South Brazilian forest-grassland ecotones: Dynamics affected by climate, disturbance, and woody species traits

Ecotones Between Forest and Grassland

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 167-187

  Müller, Sandra C ^a   Overbeck, Gerhard E ^a   Blanco, Carolina C ^a   De Oliveira, Juliano M ^b   Pillar, Valério D ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3797-0_7     Document Type: Chapter

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