Testing the regeneration niche hypothesis with Gesneriaceae (tribe Sinningiae) in Brazil: Implications for the conservation of rare species

Austral Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-133

  Ranieri, Bernardo Dourado ^a   Pezzini, Flávia Fonseca ^a   Garcia, Queila Souza ^a   Chautems, Alain ^b   França, Marcel Giovanni Costa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Conservatoire and Jardin Botaniques de la Ville de Genève ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Cerrado; Endemism; Microhabitat; Rocky outcrop; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CERRADO; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GERMINATION; LIGHT EFFECT; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING; OUTCROP; RARE SPECIES; RARITY; REGENERATION; SEED; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYMPATRY;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BELO HORIZONTE; BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

GESNERIACEAE; PALIAVANA SERICIFLORA; SINNINGIA ALLAGOPHYLLA; SINNINGIA RUPICOLA;

EID: 84856373247     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02254.x     Document Type: Article

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