Comparison of a common and rare species of Mimosa (Mimosaceae) in Central Brazil

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 315-326

  Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni ^a,b   Du Vall Hay, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Conservation; Demography; Endemism; Fruit set; Germination; Rarity; Reproductive biology; Root shoot ratio; Seed predation

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FRUIT SET; GERMINATION; PHENOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RARE SPECIES; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

BRAZIL;

FABACEAE; MIMOSA;

EID: 0037870742     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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