Position on slope, disturbance, and tree species coexistence in a Seasonal Semideciduous Forest in SE Brazil

Plant Ecology

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-203

  Cielo Filho, Roque ^a,b   Gneri, Mario Antonio ^a   Martins, Fernando Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b D Bento Pickel Herbarium (SPSF)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diversity; Environmental heterogeneity; Neutral theory; Topography

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; DIVERSITY INDEX; DOMINANCE; ELEVATION; FLORISTICS; NICHE PARTITIONING; SLOPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EUCLIDIA;

EID: 34247607246     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9200-x     Document Type: Article

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