A relict species restricted to a quartzitic mountain in tropical America: An example of microrefugium?

Acta Botanica Brasilica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 299-309

  Barbosa, Newton Pimentel de Ulhôa ^a,b   Fernandes, G Wilson ^a   Sanchez Azofeifa, Arturo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coccoloba cereifera; Espinha o Mountains; Maximum entropy; Rupestrian grasslands; Serra do Cip

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942318756     PISSN: 01023306     EISSN: 1677941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0102-33062014abb3731     Document Type: Article

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