Ecophysiology of selected tree species in different plant communities at the periphery of the Atlantic Forest of SE Brazil I. Performance of three different species of Clusia in an array of plant communities

Three species of Clusia, namely two CAM-species (C. hilariana Schlecht. and C. fluminensis Planch. et Triana) and a C3-species (C. parviflora Saldanha et Engl.) were studied in different plant communities at the periphery of the Atlantic Forest in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The sites chosen were an inselberg (C. parviflora), a range of wet restinga – dry restinga – semideciduous dry forest (C. fluminensis), and a gradient from the sea...