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Provedor de dados: | 88
País: | Brazil
Título: | Population ecology of Paepalanthus polyanthus (Bong.) Kunth: demography and life history of a sand dune monocarpic plant
Autores: | CASTELLANI,TÂNIA TARABINI; SCHERER,KARLA ZANENGA; PAULA,GISELLE DE SOUZA.
Data: | 2001-06-01
Ano: | 2001
Palavras-chave: | Demography; Monocarpic plant; Sand dune slack; Paepalanthus polyanthus.
Resumo: | Aspects of population dynamics and life history of Paepalanthus polyanthus (Bong.) Kunth, a sand dune monocarpic plant, were evaluated. A five year study was carried out on three permanent plots (5 m x 5 m) in a sand dune slack at Joaquina beach, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. From December 1986 to June 1989, the population decreased due to the death of the post reproductive plants and a low emergence of seedlings. In June 1989, a great recruitment occurred, but no plants survived. The population re-established itself by 1990-1991. The emergence and high survival of seedlings depended on periods of high pluviosity. Nevertheless, the summer flooding and episodes of drought represented key factors in mortality. The birth and mortality rates varied among the areas. It is suggested that these differences are related with depth of the ground water and with vegetation cover at each site. Paepalanthus polyanthus can reproduce in the second year of life, but few plants do this. The chances of survival and reproduction increase with the size of the basal leaf rosette. Although the production of seeds increases with size, the risk of unexpected flooding, for instance, suggest that a great delay in reproduction might not be the most favorable strategy.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-84042001000200001
Editor: | Sociedade Botânica de São Paulo
Relação: | 10.1590/S0100-84042001000200001
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Botany  v.24 n.2 2001
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess