Allometry of some woody plant species in a Brazilian savanna after two years of a dry season fire;Alometria de espécies lenhosas de cerrado dois anos após um incêndio

Brazilian Journal of Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 527-536

  Dodonov, P ^a   Lucena, I C ^a   Leite, M B ^a   Silva Matos, D M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Fire; Geometric growth; Reduced major axis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; FIRE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASON; TREE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; FIRES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; TREES;

DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA MISCOLOBIUM; DIOSPYROS; ERYTHROXYLUM; MICONIA ALBICANS; XYLOPIA; XYLOPIA AROMATICA;

EID: 79960205878     PISSN: 15196984     EISSN: 16784375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-69842011000300025     Document Type: Article

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