The role of edaphic environment and climate in structuring phylogenetic pattern in seasonally dry tropical plant communities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Moro, Marcelo Freire ^a   Silva, Igor Aurélio ^a   De Araújo, Francisca Soares ^b   Lughadha, Eimear Nic ^c   Meagher, Thomas R ^d   Martins, Fernando Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAZIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDAPHIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALLY DRY TROPICAL PLANT FORMATION; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER AVAILABILITY; CLASSIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; SEASON; SOIL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPIC CLIMATE; WOOD;

SOIL;

BIODIVERSITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; SEASONS; SOIL; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOOD;

EID: 84925872483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119166     Document Type: Article

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