Phylogeny, traits, environment, and space in cerrado plant communities at Emas National Park (Brazil)

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 206, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 949-956

  Batalha, Marco Antônio ^a   Silva, Igor Aurélio ^b   Cianciaruso, Marcus Vinicius ^c   França, Helena ^d   de Carvalho, Gustavo Henrique ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Environmental filtering; Functional traits; Phylogenetic signal; Savanna

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CERRADO; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIRE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LEGUME; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SAVANNA; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROFILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER AVAILABILITY; WOODY PLANT;

BRAZIL; EMAS NATIONAL PARK; GOIAS;

FABACEAE; MYRTACEAE;

EID: 80455154965     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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