Structure and phytogeographic relationships of swamp forests of Southeast Brazil

Swamp forests are associated with soils that are saturated or inundated because of a high water table. In Brazil, little is known about the plant ecology of such forests. In this paper, we aimed to describe the phytosociological structure of the tree layer of swamp forests in Restinga de Jurubatiba...

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Main Authors: Bruno Coutinho Kurtz, Jorge Caruzo Gomes, Fabio Rubio Scarano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 2013-12-01
Series:Acta Botânica Brasílica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062013000400002&lng=en&tlng=en