High abundance of dioecious plants in a tropical coastal vegetation

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1513-1519

  Matallana, Gloria ^a   Wendt, Tânia ^a   Araujo, Dorothy S D ^a   Scarano, Fábio R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dioecy; Monoecy; Resource poor environments; Restingas; Sandy coastal plains; Sexual systems

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANGIOSPERM; COASTAL PLAIN; DIOECY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 24044482925     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.9.1513     Document Type: Article

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