Effects of environmental factors on soil organic carbon under natural or managed vegetation restoration

PL Hu, SJ Liu, YY Ye, W Zhang… - Land Degradation & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
To expand the scientific understanding of soil organic carbon (SOC) accumulation in
restored ecosystems, we used 246 soil samples from a rocky catchment (10.24 km2) in an …

Biogeochemical processes in canga ecosystems: Armoring of iron ore against erosion and importance in iron duricrust restoration in Brazil

EJ Gagen, A Levett, A Paz, M Gastauer, CF Caldeira… - Ore Geology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Supergene enriched iron ore deposits in Brazil are typically blanketed by goethite-cemented
breccias that form a protective duricrust known as canga. Moderately hard, well …

Effects of soil physico-chemical properties on plant species diversity along an elevation gradient over alpine grassland on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China

W Han, L Chen, X Su, D Liu, T **, S Shi, T Li… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Elevation gradient can reflect the effects of soil physico-chemical properties on plant species
diversity. Alpine grassland on the QTP has suffered from a serious decline in plant species …

Silica and iron mobilization, cave development and landscape evolution in iron formations in Brazil

AS Auler, HA Barton, B Zambelli, J Senko, CW Parker… - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
Iron formations display some of the oldest and most enigmatic landforms on Earth, presently
restricted to few areas of the planet. The original rock, the Banded Iron Formation (BIF) was …

Plant life in campo rupestre: new lessons from an ancient biodiversity hotspot

LPC Morellato, FAO Silveira - Flora, 2018 - Elsevier
The years 2011–2020 represent the United Nations Decade of Biodiversity, aiming to inspire
worldwide actions to support biodiversity conservation. This Special Issue illustrates the …

Plants on small islands revisited: The effects of spatial scale and habitat quality on the species–area relationship

J Schrader, S Moeljono, G Keppel, H Kreft - Ecography, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how species diversity is related to sampling area and spatial scale is central
to ecology and biogeography. Small islands and small sampling units support fewer species …

Amazon canga: the unique vegetation of Carajás revealed by the list of seed plants

NFO Mota, MTC Watanabe, DC Zappi, AL Hiura… - Rodriguésia, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Resumo Nas cangas da Floresta Nacional (FLONA) de Carajás e no Parque Nacional dos
Campos Ferruginosos (PNCF) foram registradas 856 espécies, distribuídas em 116 famílias …

Vegetation mosaic sha** bryophyte diversity in a threatened ecosystem: A case study of Brazilian Cangas (ferruginous rupestrian fields)

BA de Oliveira, MF de Oliveira, AS Maciel-Silva - Flora, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Canga vegetation in Brazil is a unique ecosystem found on ironstone outcrops,
known as ferruginous rupestrian fields, and is considered one of the most diverse in the …

Cangas da Amazônia: a vegetação única de Carajás evidenciada pela lista de fanerógamas

NFO Mota, MTC Watanabe, DC Zappi, AL Hiura… - Rodriguésia, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Resumo Nas cangas da Floresta Nacional (FLONA) de Carajás e no Parque Nacional dos
Campos Ferruginosos (PNCF) foram registradas 856 espécies, distribuídas em 116 famílias …

Habitat loss challenges the conservation of endemic plants in mining-targeted Brazilian mountains

DM Salles, FF do Carmo, CM Jacobi - Environmental Conservation, 2019 - cambridge.org
Ironstone outcrop habitats harbour rare and endemic rupicolous plants. In southeast Brazil,
they concentrate on mountaintops in the Iron Quadrangle (IQ), an intensively exploited iron …