Canopy gap colonization in the atlantic montane rain forest

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 953-965

  De Lima, Renato A Ferreira ^a   De Moura, Leila Cunha ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gap floristics; Marantaceae species; Montane rain forest; South eastern Brazil; Topography

Indexed keywords

MARANTACEAE;

EID: 33846679370     PISSN: 15168913     EISSN: 15168913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-89132006000700013     Document Type: Article

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