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Nucleated succession by an endemic palm Phoenix pusilla enhances diversity of woody species in the arid Coromandel Coast of India

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Phoenix pusilla, an endemic shrubby palm, was used as a model nurse plant in degraded tropical dry evergreen forest (TDEF) landscapes. This choice was informed by traditional ecological knowledge of the Irula tribe of south India. We tested whether the presence of P. pusilla in...

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Autores principales: Kinhal, Vijayalaxmi, Parthasarathy, N.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22476065
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plq007

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