Mechanisms of Araucaria (Atlantic) Forest Expansion into Southern Brazilian Grasslands

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1354-1371

  Silva, Lucas C R ^a,b   Anand, Madhur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ecotone; forest; grassland; microbial biomass; nutrients; soil plant feedbacks; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONIFEROUS TREE; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SYMBIONT; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION HISTORY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

ARAUCARIA;

EID: 81555219241     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9486-y     Document Type: Article

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