Differences in shade-tolerance and fruiting phenology life history traits may explain variation in the strength of Janzen-Connell effects across whole communities.
Tag - Attalea phalerata
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In an oft-overlooked part of Brazil, botanists have found something bizarre growing
In the Pantanal it's possible that botanists have found a plant that taking it's first steps - upwards.
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Seed banks on stems of wetland palms
Seeds can accumulate in the soil or elsewhere, and one potential site is on the stems of palms when these are covered by persistent sheaths. Corrêa et al. study sheaths of Attalea phalerata (Arecaceae) in the Pantanal...
