Latitudinal patterns in Pteridophyte distribution of Continental Chile

Chilean vegetation has been described based on dominant trees and shrubs, giving little attention to less conspicuous plants such as pteridophytes sensu lato (ferns and lycophytes). These plants have different ecological demands and reproductive strategies than woody plants and are excellent tools t...

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Autores principales: PARRA,MARÍA JOSÉ, RODRÍGUEZ,ROBERTO, CAVIERES,LOHENGRIN, MUÑOZ-TAPIA,LAUREANA, ATALA,CRISTIAN
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Publicado: Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción 2015
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spelling oai:scielo:S0717-664320150001000082015-08-19Latitudinal patterns in Pteridophyte distribution of Continental ChilePARRA,MARÍA JOSÉRODRÍGUEZ,ROBERTOCAVIERES,LOHENGRINMUÑOZ-TAPIA,LAUREANAATALA,CRISTIAN Chilean vegetation has been described based on dominant trees and shrubs, giving little attention to less conspicuous plants such as pteridophytes sensu lato (ferns and lycophytes). These plants have different ecological demands and reproductive strategies than woody plants and are excellent tools to recognize vegetation zones. In the present study we analyze the distributional patterns of the 124 pteridophyte taxa occurring in continental Chile, regarding species richness and habitat preferences distribution. Using Jaccard’s similarity index and grouping analysis, we obtained 5 pteridophyte zones that are significantly different from each other. Species richness distribution showed unimodal pattern with latitude, increasing from 17º S toward south up to a maximal value at 40º S and abruptly decreasing southward. These patterns are coincident with the habitat preference where the xerophytic species tend to decrease with latitude. In contrast, epiphytic pteridophytes increased with latitude, as temperate forests appear. Terrestrial hygrophytic species were present in all areas, but showed a southward increase. These distributions suggest an important role of the precipitation patterns, which is considered a limiting resource for pteridophytes’ life cycle.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de ConcepciónGayana. Botánica v.72 n.1 20152015-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-66432015000100008en10.4067/S0717-66432015000100008
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description Chilean vegetation has been described based on dominant trees and shrubs, giving little attention to less conspicuous plants such as pteridophytes sensu lato (ferns and lycophytes). These plants have different ecological demands and reproductive strategies than woody plants and are excellent tools to recognize vegetation zones. In the present study we analyze the distributional patterns of the 124 pteridophyte taxa occurring in continental Chile, regarding species richness and habitat preferences distribution. Using Jaccard’s similarity index and grouping analysis, we obtained 5 pteridophyte zones that are significantly different from each other. Species richness distribution showed unimodal pattern with latitude, increasing from 17º S toward south up to a maximal value at 40º S and abruptly decreasing southward. These patterns are coincident with the habitat preference where the xerophytic species tend to decrease with latitude. In contrast, epiphytic pteridophytes increased with latitude, as temperate forests appear. Terrestrial hygrophytic species were present in all areas, but showed a southward increase. These distributions suggest an important role of the precipitation patterns, which is considered a limiting resource for pteridophytes’ life cycle.
author PARRA,MARÍA JOSÉ
RODRÍGUEZ,ROBERTO
CAVIERES,LOHENGRIN
MUÑOZ-TAPIA,LAUREANA
ATALA,CRISTIAN
spellingShingle PARRA,MARÍA JOSÉ
RODRÍGUEZ,ROBERTO
CAVIERES,LOHENGRIN
MUÑOZ-TAPIA,LAUREANA
ATALA,CRISTIAN
Latitudinal patterns in Pteridophyte distribution of Continental Chile
author_facet PARRA,MARÍA JOSÉ
RODRÍGUEZ,ROBERTO
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title Latitudinal patterns in Pteridophyte distribution of Continental Chile
title_short Latitudinal patterns in Pteridophyte distribution of Continental Chile
title_full Latitudinal patterns in Pteridophyte distribution of Continental Chile
title_fullStr Latitudinal patterns in Pteridophyte distribution of Continental Chile
title_full_unstemmed Latitudinal patterns in Pteridophyte distribution of Continental Chile
title_sort latitudinal patterns in pteridophyte distribution of continental chile
publisher Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción
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