Functional ecology as a missing link for conservation of a resource-limited flora in the Atlantic forest

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2239-2253

  de Paula, Luiza F A ^a   Negreiros, Daniel ^a   Azevedo, Luísa O ^a   Fernandes, Renato L ^a   Stehmann, João Renato ^a   Silveira, Fernando A O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Comparative ecology; Ecological strategies; Inselberg; Leaf economics spectrum; Rocky outcrops; Trait environment relationship

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLORA; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INSELBERG; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIMITING FACTOR; PATCH DYNAMICS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RUDERAL; TOLERANCE;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

MELINIS REPENS;

EID: 84941992813     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-015-0904-x     Document Type: Article

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