Soil pH accounts for differences in species distribution and leaf nutrient concentrations of Brazilian woodland savannah and seasonally dry forest species

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 64-74

  Viani, Ricardo A G ^a   Rodrigues, Ricardo R ^b   Dawson, Todd E ^c   Lambers, Hans ^d   Oliveira, Rafael S ^d,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Cerrado; Micronutrients; Nutrient availability; Soil fertility; Tropical ecology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIVERGENCE; DRY FOREST; FOREST; LEAF AREA; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MANGANESE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; POTASSIUM; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL; SOIL FERTILITY; TROPICAL FOREST; VEGETATION; WOODLAND;

ATLANTIC FOREST; BRAZIL;

EID: 84897092256     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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