The Brazilian Pampa: A fragile biome

Diversity

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 182-198

  Roesch, Luiz Fernando Wurdig ^a   Vieira, Frederico Costa Beber ^a   Pereira, Vilmar Alves ^a   Schünemann, Adriano Luis ^a   Teixeira, Italo Filippi ^a   Senna, Ana Julia Teixeira ^a   Stefenon, Valdir Marcos ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem; Plant diversity; Soil conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859990971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d1020182     Document Type: Review

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