Forms of rarity of tree species in the southern Brazilian Atlantic rainforest

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2597-2618

  Caiafa, Alessandra Nasser ^a,b   Martins, Fernando Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RECÔNCAVO DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Databank; Dense Ombrophilous Atlantic Forest; Phytosociology; Rarity; Tree species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DATABASE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; RAINFOREST; RARE SPECIES;

ATLANTIC COAST [BRAZIL]; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; BRAZIL;

EID: 77954456118     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-010-9861-6     Document Type: Article

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