@Article{DeSouza_etal2016,
author="De Souza, F.C.
and Dexter, K.G.
and Phillips, O.L.
and Brienen, R.J.W.
and Chave, J.
and Galbraith, D.R.
and Gonzalez, G.L.
and Mendoza, A.M.
and Toby Pennington, R.
and Poorter, L.
and Alexiades, M.
and {\'A}lvarez-D{\'a}vila, E.
and Andrade, A.
and Arag{\~a}o, L.E.O.C.
and Araujo-Murakami, A.
and Arets, E.J.M.M.
and Aymard C., G.A.
and Baraloto, C.
and Barroso, J.G.
and Bonal, D.
and Boot, R.G.A.
and Camargo, J.L.C.
and Comiskey, J.A.
and Valverde, F.C.
and De Camargo, P.B.
and Di Fiore, A.
and Elias, F.
and Erwin, T.L.
and Feldpausch, T.R.
and Ferreira, L.
and Fyllas, N.M.
and Gloor, E.
and Herault, B.
and Herrera, R.
and Higuchi, N.
and Coronado, E.N.H.
and Killeen, T.J.
and Laurance, W.F.
and Laurance, S.
and Lloyd, J.
and Lovejoy, T.E.
and Malhi, Y.
and Maracahipes, L.
and Marimon, B.S.
and Marimon-Junior, B.H.
and Mendoza, C.
and Morandi, P.
and Neill, D.A.
and Vargas, P.N.
and Oliveira, E.A.
and Lenza, E.
and Palacios, W.A.
and Pe{\~n}uela-Mora, M.C.
and Pipoly, J.J.
and Pitman, N.C.A.
and Prieto, A.
and Quesada, C.A.
and Ramirez-Angulo, H.
and Rudas, A.
and Ruokolainen, K.
and Salom{\~a}o, R.P.
and Silveira, M.
and Stropp, J.
and Steege, H.T.
and Thomas-Caesar, R.
and Van Der Hout, P.
and Van Der Heijden, G.M.F.
and Van Der Meer, P.J.
and Vasquez, R.V.
and Vieira, S.A.
and Vilanova, E.
and Vos, V.A.
and Wang, O.
and Young, K.R.
and Zagt, R.J.
and Baker, T.R.",
title="Evolutionary heritage influences amazon tree ecology",
journal="Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences",
year="2016",
volume="283",
number="20161587",
optkeywords="Convergent evolution",
optkeywords="Divergent selection",
optkeywords="Phylogenetic signal",
optkeywords="Trait",
optkeywords="Tropical tree",
abstract="Lineages tend to retain ecological characteristics of their ancestors through time. However, for some traits, selection during evolutionary history may have also played a role in determining trait values. To address the relative importance of these processes requires large-scale quantification of traits and evolutionary relationships among species. The Amazonian tree flora comprises a high diversity of angiosperm lineages and species with widely differing life-history characteristics, providing an excellent system to investigate the combined influences of evolutionary heritage and selection in determining trait variation. We used trait data related to the major axes of life-history variation among tropical trees (e.g. growth and mortality rates) from 577 inventory plots in closed-canopy forest, mapped onto a phylogenetic hypothesis spanning more than 300 genera including all major angiosperm clades to test for evolutionary constraints on traits. We found significant phylogenetic signal (PS) for all traits, consistent with evolutionarily related genera having more similar characteristics than expected by chance. Although there is also evidence for repeated evolution of pioneer and shade tolerant lifehistory strategies within independent lineages, the existence of significant PS allows clearer predictions of the links between evolutionary diversity, ecosystem function and the response of tropical forests to global change. {\textcopyright} 2016 The Authors.",
optnote="Export Date: 17 January 2017",
optnote="exported from refbase (http://php.ecofog.gf/refbase/show.php?record=706), last updated on Tue, 17 Jan 2017 10:58:35 -0300",
doi="10.1098/rspb.2016.1587",
opturl="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85006717006&doi=10.1098\%2frspb.2016.1587&partnerID=40&md5=76416ffa69cd64d0176fadef526303a4"
}