Impact of the invasive alien grass Melinis minutiflora at the savanna-forest ecotone in the Brazilian Cerrado

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-103

  Hoffmann, William A ^a,c   Lucatelli, Verusca M P C ^b   Silva, Franciane J ^a   Azeuedo, Isaac N C ^a   Marinho, Marcelo Da S ^a   Albuquerque, Ana Maria S ^a   Lopes, Apoena De O ^a   Moreira, Sirvana P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b IBAMA   (Brazil)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Biological invasions; Exotic species; Fire; Savanna; Tropical gallery forest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CERRADO; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOTONE; FIRE; GRASS; REGENERATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

MELINIS; MELINIS MINUTIFLORA; POACEAE;

EID: 2342478626     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1366-9516.2004.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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