Mountain ranges are important centers of biodiversity around the world. This high diversity is
the result of the presence of different soil types and underlying bedrock, a variety of micro …

Aristolochia hypoglauca and A. paulistana (Aristolochiaceae) are two species that inhabit
the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. They highly resemble each other especially on the size and …

Abstract The Atlantic Forest biodiversity hotspot in eastern South America has been the
focus of several phylogeographic studies concerning relationships between populations and …

RESUMO As Bases de Dados Geoespaciais (BDG) apresentam grande importância na
elaboração de estudos ambientais, principalmente em diagnósticos que subsidiem planos …

The interception process is responsible for the spatial and temporal redistribution of the
precipitation that reaches the ground. The contact of the precipitation with the canopy …

The regions between the tropics provide climatic characteristics that contribute to the
formation of unique vegetation typologies, the Tropical Forests. It is estimated that these …

Rivers as barriers to dispersal and past forest refugia are two of the hypotheses proposed to
explain the patterns of biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest. It has recently been shown that …

Abstract Itatiaia National Park (INP) is an interesting biogeographically location in
southeastern Brazil, with a unique bryoflora due to its varied vegetation formations (montane …

Abstract The Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest biome has been strongly impacted by human
action and by various factors related to economic development. The hawkmoth Adhemarius …

Brazil is home to one of the greatest varieties of plants in the world and occupies sixth place
in terms of biodiversity. The Atlantic Forest biome is a tropical forest that spans the entire …