The vegetation of granite rock outcrops in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and the need for its protection

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-20

  Meirelles, Sergio Tadeu ^a   Pivello, Vânia Regina ^a   Joly, Carlos Alfredo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Diversity; Endemism; Island vegetation; Rock outcrop; Soil island

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GRANITE; SPECIES INVENTORY; VEGETATION COVER;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT; ROCK; SPECIES; VEGETATION;

BRAZIL;

ASTERACEAE; BROMELIACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA; VELLOZIACEAE;

EID: 0032907067     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892999000041     Document Type: Article

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