A qualitative successional model to assist in the management of Brazilian cerrados

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 87, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 127-138

  Pivello, Vânia Regina ^a   Coutinho, Leopoldo Magno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cerrado; Decision making; Disturbance; Environmental management; Savanna

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION; DISTURBANCE; SAVANNA; SUCCESSION;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0030608243     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03829-7     Document Type: Article

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