Disturbances, elevation, topography and spatial proximity drive vegetation patterns along an altitudinal gradient of a top biodiversity hotspot

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2767-2783

  Eisenlohr, Pedro V ^a,g   Alves, Luciana F ^a,b   Bernacci, Luís Carlos ^b   Padgurschi, Maíra C G ^a   Torres, Roseli B ^b   Prata, Eduardo M B ^c   dos Santos, Flavio Antonio M ^a   Assis, Marco Antônio ^d   Ramos, Eliana ^d   Rochelle, André Luís C ^a   Martins, Fernando R ^a   Campos, Mariana C R ^e   Pedroni, Fernando ^f   Sanchez, Maryland ^f   Pereira, Larissa S ^a   Vieira, Simone A ^a   Gomes, José Ataliba M A ^b   Tamashiro, Jorge Y ^a   Scaranello, Marcos A S ^a   Caron, Cora J ^a   Joly, Carlos Alfredo ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Rainforest; Conservation hotspot; Multivariate analysis; Species distribution; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL PLAIN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; DISTURBANCE; ELEVATION; FLORISTICS; LOGGING (TIMBER); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RAINFOREST; SANDBANK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 84886603400     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-013-0553-x     Document Type: Article

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