Relationship between physical and chemical soil attributes and plant species diversity in tropical mountain ecosystems from Brazil

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 875-883

  de Carvalho, Fernanda ^a,b   Godoy, Edward Luis ^c   Lisboa, Francy J G ^d   Moreira, Fatima Maria de Souza ^b   de Souza, Francisco Adriano ^e   Berbara, Ricardo Luis Louro ^d   Fernandes, G Wilson ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^c University of São João del Rei UFSJ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e EMBRAPA MILHO E SORGO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Espinha o Range; Floristic diversity; Mountain ecology; Plant habitat; Plant soil relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904181858     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-013-2792-4     Document Type: Article

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