Plant functional types in Brazilian savannas: The niche partitioning between herbaceous and woody species

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-206

  Silva, Igor Aurélio ^a   Batalha, Marco Antônio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Cerrado; Functional groups; Multivariate analysis of variance; Rate variable birth death model; Tree grass coexistence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BROWNIAN MOTION; COEXISTENCE; DOMINANCE; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRASS; HERB; HERBIVORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAVANNA; SHRUB; STABILIZATION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

BRAZIL;

POACEAE;

EID: 80051800641     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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