Coastal plain forests in southern and southeastern Brazil: ecological drivers, floristic patterns and conservation status

MCM Marques, SM Silva, D Liebsch - Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Coastal Plain Forests (also called Restinga Forests), defined as forest formations
that occur in the coastal plain on a recent marine substrate (Quaternary), are primarily …

Carbon stock loss from deforestation through 2013 in Brazilian Amazonia

EM Nogueira, AM Yanai, FOR Fonseca… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The largest carbon stock in tropical vegetation is in Brazilian Amazonia. In this~ 5 million
km2 area, over 750 000 km2 of forest and~ 240 000 km2 of nonforest vegetation types had …

Disturbances, elevation, topography and spatial proximity drive vegetation patterns along an altitudinal gradient of a top biodiversity hotspot

PV Eisenlohr, LF Alves, LC Bernacci… - Biodiversity and …, 2013 - Springer
The correlation between vegetation patterns (species distribution and richness) and
altitudinal variation has been widely reported for tropical forests, thereby providing …

Floristic composition, structure and soil-vegetation relations in three white-sand soil patches in central Amazonia

LO Demarchi, VV Scudeller, LC Moura… - Acta …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
The Amazonian white-sand vegetation presents a set of unique features, such as the
dominance of a few species, high endemism and low species richness, which differentiate it …

Floristic patterns of epiphytes in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, a biodiversity hotspot

P Leitman, AM Amorim, JBB Sansevero… - Botanical Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
To assess the main factors driving epiphytic angiosperm distribution throughout the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest, we compiled 57 floristic surveys and analysed species composition under …

Floristic surveys of Restinga Forests in southern Bahia, Brazil, reveal the effects of geography on community composition

MF Fernandes, LP Queiroz - Rodriguésia, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
The Restinga forests of southern Bahia state, Brazil, grow on sandy coastal Quaternary
sediments. As their floras are relatively poorly known, the present study assessed their …

Air contaminants and litter fall decomposition in urban forest areas: The case of São Paulo-SP, Brazil

ML Ferreira, AP Ribeiro, CR Albuquerque… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Urban forests are usually affected by several types of atmospheric
contaminants and by abnormal variations in weather conditions, thus facilitating the biotic …

Revealing the cryptic diversity of the widespread and poorly known South American blind snake genus Amerotyphlops (Typhlopidae: Scolecophidia) through …

R Graboski, JC Arredondo, FG Grazziotin… - Zoological Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Morphological stasis is generally associated with relative constancy in ecological pressures
throughout time, producing strong stabilizing selection that retains similar shared …

[HTML][HTML] Florística e fitossociologia em parcelas permanentes da Mata Atlântica do sudeste do Brasil ao longo de um gradiente altitudinal

CA Joly, MA Assis, LC Bernacci, JY Tamashiro… - Biota …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
Este trabalho resume os dados de florística e fitossociologia de 11, das 14 parcelas de 1 ha,
alocadas ao longo do gradiente altitudinal da Serra do Mar, São Paulo, Brasil. As parcelas …

No evidence of intrinsic spatial processes driving Neotropical savanna vegetation on different substrates

HA Mews, JRR Pinto, PV Eisenlohr, E Lenza - Biotropica, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The relationships between floristic patterns and environmental variation in tropical savannas
have been the focus of many studies worldwide. However, important aspects of these …