Functional traits behind the association between climbers and subordinate woody species

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 715-723

  Garbin, Mário L ^a,d   Sánchez Tapia, Andrea ^a   Carrijo, Tatiana T ^b,d   Sansevero, Jerônimo B B ^b   Scarano, Fabio R ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS JARDIM BOTÂNICO DO RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Conservation International ^*  (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Co existence; Community assembly; Cross taxa relationships; Facilitation; Plant plant interactions; Positive interactions

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; ERYTHROXYLUM;

EID: 84898467692     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12140     Document Type: Article

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