Metapopulation Dynamics of the Mistletoe and Its Host in Savanna Areas with Different Fire Occurrence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Teodoro, Grazielle Sales ^a   van den Berg, Eduardo ^b   Arruda, Rafael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FIRE; HABITAT; METAPOPULATION; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PSITTACANTHUS ROBUSTUS; SAVANNA; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TREE; VISCUM ALBUM; VOCHYSIA THYRSOIDEA;

ANGIOSPERMS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; MISTLETOE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

PSITTACANTHUS; THYRSOIDEA; VOCHYSIA;

EID: 84878943072     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065836     Document Type: Article

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