Patterns of species richness and abundance among cactus communities receiving different rainfall levels in the semiarid region of Brazil

ABSTRACT This study examines the variation in cacti species richness and abundance among sites with different average rainfall and soil types. We assessed a total of 3,660 individuals of six species of Cactaceae: Cereus jamacaru, Melocactus zehntneri, Pilosocereus gounellei, Pilosocereus pachycladus...

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Main Authors: Paulo Sérgio Monteiro Ferreira, Sérgio de Faria Lopes, Dilma Maria de Brito Melo Trovão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil
Series:Acta Botânica Brasílica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062016005011102&lng=en&tlng=en