Litter production and accumulation in the edge and interior of Atlantic Rain forest fragments of different sizes;Produção e espessura da serapilheira na borda e interior de fragmentos florestais de Mata Atlântica de diferentes tamanhos

Revista Brasileira de Botanica

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-280

  Portela, Rita De Cássia Quitete ^a   Dos Santos, Flavio Antonio Maës ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic rain forest; Canopy openness; Edge effects; Forest fragments; Litter

Indexed keywords

EID: 36448931269     PISSN: 01008404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-84042007000200011     Document Type: Article

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