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Lopez-Gallego, Cristina. "Effects of habitat degradation on the evolutionary dynamics of populations in a rainforest cycad (Gymnospermae)." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2007. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/555.
Full textSeridi-Benkaddour, Ratiba. "Etude ultrastructurale et biochimique de la secretion de la goutte micropylaire par le nucelle au moment de la pollinisation chez quatre gymnospermes : thuya orientalis, cupressacees, cephalotaxus drupacea, cephalotaxacees, taxus baccata, taxacees." Paris 7, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA077152.
Full textRendon, Paula Andrea Sucerquia. "Gimnospermas eocretáceas da Formação Crato, bacia do Araripe, Nordeste do Brasil." Universidade de São Paulo, 2007. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/44/44139/tde-22082007-105023/.
Full textCrato Formation, located in the Araripe Basin, Northeastern Brazil, bears one of the most important Lower Cretaceous fóssil plant Record. The fossils have an excellent preservation, usually low fragmentated, with attached organs and epidermic and anatomic features delicatedly replaced by iron oxides. As it happens worldwide, gymnosperms were the dominant group in the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation paleoflora, existing as Bennettitales, Coniferales e Gnetales. Bennettitales were an apparently scarce component, represented by the species Otozamites sp. and Zamites sp. Between the Coniferales, are the families Araucariaceae and Cheirolepidiaceae, the Araucariaceae recorded by the species Araucarites vulcanoi Duarte and Araucarites kunzmanni sp. nov.; Cheirolepidiaceae, the most diverse group, is registered by species Brachyphyllum obesum Heer, Brachyphyllum ponsi sp. nov., Brachyphyllum araripense sp. nov., Tomaxellia aff. T. biforme Archangelsky, Toxamellia aff. T. degiustoi e Pseudofrenelopsis sp. As Gnetales are documented by the species Limaephyton duartei gen. et sp. nov. and Limaephytophyllum mohrium gen. et sp. nov. Morphologic, epidermic and anatomic features founded in the plant fossils from Crato Formation, evidence low moisture environment adaptations. That flora was developed in the Equatorial Region, in an intracontinental area with arid to semi-arid climatic conditions.
Droin-Josserand, Albane. "Etude expérimentale des mouvements de l'eau dans l'aubier de pin sylvestre dans le domaine hygroscopique : modélisation et simulation." Saint-Etienne, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988STET4009.
Full textEfransjah, M. "Contribution à l'étude de la préservation du bois : Amélioration de l'imprégnabilité de l'épicéa (picéa SP.) par un pré-traitement bactérien et caractérisation du comportement du bois par l'utilisation des ultrasons." Nancy 1, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988NAN10032.
Full textIbnusantosa, Gatot. "Contribution à l'étude de l'imprégnation de plaquettes de bois par des solutions aqueuses de soude." Grenoble INPG, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988INPG0063.
Full textBuratti, Lionel. "Etude des acides diterpeniques des aiguilles du pin sylvestre, pinus silvestris l. : incidences sur le comportement alimentaire des larves de diprion pini l. (hymenoptere : diprionidae)." Orléans, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988ORLE2019.
Full textFink, Daniel [Verfasser]. "Phloembeladung und Zuckertransport in ausgewählten Gymnospermen / Daniel Fink." Wuppertal : Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1196220921/34.
Full textKurmann, Marie Helena. "Pollen wall ultrastructure and development in selected gymnosperms /." The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487322984316368.
Full textLelu, Marie-Anne. "Embryogenese somatique chez picea abies l. Karst. A partir de cotyledons de jeunes plantes." Paris 6, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PA066485.
Full textPilate, Gilles. "Etude du role des phytohormones dans le developpement vegetatif et floral chez pseudotsuge menziesii (mirb. ) franco, par des methodes immunoenzymatiques." Paris 6, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PA066580.
Full textMeyer-Berthaud, Brigitte. "Contribution à l'étude des gymnospermes du carbonifère inférieur d'Europe." Grenoble 2 : ANRT, 1987. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb37607979t.
Full textYao, Xuanli. "Gymnosperm reproductive organs from the Triassic of Antarctica /." The Ohio State University, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487858417982483.
Full textBecker, Annette. "Charakterisierung phylogenetisch informativer MADS-Box-Gene aus der Gymnosperme Gnetum gnemon L." [S.l. : s.n.], 2000. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=962815179.
Full textFouret, Yolande. "Etude in vitro du rajeunissement prealable a la micropropagation chez le sequoia sempervirens (endl. ) : recherche de marqueurs morphologiques, physiologiques et biochimiques." Paris 6, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987PA066379.
Full textVan, der Merwe Martha Magdalena. "Genetic variation of a widely distributed gymnosperm - Juniperus communis." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.621173.
Full textSchmidt, Marion. "Phytochrome in Gymnospermen Genfamilien, Evolution und Expression in Pinus sylvestris L. /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2000. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=960650113.
Full textMimoun-Labé, Sylvie. "Etude de la cuticule des feuilles de quelques angiospermes et gymnospermes." Aix-Marseille 3, 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997AIX30102.
Full textBonet, Amandine. "Réponses de plusieurs espèces de mélèzes et du sapin de Douglas aux éléments traces : Étude de mécanismes de tolérance et des capacités d'accumulation." Thesis, Limoges, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LIMO0018/document.
Full textGiven the toxicity of trace elements (TE) in the environment, plants developed varions strategies used currently for phytoremediation. Trees appear more efficient than herbaceous species for phytoextraction as they have a larger biomass and a deeper root system. The work was thus performed on woody species widespread in Limousin region, particularly conifers: Douglas fir, hybrid larch and its two parents, European larch and Japanese larch. Several culture models were used to allow, through complementary approaches, a better understanding of the response of these conifers to TE: in vitro grown plantlets and seedlings or 2-year-old trees grown in greenhouse. Conifers were exposed to a single TE, cadmium (Cd), or to several TE (As, Pb, Sb) present in soils collected from two former mining sites. Among investigated species, results showed that Douglas exhibited the highest rate of Cd accumulation. However, the amount stored in aboveground biomass remained low compared to other tree species already used in phytoextraction. Furthermore, the chemical characterization of cell wall pectins highlighted quantitative and qualitative modifications suggesting a Cd exclusion process. At the intracellular level, results showed that polyamines and thiol-rich oligopeptides did not appear to be involved in Cd compartmentation. However, a proline accumulation was observed in response to Cd and other TE, suggesting an involvement of proline as antioxidant molecule and / or TE scavenger. Overall, results highlighted the need to optimize conifer growth and soil TE phytoavailability before to propose these conifers, particularly Douglas, for the phytoextraction of TE
Hall, N. A. "A taxonomic revision of some Mesozoic Ginkgoales, Czekanowskiales and related gymnosperms." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1987. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.383336.
Full textNohra, Youssef A. "Résines végétales actuelles et fossiles : origine, caractérisation chimique et évolution." Thesis, Rennes 1, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015REN1S165.
Full textThis work focuses on the chemical characterisation of amber from different outcrops from different localities, and varied ages. Some of these outcrops had never been studied. All the amber samples were analysed with the same analytical techniques. The combination of the data obtained from spectroscopic (IR and 13C NMR) and chromatographic (THM-GC-MS) analysis allows the identification of the botanical origin of the amber and provide some information, for the reconstruction of the palaeoenvironment. Biomarkers for the cheirolepidiaceous resins were proposed based on the chemical characterisation of different amber outcrops dating from the Upper Jurassic (Kimmeridgian) to the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) from Lebanon, Jordan, Congo, Ecuador and France. The Cheirolepidiaceae familt was exclusively present in the Mesozoic era. Hence, the evolution of the botanical origins of the produced resins during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras was discussed. It seems that Araucariaceae and Cheirolepidiaceae were the dominant resin producing trees during the Upper Jurassic and the Lower Cretaceous. While, cupressaceous resiniferous plants were dominant during the Upper Cretaceous. Howerver, resins dating from the Cenozoic era, were produced by a wider variety of plants, as resiniferous families of Angiosperm intensively participated in the resin production, i.e. the Peruvian amber produced by Fabaceae. Conifer resins traces were also detected in the Tertiary, such as the amber from the Araucariaceae found in New Zealand. The obtained data allowed a re-evaluation of the classification of ambers by Py-GC-MS, leading to the discovery of a novel molecule. This molecule of an unknown structure brings a new discrimination factor between the classes Ib and Ic. Finally, the age / maturity relationship is showed to be dependent on the burial and the conservation conditions of the resins. A broad molecular database is established based a large group of amber outcrops from different ages, and having diverse botanical origins. This database could be used as a comparative platform for further work in the future
Winter, Kai-Uwe. "Charakterisierung von Orthologen floraler homöotischer B-Funktionsgene der Gymnospermen Gnetum gnemon L." [S.l. : s.n.], 2000. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=961482168.
Full textKaushal, Parvinder. "Analyse écophysiologique des effets de stress liés aux transplantations des arbres forestiers." Nancy 1, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987NAN10299.
Full textArquilliere, Sylvie. "Morphologie, croissance, reproduction végétative de l'épicéa (Picea abies(L. )Karsten. ) dans une zone de combat subalpine : massif du Taillefer, Alpes dauphinoises." Grenoble 1, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986GRE10080.
Full textGrieu, Philippe. "Écophysiologie du douglas : Contribution à l'étude de l'influence des déficits hydriques sur les échanges gazeux, la croissance et l'accumulation de métabolites organiques." Nancy 1, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986NAN10354.
Full textBon, Marie-Claude. "Aspects biochimiques du clonage de sequoias geants (sequoiadendron giganteum buchholz) jeunes et ages." Clermont-Ferrand 2, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988CLF21076.
Full textOsborn, Jeffrey Mark. "Comparative ultrastructure of fossil gymnosperm pollen and implications regarding the origin of angiosperms /." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487757723994964.
Full textEldfjell, Yrin. "Identifying Mitochondrial Genomes in Draft Whole-Genome Shotgun Assemblies of Six Gymnosperm Species." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Matematiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-175410.
Full textVid sekvensering av gymnospermers arvsmassa har fokus oftast lagts på kärn- och kloroplast-DNA. Bara tre fullständiga mitokondriegenom har publicerats hittills (2017). Fler mitokondriegenom skulle kunna leda till nya kunskaper om gymnospermers biologi och evolution. Då mitokondriernas arvsmassa identifieras från tillgängliga sekvenser för hela organismen (så kallade “contiger”) behövs inget ytterligare laboratoriearbete, men detta förfarande har visat sig leda till bristfällig känslighet och korrekthet, särskilt i svåra fall. I denna avhandling presenterar jag en metod baserad på (1) kmer-sannolikheter och (2) SVM-klassificering applicerad på de tillgängliga contigerna. Med denna metod togs arvsmassan för mitokondrien hos sex gymnospermer fram: Abies sibirica, Gnetum gnemon, Juniperus communis, Picea abies, Pinus sylvestris och Taxus baccata. Korsvalideringsexperiment visade en tillfredställande och för vissa arter utmärkt precision.
Nagnan, Patricia. "Le role des terpenes du bois dans les relations entre les termites du genre reticulitermes (isoptera) et leur plante-hote en saintonge, pinus pinaster." Paris 7, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA077127.
Full textPrévost, Alain. "Contribution à l'étude cytophysiologique de la symbiose ectomycorhizienne chez les végétaux ligneux (gymnospermes et angiospermes)." Nancy 1, 1992. http://www.theses.fr/1992NAN10239.
Full textFinet, Cédric. "Rôle des familles géniques YABBY et ARF dans la mise en place du carpelle au cours de l'évolution." Phd thesis, Ecole normale supérieure de lyon - ENS LYON, 2008. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00340441.
Full textYagi, Eiki. "The distribution of the Au SINE family in angiosperms and gymnosperms and its evolutionary history." Kyoto University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/157684.
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Bekkaoui, Faouzi. "Microbouturage in vitro et culture de méristèmes de Douglas (Pseudotsuga menziesii) : problèmes liés à l’âge et au milieu de culture." Paris 6, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986PA066383.
Full textGomez, Bernard. "Paléoenvironnements de la marge occidentale de la Téthys au crétacé inférieur : apports taxonomiques et taphonomiques de gisements espagnols." Lyon 1, 2000. http://www.theses.fr/2000LYO10099.
Full textKarlgren, Anna, Niclas Gyllenstrand, Thomas Källman, and Ulf Lagercrantz. "Conserved function of core clock proteins in the gymnosperm Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst)." Uppsala universitet, Växtekologi och evolution, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-192151.
Full textBaki, Alexander. "A comparative biogeochemical study of extant, and fossil gymnosperm wood from Axel Heiberg Island, Canada." Thesis, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.484811.
Full textReynolds, Elizabeth A. "Studies on the evolution of the ethylene forming enzyme : 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) oxidase." Thesis, University of Reading, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.343225.
Full textChéret, Véronique. "La sapiniere du luchonnais (pyrenees hautes-garonnaises) : etude phytoecologique, recherches sur le phenomene de deperissement forestier." Toulouse 3, 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987TOU30042.
Full textNedjahi, Abdellah. "La cedraie de chrea (atlas Blidéen) : Phénologie, productivité, régénération." Nancy 1, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988NAN10196.
Full textSuren, Haktan. "Sequence capture as a tool to understand the genomic basis for adaptation in angiosperm and gymnosperm trees." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/86383.
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Fanton, Jean Carlo Mari 1983. "Novas Gimnospermas e possivel Angiosperma da Paleoflora Crato, Eocretaceo da Bacia do Araripe, Nordeste do Brasil." [s.n.], 2007. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/287326.
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Resumo: Fitofósseis inéditos excelentemente preservados na forma de impressões/ são descritos e revelam novas espermatófitas da Paleoflora Crato, proveniente dos calcários laminados do Membro Crato, Fonnação Santana, Cretáceo Inferior, Aptiano da Bacia do Araripe, Ceará, Nordeste do Brasil. Importantes lacunas taxonômicas da paleoflora deverão ser preenchidas a partir de três novos táxons, com designações já sugeridas e que futuramente serão erigidos através de publicações: Cratopteris fertilis, uma gimnosperma basal (pteridospenna mesozóica), afim da família Caytoniaceae, ordem Caytoniales, preservada como um galho portador de folhagem composta com padrão reticulado típico e de ramificações férteis (cupuladas e sinangiadas) organicamente conectadas, fato inusitado na literatura do grupo; Araripephedra papiliofoliata, uma gimnosperma derivada, afim da família Ephedraceae, ordem Gnetales, preservada na forma de caules articulados, ramificações caulinares opostas estéreis de folhas amplas, opostas e férteis com estróbilos solitários pedunculados, abundantes raízes, além de excepcionais detalhes anatômicos externos e internos preservados. As partes vegetativas e reprodutivas compõem uma planta completa, fato inédito na literatura do grupo. Alguns desses caracteres revelam profundas semelhanças com o atual gênero Ephedra L., confirmando as afinidades efedráceas da nova espécie; Iara ipaguassu (Incertae sedis), possível gnetaleana ou ainda uma monocotiledônea alismataleana, preservada como um eixo articulado e lenhoso, com sucessivos verticilos de ramificações tubulares a cilíndricas, áfilas, delgadas e flexíveis. Tais espennatófitas distribuíam-se em habitats distintos ao redor do sistema lacustre do Membro Crato: Cratopteris fertilis foi um arbustó/ arvoreta que habitava áreas não inundáveis, compondo estratos intennediários do dossel de florestas dominadas por gimnospennas; Araripephedra papiliofoliata foi um sub-arbusto de porte muito reduzido, rasteiro, caracteristicamente xerófilo, desenvolvendo-se em moitas devido à propagação vegetativa, fortemente ancorado ao substrato poroso de áreas -secas expostas à radiação solar e vivendo sob tufos de outras gimnospennas xerófitas; Iara ipaguassu, de design sugestivamente hidrodinâmico e muito similar às atuais ervas aquáticas alismataleanas, foi possivelmente uma hidrófila que vivia submersa em ambientes aquáticos do amplo sistema lacustre, influenciados por deltas/ estuários que garantiam condições fisico-químicasnão adversas até o período de estiagem. Caracteres morfológicos e anatômicos (por exemplo, os tipicamente xeromórficos) e as implicaçõestafonômicas e paleoecológicas apartadas a partir da análise dos espécimes permitiram sugerir a grande variedade de paleohabitats existentes ao redor do paleoambiente deposicional e corroborar assim condições climáticas predominantementequentes, de altas taxas de evaporação, porém marc~damentesazonais, com ciclos úmidos a secos.
Abstract: Unknown phytofossils well-preserved as impressions-replacements are described and reveal new spermatophytes from the Early Cretaceous Crato Palaeotlora, which is preserved in the Crato Member laminated limestones, Santana Formation, Aptian, Araripe Basin, Ceará State in the northeastern of Brazil. Three new taxa are proposed: Cratopteris fertilis, Araripephedra papiliofoliata and laTa ipaguassu. These taxonomic novelties will be submitted to publication in specific joumals. Cratopteris fertilis is a basal gymnosperm (mesozoic seed fern) related to the Caytoniaceae family, Caytoniales order, preserved as a twig bearing of compound foliage with typical reticulate venation and fertile branches (bearing cupules and synangia), organically connected, that is reported for the first time in the group literature. Araripephedra papiliofoliata is a derived gymnosperm, related to the Ephedraceae family, Gnetales order, preserved as articulated stems with sterile and fertile opposite branches. The sterile ones bear large opposite leaves, and the fertile, with non-compound pedunculate strobili. The roots are dense. Furthermore, exceptional anatomic details (external and internal) are exhibited. All these parts are attached, in a whole plant. This fact is totally new in the literature. Some of these features reveal deep similarities with extant genus Ephedra L. supporting the fossil ephedracean affinity. lara ipaguassu (Incertae sedis), a possible gnetalean or an alismatalean monocot, is preserved as a wood articulated axis with successive whorls of tubular to cylindrical, flexible, thin, leatless branches. Such plants possibly inhabited distinct habitats around Crato lacustrine system. Cratopterisfertilis was probably a shrub or a small tree which inhabited non-flooded areas compounding the intermediate strata in the canopy gymnosperm forests. Araripephedra papiliofoliata was a sub-shrub, with caulinar branches erect or prostrate, typically xerophyllous, and that grew like bush formations due to the vegetative propagation. This underbrush was strongly sticked to the porous substrate in dry areas exposed to sun light, and living under the xeromorphic gymnosperms tufts. lara ipaguassu of hydrodynamic design and very similar to the extant alisma!alean aquatic herbs, might have been a hydrophyll which lived submerged in aquatic environrnents of wide lacustrine system with delta! estuarine intluence. Morphological and anatomical characters from studied specimens and their taphonomic and palaeoecological implications aIlowed to suggest a diversity of palaeohabitats around the depositional palaeoenvironment, and confirmed mostly warm climatic conditions with high evaporation rates, although pronounced seasonal with cyc1es from moisture to dry ones.
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Lei, Jiyu. "Étude expérimentale des systèmes symbiotiques mycorhiziens de quelques essences ligneuses : Application pratique à la mycorhization de vitroplants." Nancy 1, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988NAN10043.
Full textMakita-Ngadi, Joseph. "Biodégradation et compostage des écorces de pin (pinus sylvestris) et d'Okoume (Aucoumea Klaineana ou Gaboon)." Nancy 1, 1986. http://www.theses.fr/1986NAN10014.
Full textLepoittevin, Jean-Pierre. "Phenols, diphenols et cyclohexanediols a longues chaines derives d'allergenes naturels." Université Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg) (1971-2008), 1987. http://www.theses.fr/1987STR13103.
Full textLeyval, Corinne. "Intéractions bactéries-mycorhizes dans la rhizosphère du pin sylvestre et du hêtre : Incidences sur l'exsudation racinaire et l'altération des minéraux." Nancy 1, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988NAN10169.
Full textBaumann, Alexander [Verfasser], Birgit [Akademischer Betreuer] Classen, and Thomas [Gutachter] Kunze. "Isolierung und Charakterisierung von Arabinogalactan-Proteinen aus Gymnospermen und Interaktionsstudien mit humanen Galektinen / Alexander Baumann ; Gutachter: Thomas Kunze ; Betreuer: Birgit Classen." Kiel : Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1221129805/34.
Full textSheth, Mili. "Discovery and characterization of KNOX proteins lacking a homeodomain, produced by alternative splicing of KNAT1-like genes in gymnosperms and angiosperms." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31639.
Full textSeridi-Benkaddour, Ratiba. "Etudes ultrastructurales et biochimique de la sécrétion de la goutte micropylaire par le nucelle au moment de la pollinisation chez quatre gymnospermes." Grenoble 2 : ANRT, 1988. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb376185586.
Full textFagundes, Paula Braga. "Um lugar ao sol : a influência do fator histórico sobre o nicho de luz e respostas ecofisiológicas de plantas com semente da floresta ombrófila mista." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/90470.
Full textIn forest environments, light is the resource that most often limits the growth, survival and reproduction in plants. Thus, the variation in light availability, regarded as one of the most important resources for woody plants in the understory, results in differences in species composition, which segregate in different light niches according to their preferences and tolerances, conferred by their adaptations and phenotypic plasticity. Extant plant traits are not only adapted to the present environment, they are also a legacy from their ancestors and, for that reason, phylogenetically related species often share similar attributes and consequently occupy similar niches, pattern known as phylogenetic conservatism. Recent studies show that functional traits related to the capture of this resource have diversified across different phylogenetic groups, giving them distinct abilities to occupy new light environments. The present study aimed to detect the presence of phylogenetic patterns in species distribution along a light gradient and in ecophysiological responses of eight co-occurring woody species and their respective clades in a forest understory. This was accomplished by comparing the light niche of juvenile plants in response to the existing light gradient, as well as their physiological plasticity in response to understory light variations. We hypothesized that (1) phylogenetic related species have greater similarity of adaptive strategies, and consequently of their niche, than more distantly related ones; and that (2) the niche breadth is wider and (3) traits plasticity is greater in more recent than in more basal clades. The results presented here showed that there is a greater niche similarity between closely related species than between those that are phylogenetically distant, suggesting niche conservatism. Regarding to niche amplitude, there is also a phylogenetic influence but, contrary to our expectations, the older clades showed a greater niche breadth. For plasticity of selected plant traits, results showed no phylogenetic pattern for the studied species and clades, suggesting that other factors act on the phenotypic plasticity of plants, such as ontogenetic effects and/or environmental stress.
Nair, Hema. "A study of intra-ring checking and xylogenesis in Pinus radiata D.Don." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Biological Sciences, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1325.
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