Diversity and Community Structure Underlie Divergence in Thermal Strategies Across Tropical Elevations
Cleber J. N. Chaves, Marília M. Tavares, Gabriel P. Sabino, João Pedro S. P. Bento, Vitor de A. Kamimura, Wagner L. dos Santos, Lucas N. Gonçalves, Karina T. Silva, Juliana L. S. Mayer, Kenneth J. Feeley, Clarisse Palma‐Silva · 2026
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Cleber J N Chaves and co-authors report a 2026 study of how heat and cold tolerance strategies vary among tropical plants at different elevations. They ask whether community diversity and evolutionary history explain that variation. The setting is Brazil's Atlantic Forest, from sea level to about 2,200 metres.
During 2023 and 2024 the team surveyed plant communities at seven sites, focusing on the bromeliad Pitcairnia flammea and the species growing with it, including other monocots, dicots, and ferns. For each site they measured diversity, species cover, and phylogenetic structure. They also measured photosynthetic heat and cold tolerance, expressed as T50 values, plus leaf traits, in the focal species and dominant neighbours, letting them compare community-wide patterns with variation inside one species.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Cleber J. N. Chaves, Marília M. Tavares, Gabriel P. Sabino, João Pedro S. P. Bento, Vitor de A. Kamimura, Wagner L. dos Santos, Lucas N. Gonçalves, Karina T. Silva, Juliana L. S. Mayer, Kenneth J. Feeley, Clarisse Palma‐Silva |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |