Population structure of Rudgea parquioides (Rubiaceae), a shade-tolerant shrub species, in Southern Brazil

Population structure of Rudgea parquioides (Rubiaceae), a shade-tolerant shrub species, in Southern Brazil

The expectations that shade-tolerant forest species show 1) a population structure composed by a high amount of small individuals, and 2) biomass allocation for diameter higher than for height growth, were tested for Rudgea parquioides, a typical shrub in Southern Brazil. We described the size struc...

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Main Authors: Fernanda C.G. Cardoso, Ana P.B. Salvalaggio, Márcia C.M. Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2010-09-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
alometria
floresta com Araucária
distribuição de tamanho
floresta subtropical
sub-bosque
allometry
Araucaria forest
size distribution
subtropical forest
understorey
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