Liana Abundance Patterns: The Role of Ecological Filters during Development

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 442-449

  Nogueira, Anselmo ^a,c   Costa, Flavia R C ^a   Castilho, Carolina V ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Brazil; Palms; Soil characteristics; Spatial dependence; Terra firme; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; LIFE CYCLE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRA ROSSA; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VINE;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

EID: 79960134838     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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