Diversity, abundance and distribution of lianas of the Cerrado-Amazonian forest transition, Brazil

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 231-240

  de Oliveira, Edmar Almeida ^a   Marimon, Beatriz Schwantes ^a,b   Feldpausch, Ted R ^d,e   Colli, Guarino Rinaldi ^f   Marimon Junior, Ben Hur ^a,b   Lloyd, Jon ^d,g   Lenza, Eddie ^a,b   Maracahipes, Leandro ^a,c   Oliveira Santos, Claudinei ^a   Phillips, Oliver L ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b Zootecnia da UFMT   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Combretum laxum; environmental gradient; flooded forests; tropical forests; woody climber

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893263591     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550874.2013.816799     Document Type: Article

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