Journal article
Environmental drivers of femaleness of an inter-Andean monoecious shrub
Diego Velez-Mora, Pablo Ramon, Cesar Vallejo, Alex Romero, David Duncan, Pedro F Quintana-Ascencio
BIOTROPICA | WILEY | Published : 2021
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12839
Abstract
Hetero‐and conspecific interactions, nutrient availability, climate, habitat heterogeneity, and disturbances can generate variation and spatial patterns of femaleness in plants. We assessed whether year, site, plant size, plant density, and canopy area of conspecific neighbors influenced the expression and spatial aggregation of femaleness in Croton aff. wagneri, a monoecious shrub from dry shrublands of the inter‐Andean valleys in Ecuador. We georeferenced in two sites (1,700 and 1,400 m.a.s.l) in five 10 × 10 m plots, within each site, the position of each Croton reproductive plant during first part of flowering season in two years, and measured their height, length, and width. The femalen..
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Awarded by Secretaria de Educacion Superior, Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion and Analisis de la multifuncionalidad de los ecosistemas secos de Ecuador como herramienta para determinar el estado de conservacion y los servicios ambientales of the UTPL
Funding Acknowledgements
This project was supported by the projects PIC-13-ETAPA-005 of the Secretaria de Educacion Superior, Ciencia, Tecnologia e Innovacion and Analisis de la multifuncionalidad de los ecosistemas secos de Ecuador como herramienta para determinar el estado de conservacion y los servicios ambientales of the UTPL. Thanks to MALCA S.A. and to Mr. Jaramillo for access to this beautiful property. We thank the many UTPL students who helped with fieldwork. Comments of C. Brinegar and two anonymous reviewers improved the manuscript.