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Patterns of Floristic Differentiation among Atlantic Forests in Southeastern Brazil and the Influence of Climate1
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In this article, the variations in floristic composition of both rain and semi-deciduous forests were analyzed in terms of geographic and climatic variables by performing multivariate analyses on 125 existing checklists.Abstract:
The tree flora of southeastern Brazilian Atlantic forests was investigated according to two main aspects: (a) the variations in floristic composition of both rain and semi-deciduous forests were analyzed in terms of geographic and climatic variables by performing multivariate analyses on 125 existing floristic checklists; and (b) the links of both rain and semi-deciduous forests to Amazonian forests and Cerrados (woody savanna) were assessed. All analyses were performed at the species, genus, and family levels. The information obtained for the 125 forest areas was organized into an environmental database containing geographic and climatic records, and a floristic database containing binary presence records for 2532 species, 520 genera, and 106 families. Canonical correspondence analyses (CCA) were utilized to assess the relationship between geographic and climatic variables, and tree flora composition. Venn diagrams and cluster analyses were used to assess the floristic links to Amazonian forests...read more
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The Brazilian Atlantic Forest:: how much is left and how is the remaining forest distributed? Implications for conservation
Milton Cezar Ribeiro,Jean Paul Metzger,Alexandre Camargo Martensen,Flávio Jorge Ponzoni,Márcia Makiko Hirota +4 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors quantify how much of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest still remains, and analyze its spatial distribution, and suggest some guidelines for conservation: (i) large mature forest fragments should be a conservation priority; (ii) smaller fragments can be managed in order to maintain functionally linked mosaics; (iii) the matrix surrounding fragments, and (iv) restoration actions should be taken, particularly in certain key areas.
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Recent assembly of the Cerrado, a neotropical plant diversity hotspot, by in situ evolution of adaptations to fire
Marcelo F. Simon,Rosaura Grether,Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz,Cynthia Skema,R. Toby Pennington,Colin E. Hughes +5 more
TL;DR: These findings imply that the Cerrado formed in situ via recent and frequent adaptive shifts to resist fire, rather than via dispersal of lineages already adapted to fire, and add to growing evidence that the origins and historical assembly of species-rich biomes have been idiosyncratic.
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Brazil's neglected biome: The South Brazilian Campos
Gerhard E. Overbeck,Sandra Cristina Müller,Alessandra Fidelis,Jörg Pfadenhauer,Valério D. Pillar,Carolina C. Blanco,Ilsi Iob Boldrini,Rogério Both,Eduardo Dias Forneck +8 more
TL;DR: Urgent needs are identified to create more conservation units in different regions, including different grassland types throughout southern Brazil, to develop proper management strategies where grasslands are subject to shrub encroachment and forest expansion and to raise public awareness of the value and vulnerability of this vegetation type.
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Introduction: The Brazilian Atlantic Forest1
TL;DR: The year 2000 marks 500 years of massive destruction for the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, as a consequence of the European colonization of Brazil as discussed by the authors, and today, the Atlantic Forest is restricted to ca 98,800 km2 of remnants, or 7.6 percent of its original extension.
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On the restoration of high diversity forests: 30 years of experience in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
TL;DR: A review of more than 30 years of ecological restoration in the Brazilian part of the Atlantic Forest is presented in this paper, which summarizes the main findings and challenges for restoration in this highly threatened forest biome.
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