Subordinate, not dominant, woody species promote the diversity of climbing plants

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 257-265

  Garbin, Mário Luís ^a   Carrijo, Tatiana Tavares ^b,d   Sansevero, Jerônimo Boelsums Barreto ^b   Sánchez Tapia, Andrea ^a   Scarano, Fabio Rubio ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Conservation International ^*  (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Climber; Coexistence; Constrained ordination; Cross taxa relationships; Facilitation; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

CLIMBING PLANT; COASTAL ZONE; COEXISTENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACILITATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HOST PLANT; ORDINATION; PATCH SIZE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SANDY SOIL; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL REGION;

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EID: 84863826738     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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