Phylogenetic community structure reveals differences in plant community assembly of an oligotrophic white-sand ecosystem from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

ABSTRACT Mussununga, an oligotrophic sandy savanna ecosystem, comprises distinct physiognomies along fire, water and nutrient availability gradients. Grasslands and woodlands are constrained at the opposite poles of these gradients, with grasslands occurring in areas with poorer soils and higher lev...

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Main Authors: Markus Gastauer, Amílcar W. Saporetti-Junior, Fernando Valladares, João A. A. Meira-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 2017-09-01
Series:Acta Botânica Brasílica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062017000400531&lng=en&tlng=en