Testing for the influence of niche and neutral factors on sapling community assembly beneath isolated woody plants in grasslands

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 462-471

  Duarte, Leandro Da S ^a   Hofmann, Gabriel S ^a   Dos Santos, Melina M G ^a   Hartz, Sandra M ^a   Pillar, Valério D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Araucaria forest; Campos grassland; Canonical correspondence analysis; Nursing effect; Perching effect

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GRASSLAND; NICHE PARTITIONING; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; SAPLING; WOODY PLANT;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SAO FRANCISCO DE PAULA;

ARAUCARIA;

EID: 77950992309     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01153.x     Document Type: Article

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