Phylogenetic community structure reveals differences in plant community assembly of an oligotrophic white-sand ecosystem from the brazilian atlantic forest

Acta Botanica Brasilica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 531-538

  Gastauer, Markus ^a,b   Saporetti Junior, Amílcar W ^a,c   Valladares, Fernando ^d   Meira Neto, João A A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO VALE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competition; Environmental filters; Mussunungas; Savanna woodlands; Stress dominance hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85031902750     PISSN: 01023306     EISSN: 1677941X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0102-33062016abb0442     Document Type: Article

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