Open AccessDeveloping sporophytes transition from an inducible to a constitutive ecological strategy of desiccation tolerance in the moss Aloina ambigua: effects of desiccation on fitness
Author(s) -
Lloyd R. Stark,
John C. Brinda
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcu252
Subject(s) - sporophyte , desiccation , biology , desiccation tolerance , bryophyte , moss , botany , shoot , gametophyte , seta , ecology , pollen , genus
Two ecological strategies of desiccation tolerance exist in plants, constitutive and inducible. Because of difficulties in culturing sporophytes, very little is known about desiccation tolerance in this generation and how desiccation affects sexual fitness.
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