By means of meta‐analyses we determined how 70 traits related to plant anatomy,
morphology, chemistry, physiology, growth and reproduction are affected by daily light …

ABSTRACT The Araucaria Mixed Forests (AMF) are subtropical conifer-hardwood mixed
forests that are part of the Atlantic forest floristic dominion in Brazil and Argentina. The AMF …

Araucaria Forest expansion over grassland takes place under wet climate conditions and
low disturbance and it is hypothesized that isolated trees established on grassland facilitate …

Because species–environment interactions are mediated by phenotypic tradeoffs, the
maintenance of ancestral traits in some phylogenetic clades and the emergence of …

In this paper I examined the usefulness of tree population size distributions in evaluating the
conservation status of populations of an endangered tree species. I set expectations derived …

Seed predation and seed dispersal are key factors that determine plant recruitment. In this
study, we compared the role of small (< 200 g) and 'large'mammals as predators of …

Background and aims Foliar water uptake has been reported for different species, including
conifers living in drought-prone environments. We conducted three experiments to …

Abstract Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze is an indigenous conifer tree restricted to the
southern region of South America that plays a key role in the dynamics of regional …

Leaf morphology varies reliably with increasing altitude in many species, and this is
generally considered to be related to temperature. Changes in irradiance with elevation may …

The regeneration ecology of the long-lived conifer Araucaria angustifolia was studied in São
Francisco de Paula, southern Brazil. We evaluated the expectations that:(i) size distribution …