The contribution of ironstone outcrops to plant diversity in the iron quadrangle, a threatened Brazilian landscape

Ambio

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 324-326

  Jacobi, Claudia Maria ^a   Do Carmo, Flávio Fonseca ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

IRONSTONE; LANDSCAPE; OUTCROP; PLANT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRAZIL; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MINING; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BRAZIL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; IRON; MINING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 48249111293     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447(2008)37[324:TCOIOT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Short Survey

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7. This research was supported by FAPEM IG (Minas Gerais Research Funding Agency, grant CRA 806/06). Collection permits were issued by IBAMA (Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources) and IEF/MG (Minas Gerais Forest Institute).