Effect of fire on a monodominant floating mat of Cyperus giganteus Vahl in a neotropical wetland

The rhizomatous Cyperus giganteus, abundant in the Pantanal wetland, can dominate extense floodable areas as monodominant communities. The Jacadigo lake has a large area of C. giganteus, where we performed an evaluation on community structure during two months in 2010, before it was hit by a wildfir...

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Main Authors: M. Rocha, CC. Santos Júnior, GA. Damasceno-Júnior, VJ. Pott, A. Pott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842015000100016&lng=en&tlng=en