Tropical savannas and associated forests: vegetation and plant ecology

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Huber, O. , de Stefano, R.D. , Aymard, G. and Riina, R. 2006: Flora and vegetation of the Venezuelan llanos: a review . In Pennington, T. , Lewis, G. and Ratter, J.A. , editors, Neotropical savannas and seasonally dry forests: plant diversity, biogeography, and conservation, Systematics Association, Special Volume Series 69, Boca Raton, FL: CRC-Taylor and Francis , 95—120.

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Lavin, M. 2006: Floristic and geographical stability of discontinuous seasonally dry tropical forests explains patterns of plant phylogeny and endemism . In Pennington, T. , Lewis, G. and Ratter, J.A. , editors, Neotropical savannas and seasonally dry forests: plant diversity, biogeography, and conservation, Systematics Association, Special Volume Series 69, Boca Raton, FL: CRC-Taylor and Francis , 433—47.

Lewis, G.P. , Klitgaard, B. and Schrire, B.D. 2006: Seasonally dry forests of southern Ecuador in a continental context: insights from legumes. In Pennington, T. , Lewis, G. and Ratter, J.A. , editors, Neotropical savannas and seasonally dry forests: plant diversity, biogeography, and conservation, Systematics Association, Special Volume Series 69, Boca Raton, FL: CRC-Taylor and Francis , 281—314.

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Lott, E.J. and Atkinson, T.H. 2006: Mexican and central American seasonally dry tropical forests: Chamela-Cuixmala, Jalisco, as a focal point for comparison. In Pennington, T. , Lewis, G. and Ratter, J.A. , editors, Neotropical savannas and seasonally dry forests: plant diversity, biogeography, and conservation, Systematics Association, Special Volume Series 69, Boca Raton, FL: CRC-Taylor and Francis , 315—42.

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Mayle, F. 2006: The Late Quaternary biogeographical history of South American seasonally dry tropical forests: insights from palaeo-ecological data. In Pennington, T. , Lewis, G. and Ratter, J.A. , editors, Neotropical savannas and seasonally dry forests: plant diversity, biogeography, and conservation, Systematics Association, Special Volume Series 69, Boca Raton, FL: CRC-Taylor and Francis , 395—416.

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Ogbazghi, W. , Rijkers, T. , Wessel, M. and Bongers, F. 2006: Distribution of the frankincense tree Boswellia papyrifera in Eritrea: the role of environment and land use . Journal of Biogeography 33, 524—35 .

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