Tree species distribution in canopy gaps and mature forest in an area of cloud forest of the Ibitipoca Range, south-eastern Brazil

Plant Ecology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 9-22

  De Carvalho, Luis Marcelo T ^a   Fontes, Marco Aurélio L ^b   De Oliveira Filho, Ary T ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Canopy gaps; Community structure; Detrended correspondence analysis; Floristic composition; Tropical cloud forest

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CANOPY GAP; CLOUD FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; TREE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033858369     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009836810707     Document Type: Article

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