Clusia: A Woody Neotropical Genus of Remarkable Plasticity and Diversity (Ecological Studies, 194)

3540372423......Page 1
Ecological Studies,Vol. 194......Page 2
Clusia......Page 4
Preface......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 14
Section I Background......Page 16
1 Historical Recollections......Page 17
Section II Phylogeny, Diversity and Ec......Page 24
Introduction......Page 25
2 Morphology,Anatomy, Life Forms
and Hydraulic Architecture......Page 29
3 Biogeographic Features of Clusia,
with Emphasis on South American and Especially
Brazilian Species......Page 43
4 Clusia as Nurse Plant......Page 67
5 Reproductive Biology......Page 84
6 Diversity, Phylogeny and Classification of Clusia......Page 106
7 Population Biology of Different Clusia Species
in the State of Rio de Janeiro......Page 128
Section III Functions and Physiological Ecology......Page 139
Introduction......Page 140
8 Photosynthesis......Page 143
9 Physiological Ecology......Page 195
10 Mycorrhiza of Clusia Species: Types,Abundance,
Responses to Environmental Conditions......Page 243
Section IV Clusia’s Clock......Page 251
11 Ciracadian Rhythmicity......Page 252
Synthesis......Page 264
Taxonomic Index......Page 271