scholarly journals Thigmomorphogenesis versus light in biomechanical growth strategies of saplings of two tropical rain forest tree species

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaëlle Jaouen ◽  
Meriem Fournier ◽  
Tancrède Almeras
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Growth Strategies ◽  
Forest Tree Species

scholarly journals Phylogenomic approaches reveal how a climatic inversion and glacial refugia shape patterns of diversity in an African rain forest tree species

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Helmstetter ◽  
Biowa E. N. Amoussou ◽  
Kevin Bethune ◽  
Narcisse G. Kandem ◽  
Romain Glèlè Kakaï ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Evolutionary Dynamics ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Glacial Refugia ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Ancestral Population ◽  
Forest Tree Species ◽  
The North

AbstractThe world’s second largest expanse of tropical rain forest is in Central Africa and it harbours enormous species diversity. Population genetic studies have consistently revealed significant structure across central African rain forest plants, in particular a North-South genetic discontinuity close to the equator at the level of a climatic inversion. Here, we take a phylogeographic approach using 351 nuclear markers in 112 individuals across the distribution of the African rain forest tree species Annickia affinis (Annonaceae). We show for the first time that the North-South divide is the result of a single major colonisation event across the climatic inversion from an ancestral population located in Gabon. We suggest that differences in ecological niche of populations distributed either side of this inversion may have contributed to this phylogenetic discontinuity. We find evidence for inland dispersal, predominantly in northern areas, and variable demographic histories among genetic clusters, indicating that populations responded differently to past climate change. We show how newly-developed genomic tools can provide invaluable insights into our understanding of tropical rain forest evolutionary dynamics.

scholarly journals Stem and leaf hydraulic properties are finely coordinated in three tropical rain forest tree species

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (12) ◽  
pp. 2652-2661 ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Nolf ◽  
Danielle Creek ◽  
Remko Duursma ◽  
Joseph Holtum ◽  
Stefan Mayr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Tropical Rain Forest ◽  
Hydraulic Properties ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Forest Tree Species

scholarly journals Soil-related habitat specialization in dipterocarp rain forest tree species in Borneo

2004 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 609-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
PETER A. PALMIOTTO ◽  
STUART J. DAVIES ◽  
KRISTIINA A. VOGT ◽  
MARK S. ASHTON ◽  
DANIEL J. VOGT ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Rain Forest ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Habitat Specialization ◽  
Forest Tree Species
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