Abundance distribution of common and rare plant species of brazilian savannas along a seasonality gradient;Distribuição de abundâncias de espécies de plantas comuns e raras de savanas brasileiras ao longo de um gradiente de estacionalidade

Acta Botanica Brasilica

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 407-413

  Silva, Igor Aurélio ^a   Cianciaruso, Marcus Vinicius ^b   Batalha, Marco Antônio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assembly rules; Cerrado; Environmental filter; Evenness; Relative abundance distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956628329     PISSN: 01023306     EISSN: 1677941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0102-33062010000200011     Document Type: Article

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