Adaptive leaf structures in a Myrica-Erica stand on Tenerife (Canary Islands)

✍ Scribed by Lausi, D. ;Nimis, P. L. ;Tretiach, M.

• Book ID: 104621280
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 753 KB
• Volume: 79
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1573-5052
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00044905

✦ Synopsis

This study is based on a phytosociological table and a matrix of species and morphological characters.

The relev6s were taken along a transect in a Myricafaya-Erica arborea formation on Tenerife (Canary Islands). The analysis of the phytosociological table reveals a vegetational succession and a corresponding ecological gradient. The study of correlations between morphological and ecological data leads to the creation of groups of species with different combinations of characters, and to a discussion of the adaptive values of each character combination. The species of each group occupy similar niches.

Abbreviations: AOC = Analysis of Concentration; P/C = index ratio between the perimeter of a leaf and the circumference of a circle having the same area as the leaf.