A comparative study of cerrado (sensu stricto) vegetation in Central Brazil

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 277-289

  Felfili, Jeanine Maria ^a   Da Silva, Manoel Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; cerrado; diversity; floristics; Neotropics; phytogeography; phytosociology; savanna; TWINSPAN classification

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; SAVANNA WOODLAND;

BRAZIL, PRATINHA PLATEAU;

EID: 0027833722     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467400007306     Document Type: Article

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