Nurse rocks influence forest expansion over native grassland in southern Brazil

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-119

  Carlucci, Marcos B ^a   Duarte, Leandro da S ^a   Pillar, Valério D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Araucaria forest; Campos; Nucleation; Nurse objects; Nursing effect; Perching effect; Safe sites; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; FIRE; FOREST COVER; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; NATIVE SPECIES; NURSE PLANT; OUTCROP; RAINFOREST; RANGE EXPANSION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; UPLAND REGION;

ARAUCARIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BRAZIL; CAMPOS BASIN; PARANA;

ARAUCARIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78651357581     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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