Structure, function and floristic relationships of plant communities in stressful habitats marginal to the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest

Annals of Botany

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 517-524

  Scarano, Fabio R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic rainforest; Biodiversity hotspot; Epiphyte; Facilitation; High altitude vegetation; Marginal habitat; Nurse plant; Restinga; Review; Rocky outcrop; Swamp

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMISM; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RAINFOREST; SWAMP FOREST;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; COLD; DISASTER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEASON; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; BRAZIL; COLD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SEASONS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

BRAZIL;

CRASSULACEAE;

EID: 0036800737     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf189     Document Type: Review

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