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Seedlings of woody canopy species in the xeric forms of subtropical thicket are rare. Here we argue that the low number of seedlings is a consequence of niche conservatism where thicket species have retained germination and seedling establishment requirements associated with their ancestral origins in the warm, wet forests of the early Cenozoic. We test this hypothesis by evaluating the germination...