New Proposal of Epiphytic Bromeliaceae Functional Groups to Include Nebulophytes and Shallow Tanks
The Bromeliaceae family has been used as a model to study adaptive radiation due to its terrestrial, epilithic, and epiphytic habits with wide morpho-physiological variation. Functional groups described by Pittendrigh in 1948 have been an integral part of ecophysiological studies. In the current stu...
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| author | Casandra Reyes-García Narcy Anai Pereira-Zaldívar Celene Espadas-Manrique Manuela Tamayo-Chim Nahlleli Chilpa-Galván Manuel Jesús Cach-Pérez Marypaz Ramírez-Medina Ana Maria Benavides Peter Hietz Gerhard Zotz José Luis Andrade Catherine Cardelús Rodolfo de Paula Oliveira Helena J. R. Einzmann Valeria Guzmán Jacob Thorsten Krömer Juan P. Pinzón Juliano Sarmento Cabral Wolfgang Wanek Carrie Woods |
| author_facet | Casandra Reyes-García Narcy Anai Pereira-Zaldívar Celene Espadas-Manrique Manuela Tamayo-Chim Nahlleli Chilpa-Galván Manuel Jesús Cach-Pérez Marypaz Ramírez-Medina Ana Maria Benavides Peter Hietz Gerhard Zotz José Luis Andrade Catherine Cardelús Rodolfo de Paula Oliveira Helena J. R. Einzmann Valeria Guzmán Jacob Thorsten Krömer Juan P. Pinzón Juliano Sarmento Cabral Wolfgang Wanek Carrie Woods |
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| description | The Bromeliaceae family has been used as a model to study adaptive radiation due to its terrestrial, epilithic, and epiphytic habits with wide morpho-physiological variation. Functional groups described by Pittendrigh in 1948 have been an integral part of ecophysiological studies. In the current study, we revisited the functional groups of epiphytic bromeliads using a 204 species trait database sampled throughout the Americas. Our objective was to define epiphytic functional groups within bromeliads based on unsupervised classification, including species from the dry to the wet end of the Neotropics. We performed a hierarchical cluster analysis with 16 functional traits and a discriminant analysis, to test for the separation between these groups. Herbarium records were used to map species distributions and to analyze the climate and ecosystems inhabited. The clustering supported five groups, <i>C<sub>3</sub> tank</i> and <i>CAM tank</i> bromeliads with deep tanks, while the atmospheric group (according to Pittendrigh) was divided into <i>nebulophytes</i>, bromeliads with <i>shallow tanks</i>, and bromeliads with <i>pseudobulbs</i>. The two former groups showed distinct traits related to resource (water) acquisition, such as fog (nebulophytes) and dew (shallow tanks). We discuss how the functional traits relate to the ecosystems inhabited and the relevance of acknowledging the new functional groups. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-313a3e30f29f47cdb0cddf37193f26a32023-11-24T09:40:26ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472022-11-011122315110.3390/plants11223151New Proposal of Epiphytic Bromeliaceae Functional Groups to Include Nebulophytes and Shallow TanksCasandra Reyes-García0Narcy Anai Pereira-Zaldívar1Celene Espadas-Manrique2Manuela Tamayo-Chim3Nahlleli Chilpa-Galván4Manuel Jesús Cach-Pérez5Marypaz Ramírez-Medina6Ana Maria Benavides7Peter Hietz8Gerhard Zotz9José Luis Andrade10Catherine Cardelús11Rodolfo de Paula Oliveira12Helena J. R. Einzmann13Valeria Guzmán Jacob14Thorsten Krömer15Juan P. Pinzón16Juliano Sarmento Cabral17Wolfgang Wanek18Carrie Woods19Unidad de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, 43 St., Chuburna de Hidalgo, Mérida 97205, MexicoUnidad de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, 43 St., Chuburna de Hidalgo, Mérida 97205, MexicoUnidad de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, 43 St., Chuburna de Hidalgo, Mérida 97205, MexicoUnidad de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, 43 St., Chuburna de Hidalgo, Mérida 97205, MexicoUnidad de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, 43 St., Chuburna de Hidalgo, Mérida 97205, MexicoEl Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Guineo, Second Section, Villahermosa 86280, MexicoUnidad de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, 43 St., Chuburna de Hidalgo, Mérida 97205, MexicoJardín Botánico de Medellín, 73 St., Medellín 50035, ColombiaDepartment of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna, AustriaFunctional Ecology Group, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Box 2503, D-26111 Oldenburg, GermanyUnidad de Recursos Naturales, Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, 43 St., Chuburna de Hidalgo, Mérida 97205, MexicoDepartments of Biology and Environmental Studies, Colgate University, 13 Oak Dr E Ext, Hamilton, NY 13346, USADepartament of Botany, University of Brasilia, Brasilia 70910-900, BrazilFunctional Ecology Group, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Box 2503, D-26111 Oldenburg, GermanyBiodiversity, Macroecology and Biogeography, University of Goettingen, 37073 Göttingen, GermanyCentro de Investigaciones Tropicales, Universidad Veracruzana, Veracruz 91090, MexicoDepartamento de Botánica, Campus de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Road Mérida-Xmatkuil km 15.5, Mérida 97315, MexicoSchool of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UKCenter of Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Djerassipl, 1030 Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Biology, University of Puget Sound, 1500 N Warner St., Tacoma, WA 98416, USAThe Bromeliaceae family has been used as a model to study adaptive radiation due to its terrestrial, epilithic, and epiphytic habits with wide morpho-physiological variation. Functional groups described by Pittendrigh in 1948 have been an integral part of ecophysiological studies. In the current study, we revisited the functional groups of epiphytic bromeliads using a 204 species trait database sampled throughout the Americas. Our objective was to define epiphytic functional groups within bromeliads based on unsupervised classification, including species from the dry to the wet end of the Neotropics. We performed a hierarchical cluster analysis with 16 functional traits and a discriminant analysis, to test for the separation between these groups. Herbarium records were used to map species distributions and to analyze the climate and ecosystems inhabited. The clustering supported five groups, <i>C<sub>3</sub> tank</i> and <i>CAM tank</i> bromeliads with deep tanks, while the atmospheric group (according to Pittendrigh) was divided into <i>nebulophytes</i>, bromeliads with <i>shallow tanks</i>, and bromeliads with <i>pseudobulbs</i>. The two former groups showed distinct traits related to resource (water) acquisition, such as fog (nebulophytes) and dew (shallow tanks). We discuss how the functional traits relate to the ecosystems inhabited and the relevance of acknowledging the new functional groups.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/22/3151bromeliads<i>Tillandsia</i>epiphytesphotosynthetic pathwayCAMecosystems |
| spellingShingle | Casandra Reyes-García Narcy Anai Pereira-Zaldívar Celene Espadas-Manrique Manuela Tamayo-Chim Nahlleli Chilpa-Galván Manuel Jesús Cach-Pérez Marypaz Ramírez-Medina Ana Maria Benavides Peter Hietz Gerhard Zotz José Luis Andrade Catherine Cardelús Rodolfo de Paula Oliveira Helena J. R. Einzmann Valeria Guzmán Jacob Thorsten Krömer Juan P. Pinzón Juliano Sarmento Cabral Wolfgang Wanek Carrie Woods New Proposal of Epiphytic Bromeliaceae Functional Groups to Include Nebulophytes and Shallow Tanks Plants bromeliads <i>Tillandsia</i> epiphytes photosynthetic pathway CAM ecosystems |
| title | New Proposal of Epiphytic Bromeliaceae Functional Groups to Include Nebulophytes and Shallow Tanks |
| title_full | New Proposal of Epiphytic Bromeliaceae Functional Groups to Include Nebulophytes and Shallow Tanks |
| title_fullStr | New Proposal of Epiphytic Bromeliaceae Functional Groups to Include Nebulophytes and Shallow Tanks |
| title_full_unstemmed | New Proposal of Epiphytic Bromeliaceae Functional Groups to Include Nebulophytes and Shallow Tanks |
| title_short | New Proposal of Epiphytic Bromeliaceae Functional Groups to Include Nebulophytes and Shallow Tanks |
| title_sort | new proposal of epiphytic bromeliaceae functional groups to include nebulophytes and shallow tanks |
| topic | bromeliads <i>Tillandsia</i> epiphytes photosynthetic pathway CAM ecosystems |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/22/3151 |
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