Influence of matrix type on tree community assemblages along tropical dry forest edges

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 820-829

  Benítez Malvido, Julieta ^a   Gallardo Vásquez, Julio César ^a   Alvarez Añorve, Mariana Y ^a   Avila Cabadilla, Luis Daniel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cattle; Edge effects; Habitat fragmentation; Tree phylogeny; Tropical dry forests

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRY FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; PERSISTENCE; PHYLOGENETICS; STOCHASTICITY; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

CHAMELA; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BOVINE; FOREST; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; FORESTS; MEXICO; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84900810131     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1300396     Document Type: Article

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