Variação na altura e na abundância de colmos e estruturas reprodutivas em populações pioneiras e maduras de, enquanto a população madura não fl oresceu. Palavras-chave: densidade, fecundidade, gradientes ambientais, ocupação espacialABSTRACT -Variation of the tiller height and abundance of tillers and reproductive structures in pioneer and mature populations of Spartina alternifl ora Loisel. and S. densifl ora Brongn. (Poaceae) in southern Brazil. This study aimed to quantify and elucidate the spatial variability of plant height and abundance of tillers and reproductive structures of the salt marsh grasses Spartina alternifl ora Loisel. and Spartina densifl ora Brongn. within and between pioneer (<10 years of colonization) and mature stands (>50 years of colonization) in southern Brazil. Both pioneer populations had taller tillers (p<0.01) than mature populations. Pioneer populations of S. densifl ora also showed massive investment on tiller density (10,084 m -2 ), more infl orescences (557 m -2 ) and higher fecundity (16,258 seeds m -2 ) than the mature population (131 infl orescence m -2; 2,199 seeds m -2 ). High redox and reduction of phosphorus availability in the sediment away from the water line seem to explain decreasing densities of tiller and infl orescences inside S. densifl ora mature populations. Fourteen percent of pioneer S. alternifl ora tillers fl owered and, on average, produced only 0.4 seeds per infl orescence and 76 seeds m -2 , whereas mature population did not fl ower.
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