A broad approach to abrupt boundaries: looking beyond the boundary at soil attributes within and across tropical vegetation types.

Most research on boundaries between vegetation types emphasizes the contrasts and similarities between conditions on either side of a boundary, but does not compare boundary to non-boundary vegetation. That is, most previous studies lack suitable controls, and may therefore overlook underlying aspec...

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Main Authors: Laura Warman, Matt G Bradford, Angela T Moles
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3622688?pdf=render