Woody species patterns at forest-grassland boundaries in southern Brazil

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 207, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 586-598

  Müller, Sandra C ^a   Overbeck, Gerhard E ^a   Pfadenhauer, Jörg ^b   Pillar, Valério D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Campos; Ecotone; Fire; Forest expansion; Shrub encroachment

Indexed keywords

ECOTONE; FOREST FIRE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING PRESSURE; LIFE HISTORY; ORDINATION; OUTCROP; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGE EXPANSION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); WOODY PLANT;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 84864593983     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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