We review the main biogeographic and phylogenetic hypotheses about the origin and
distribution of the endemic birds from Brazilian mountaintops, a heterogeneous group …

The campo rupestre is a Neotropical OCBIL (old, climatically buffered infertile landscape), a
grassy-shrub vegetation with high species richness and endemism, characterized by rocky …

Current techniques for estimating the extent of occurrence (EOO) of species, especially
those with a naturally disjunct distribution and limited available data, lead to overestimations …

We describe Cinclodes espinhacensis (Furnariidae), a new species discovered at high
elevation in the southern portion of the Espinhaço Range, in the state of Minas Gerais …

The rocky grasslands, environments locally known as campos rupestres, occur mainly along
the Espinhaço Mountains and are considered local centers of biodiversity and endemism in …

O Brasil possui 1.801 espécies de aves e o Cerrado abriga 856 dessas espécies. Esse
bioma que cobre 24% do território nacional é a maior, mais distinta, mais rica e …

Studies about the birds of rupestrian fields in the south of Minas Gerais State in
Southeastern Brazil are incomplete, although this region is ornithologically well studied. This …

The hummingbird-visited plant community located on the open-habitat mountaintop of the
Espinhaço Range was studied for two years (from August 2007 to July 2009) in Serra do …

Hummingbird communities tend to respond to variation in resources, having a positive
relationship between abundance and diversity of food resources and the abundance and/or …

Abstract The near-threatened Serra Finch (Embernagra longicauda) is restricted to the main
mountain ranges in eastern Brazil inhabiting campos rupestres (rocky fields). We mapped …