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Luiz Fernando Bondi de Macedo

The desiccation-tolerant vascular plants' paradox : the role of environmental constraints on the diversity and distribution of plants able to resurrect from dryness

Universität Rostock, 2023

https://doi.org/10.18453/rosdok_id00004404

Abstract: The desiccation-tolerant vascular plants (DT plants) are often perceived as plants able to deal with environmental harshness and paradigms concerning ecological aspects of desiccation tolerance have been developed. Here, we discuss the ecology of DT plants, testing untested paradigms and fulfilling knowledge gaps regarding their ecology and conservation by combining biogeographical and functional approaches from a taxonomic, phylogenetic, and conservation perspective.

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