Evidence for adaptation to fire regimes in the tropical savannas of the Brazilian Cerrado

International Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 711-723

  Simon, Marcelo F ^a   Pennington, Toby ^b  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Exaptation; Neotropics; Phylogenetic niche conservatism; Plant evolution

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOME; CERRADO; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST FIRE; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; NICHE; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SAVANNA; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL REGION;

BRAZIL;

POACEAE;

EID: 84863705089     PISSN: 10585893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/665973     Document Type: Review

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