Functional differences between woodland savannas and seasonally dry forests from south-eastern Brazil: Evidence from 15N natural abundance studies

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 974-982

  Viani, Ricardo A G ^a   Rodrigues, Ricardo R ^b   Dawson, Todd E ^c   Oliveira, Rafael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerrado; Comparative ecology; Nitrogen; Stable isotope; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; COEXISTENCE; DRY FOREST; FOREST SOIL; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHYLOGENETICS; SAVANNA; SEASONALITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPICAL FOREST; WOODLAND;

BRAZIL;

EID: 82355161490     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02233.x     Document Type: Article

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