Seed Functional Traits Provide Support for Ecological Restoration and ex situ Conservation in the Threatened Amazon Ironstone Outcrop Flora
Cangas (ironstone outcrops) host a specialized flora, characterized by high degree of edaphic endemism and an apparent lack of natural history knowledge of its flora. Due to intense pressure from iron ore mining this ecosystem is under threat and in need of restoration. We studied seed functional tr...
Main Authors: | Marcilio Zanetti, Roberta L. C. Dayrell, Mariana V. Wardil, Alexandre Damasceno, Tais Fernandes, Alexandre Castilho, Fernando M. G. Santos, Fernando A. O. Silveira |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Plant Science |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.599496/full |
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