Inundation and Fire Shape the Structure of Riparian Forests in the Pantanal, Brazil.

Inundation and fire can affect the structure of riparian vegetation in wetlands. Our aim was to verify if there are differences in richness, abundance, basal area, composition and topographic preference of woody species in riparian forests related to the fire history, flooding duration, or the inter...

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Main Authors: Wellinton de Sá Arruda, Jens Oldeland, Antonio Conceição Paranhos Filho, Arnildo Pott, Nicolay L Cunha, Iria Hiromi Ishii, Geraldo Alves Damasceno-Junior
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4900580?pdf=render