Woody plant species co-occurrence in Brazilian savannas under different fire frequencies

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Silva, Igor Aurélio ^a   Batalha, Marco Antônio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Competitive exclusion; Environmental filter; Phenotypic clustering; Phylogenetic relatedness

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; FIRE HISTORY; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; SAVANNA; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WOODY PLANT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 73649130195     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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