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Ecotypic Variation in the Physiology of Tropical Plants

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Tropical Forest Plant Ecophysiology

Abstract

Understanding the factors that determine the distributions of plant species has long been an objective of plant ecology. A basic premise of plant ecophysiology is that plant distributions are strongly influenced by interactions between the plant and its physical environment (Grace, 1987; Osmond et al., 1987; Woodward, 1987). Thus, ecophysiology has a natural interface with the study of plant distributions. There are at least four patterns of interacting physiological and ecological factors that could allow a plant to achieve a wide distribution.

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Hogan, K.P. (1996). Ecotypic Variation in the Physiology of Tropical Plants. In: Mulkey, S.S., Chazdon, R.L., Smith, A.P. (eds) Tropical Forest Plant Ecophysiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1163-8_17

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