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Seed banks on Attalea phalerata (Arecaceae) stems in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil by Corrêa, Christiane E., Fischer, Erich, dos Santos, Flavio A. M.

“…• Background and Aims Seeds can accumulate in the soil or elsewhere, such as on the stems of palms when these are covered by persistent sheaths. These sheaths…”
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Forest structure and live aboveground biomass variation along an elevational gradient of tropical Atlantic moist forest (Brazil) by Alves, Luciana F., Vieira, Simone A., Scaranello, Marcos A., Camargo, Plinio B., Santos, Flavio A.M., Joly, Carlos A., Martinelli, Luiz A.

“…Live aboveground biomass (AGB) is an important source of uncertainty in the carbon balance from the tropical regions in part due scarcity of reliable estimates…”
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Habitat filtering drives the local distribution of congeneric species in a Brazilian white‐sand flooded tropical forest by Ribeiro, Kelly F. O., Martins, Valéria F., Wiegand, Thorsten, Santos, Flavio A. M.

“…The investigation of ecological processes that maintain species coexistence is revealing in naturally disturbed environments such as the white‐sand tropical…”
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Influence of light and plant size on the reproduction and growth of small palm tree species: Comparing two methods for measuring canopy openness by Amadeu, Luã S. N., Sampaio, Mauricio B., dos Santos, Flavio A. M.

“…PREMISE OF THE STUDY: The reproduction and growth of large palms are influenced by many factors, including light and plant size, but few studies have examined…”
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Tree allometry and crown shape of four tree species in Atlantic rain forest, south-east Brazil by Alves, Luciana F., Santos, Flavio A. M.

“…The allometry of crown shape and trunk diameter with tree height were analysed for four tree species in a tropical lowland rain forest, southeast Brazil. The…”
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Scaling of stem and crown in eight Cecropia (Cecropiaceae) species of Brazil by Sposito, Tereza C, Santos, Flavio A. M

“…The scaling of stem and crown was studied in eight Cecropia species in Amazonian and southeastern forests of Brazil. The Amazonian species, C. concolor, C…”
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Characterization of 10 Microsatellite Loci for Bathysa australis (Rubiaceae) by Reis, Talita S, Ciampi-Guillardi, Maísa, Baldauf, Cristina, Souza, Anete P, Santos, Flavio A. M. Dos

“…Premise of the study: Bathysa australis is a common subcanopy tree from the Atlantic Forest that is pollinated by bees and wasps and produces autochoric seeds…”
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Mating Systems of Psychotria tenuinervis (Rubiaceae): Distance from Anthropogenic and Natural Edges of Atlantic Forest Fragment by Ramos, Flavio Nunes, Zucchi, Maria Imaculada, Solferini, Vera Nisaka, Santos, Flavio A. M

“…The aim of this study was to determine and compare the mating systems among Psychotria tenuinervis populations at anthropogenic edges, natural edges, and the…”
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Quality of Seeds Produced by Psychotria tenuinervis (Rubiaceae): Distance from Anthropogenic and Natural Edges of Atlantic Forest Fragment by Ramos, Flavio Nunes, José, Juliana, Solferini, Vera Nisaka, Santos, Flavio A. M

“…The aim of this study was to investigate whether there were differences in the genetic variability and rate and velocity of the seed germination produced by…”
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Patterns of species diversity in different spatial scales and spatial heterogeneity on beta diversity by Soares, Caio J. R. S., Sampaio, Mauricio B., Santos-Filho, Francisco S., Martins, Fernando R., Santos, Flavio A. M. dos

“…ABSTRACT Patterns of species diversity are essential to understand community structure. We aimed to determine species diversity and patterns of beta diversity…”
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Tree species composition and similarity in semideciduous forest fragments of southeastern Brazil by dos Santos, Karin, Kinoshita, Luiza Sumiko, Santos, Flávio A.M. dos

“…This study investigates the influence of fragment size on tree species composition, species richness and on individual groups of species within 11…”
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Stocks of carbon and nitrogen and partitioning between above‐ and belowground pools in the Brazilian coastal Atlantic Forest elevation range by Vieira, Simone A., Alves, Luciana F., Duarte‐Neto, Paulo J., Martins, Susian C., Veiga, Larissa G., Scaranello, Marcos A., Picollo, Marisa C., Camargo, Plinio B., do Carmo, Janaina B., Neto, Eráclito Sousa, Santos, Flavio A. M., Joly, Carlos A., Martinelli, Luiz A.

“…We estimated carbon and nitrogen stocks in aboveground biomass (AGB) and belowground biomass (BGB) along an elevation range in forest sites located on the…”
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Cytogenetics and characterization of microsatellite loci for a South American pioneer tree species, Croton floribundus by Silvestrini, Milene, Pinto-Maglio, Cecília A F, Zucchi, Maria I, dos Santos, Flavio A M

“…Despite the recent advances in plant population genetic studies, the lack of information regarding pedigree, ploidy level, or mode of inheritance for many…”
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Characterization of microsatellite loci in Himatanthus drasticus (Apocynaceae), a medicinal plant from the Brazilian savanna by Baldauf, Cristina, Ciampi, Maísa B., Vigna, Bianca B. Z., Mori, Gustavo M., Guedes, Julian P. P., De Souza, Anete P., Santos, Flavio A. M. dos

“…• Premise of the study: We developed a new set of microsatellite markers for studying the genome of the janaguba tree, Himatanthus drasticus (Mart.) Plumel,…”
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Demography, phenology and sex of Calophyllum brasiliense (Clusiaceae) trees in the Atlantic forest by FISCHER, ERICH, DOS SANTOS, FLAVIO A. M.

“…Further studies on growth and reproduction of many tree species are needed to know the regeneration patterns of tropical forests (Clark & Clark 1987, Heideman…”
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The confounding effects of logging on tree seedling growth and herbivory in Central Amazon by Darrigo, Maria Rosa, dos Santos, Flavio A. M., Venticinque, Eduardo M.

“…Light availability is an important modulator of seedling growth and plant–herbivore dynamics. Logging increases light levels in forests, potentially altering…”
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Restoration over time: is it possible to restore trees and non-trees in high-diversity forests? by Garcia, Letícia C., Hobbs, Richard J., Ribeiro, Danilo B., Tamashiro, Jorge Y., Santos, Flavio A.M., Rodrigues, Ricardo R.

“…Questions: Do different growth forms have distinct temporal patterns of recovery of their structure, diversity, and composition in restored Atlantic Rain…”
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Leaf Ecology of Pre-reproductive Ontogenetic Stages of the Palm TreeEuterpe edulisMart. (Arecaceae) by DE CARVALHO, ROBERTA M., MARTINS, FERNANDO R., SANTOS, FLAVIO A.M.

“…We studied leaves of 208 seedlings (S), infants (I) and juveniles (J) ofEuterpe edulis,randomly selected from plants in 1 ha of swampy forest in SE Brazil…”
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Bark harvesting by human population shapes tree allometry in an economically important species of the Brazilian savanna by Baldauf, Cristina, Dias, Arildo S., Corrêa, Christiane E., Santos, Flavio A.M.

“…[Display omitted] •Non-timber forest products harvesting can change tree allometry.•Height-stem diameter relationships in H. drasticus are affected by bark…”
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Spatial and temporal variation in the canopy cover in a tropical semi-deciduous forest by Bianchini, Edmilson, Pimenta, José A., Santos, Flavio A. M. dos

“…This study was developed in the Mata dos Godoy State Park (23° 27’S, 51° 15’W) South Brazil which present great environmental heterogeneity when its north…”
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