Fluctuating asymmetry and herbivory in two ontogenetical stages of Chamaecrista semaphora in restored and natural environments

Journal of Plant Interactions

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 179-186

  da Costa, Fernanda Vieira ^a   Pinheiro de Azevedo, Islaine F ^a   Braga, Lílian De Lima ^a   Perillo, Lucas Neves ^b   Neves, Frederico de Siqueira ^b   Leite, Lemuel Olívio ^a   da Silva, Bárbara Laine R ^c   Ribeiro, Leonardo Cotta ^b   Fernandes, G Wilson ^b   Cuevas Reyes, Pablo ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MONTES CLAROS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cerrado; developmental instability; endemic plants; plant ontogeny; plant stress; rupestrian fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877290156     PISSN: 17429145     EISSN: 17429153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2012.657253     Document Type: Article

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