Variation in tree community composition and structure with changes in soil properties within a fragment of semideciduous forest in South-Eastern Brazil

Edinburgh Journal of Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 139-158

  Oliveira Filho, A T ^a   Curi, N ^b   Vilela, E A ^b   Carvalho, D A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brazilian atlantic forest; Multivariate analysis; Tropical semideciduous forest; Tropical soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345878137     PISSN: 09604286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0960428601000506     Document Type: Article

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