Habitat specialization and phylogenetic structure of tree species in a coastal Brazilian white-sand forest

Journal of Plant Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 134-144

  De Oliveira, Alexandre A ^a   Vicentini, Alberto ^b   Chave, Jerome ^c   Castanho, Camila De T ^a   Davies, Stuart J ^d   Martini, Adriana M Z ^a   Lima, Renato A F ^a   Ribeiro, Ricardo R ^a   Iribar, Amaia ^c   Souza, Vinicius C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Edaphic condition; Habitat association; Niche partitioning; Phylogenetic community structure; Torus translation test

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897423610     PISSN: 17529921     EISSN: 1752993X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtt073     Document Type: Article

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