugosa, two important canopy species. Also, we examined the effect of oak species and locality on some community structure parameters (diversity, biomass, rare species, and richness of arthropod... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Arthropods community; Canopy; Foundation species; Genetic diversity; Quercus. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2015000100012 |
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| Paniagua-Ibánez,Maribel; López-Caamal,Alfredo; Mussali-Galante,Patricia; Sánchez-Salinas,Enrique; Ortiz-Hernández,Ma. Laura; Ramírez-Rodríguez,Rolando; Tovar-Sánchez,Efraín. |
| BACKGROUND: Morphological variability can lead to serious taxonomic problems in species with wide distribution ranges. Although morphological variability is partly due to ontogenetic programming, abiotic variables can also exert a significant effect on micro- and macromorphological characters. in this paper, we studied the morphological variability (43 characters) of Cosmos bipinnatus associated to different vegetation types in central Mexico. We searched for significant correlations between the overall morphology of C. bipinnatus and abiotic variables such as altitude and soil parameters (pH, organic matter content, NH4,NO3,PO4, total N and total P content). We also analyzed the Simplified Relative Distance Plasticity index (RDPIs). RESULTS: Locality had... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Macromorphology; Micromorphology; Phenotype; Phenotypic plasticity reproductive character; Vegetative character. |
| Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2015000100014 |
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