Changes in tree and liana communities along a successional gradient in a tropical dry forest in south-eastern Brazil

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 291-304

  Madeira, Bruno G ^a,b   Espírito Santo, Mário M ^a   Neto, Santos D'Ângelo ^a   Nunes, Yule R F ^a   Arturo Sanchez Azofeifa G ^c   Wilson Fernandes, G ^d   Quesada, Mauricio ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MONTES CLAROS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Floristic composition; Forest structure; Land use history; Liana tree interactions; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DOMINANCE; DRY FOREST; FLORISTICS; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LAND USE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PASTURE; PLOWING; RESPROUTING; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; TROPICAL FOREST; VINE;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 59849083779     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-009-9580-9     Document Type: Article

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