Seedling growth and biomass allocation of endemic and threatened shrubs of rupestrian fields

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 301-310

  Negreiros, Daniel ^a   Fernandes, G Wilson ^a   Silveira, Fernando A O ^a   Chalub, Clarissa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomass partitioning; Land rehabilitation; Phenotypic variation; Rupestrian fields; Serra do Cip

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHENOTYPE; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHRUB; SOIL NUTRIENT;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SERRA DO CIPO; SERRA DO ESPINHACO; SOUTH AMERICA;

CALLIANDRA; CHAMAECRISTA; CHAMAECRISTA RAMOSA; FABACEAE; MIMOSA;

EID: 60149091873     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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