Global sustainability rests on a myriad of benefits provided by natural ecosystems that
support human livelihoods and well-being, from biodiversity persistence to climate …

We provide a map and shapefile of the 57 biogeographic provinces of the Neotropical
region. Recognition of these provinces is based on their endemic species, but their …

Abstract The South American Dry Diagonal, also called the Diagonal of Open Formations, is
a large region of seasonally dry vegetation extending from northeastern Brazil to northern …

Few ecologists and evolutionary biologists are familiar with the ecology and evolution of the
campo rupestre, an ancient azonal peinobiome characterized by a fire-prone, nutrient …

Abstract The Caatinga Dominion in Northeastern Brazil represents the largest semiarid
phytogeographical area in South America. It was understudied during the twentieth century …

With extraordinary levels of plant diversity and endemism, the Brazilian campos rupestres
across the Espinhaço Range have a species/area ratio 40 times higher than the lowland …

Map** biodiversity patterns across taxa and environments is crucial to address the
evolutionary and ecological dimensions of species distribution, suggesting areas of …

Organisms use diverse strategies to thrive in varying habitats. While life history theory partly
explains these relationships, the combined impact of resource availability and disturbance …

Asteraceae is the world's richest plant family and is found on all continents, in environments
ranging from the coast to the highest mountains. The family shows all growth forms and, as …

Heterospecific pollen deposition (HPD) is ubiquitous across plant communities, especially
for generalized species which use a diversity of pollinators, and may have negative effects …