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Article: Solanaceae composition, pollination and seed dispersal syndromes in neotropical mountain cloud forest/Composicao floristica de Solanaceae e suas sindromes de polinizacao e dispersao de sementes em florestas mesofilas neotropicais/Composicion floristica de Solanaceae y sus sindromes de polinazacion y dispersion de semillas en bosques mesofilos neotropicales.
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- Interciencia
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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SUMMARY
In general, it is widely accepted that polination and seed dispersal syndromes are fundamental to understand colonization and regeneration of ecosystems. This paper analyzed the floristic composition of Solanacea and their polination and seed dispersal syndromes of Mountain Cloud Forests from equivalent regions from Mexico and Brazil. It was argued that similar functional processes are to be found at physiognomically similar forests from equivalent regions. Both regions shared a similar number of Solanacea species (Mexico 25 and Brazil 26) but differed drastically in their composition. In Mexico it was found that disturbance and humidity were best ...