Phylogenetic patterns of Atlantic forest restoration communities are mainly driven by stochastic, dispersal related factors

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 354, Issue , 2015, Pages 300-308

  Schweizer, D ^a   Machado, R ^b   Durigan, G ^c   Brancalion, P H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Assis State Forest   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Functional traits; Phylogenetic patterns; Restoration ecology; Species composition

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; RESTORATION; SEED; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

BRAZIL; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; PHYLOGENETIC PATTERNS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

CONSERVATION;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; FLORISTICS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHYLOGENETICS; RELATEDNESS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; STOCHASTICITY;

ATLANTIC FOREST;

MELIACEAE;

EID: 84945489094     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.05.026     Document Type: Article

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