Plant Functional Types of Woody Species Related to Fire Disturbance in Forest-Grassland Ecotones

• Published in: Plant ecology Vol. 189; no. 1; pp. 1 - 14
• Main Authors: Müller, Sandra C, Overbeck, Gerhard E, Pfadenhauer, Jörg, Pillar, Valério D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers 01.03.2007; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: adults; algorithms; Boundaries; Brazil; climate; Ecotones; fires; Forest expansion; Forest fires; Forest trees; forest types; Forests; Grasses; Grasslands; Ordination; Plant communities; Plant ecology; Plants; Resprouter; Shrubs; South Brazil; Tree establishment; Trees; Vegetation; Vegetation dynamics; Woody plants; Brazil

The study of plant functional types (PFTs) has been widely emphasized when analysing plant community changes in relation to variations in climate and disturbance regime. In this study, we search for PFTs of woody species near forest-grassland boundaries in South Brazil where, due to climate, forests...