Patterns of abundance of a narrow endemic species in a tropical and infertile montane habitat

Plant Ecology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-217

  Ribeiro, Katia T ^a,b   Fernandes, G Wilson ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggregation patterns; Coccoloba cereifera; Fire; Geographic distribution; Habitat favorability; Soil specificity

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT; MODEL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICS;

ABUNDANCE; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL; SERRA DO CIPO;

COCCOLOBA; COCCOLOBA CEREIFERA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POLYGONACEAE;

EID: 0034012476     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009883300536     Document Type: Article

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