A5072818877- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
2017-2020
Global sustainability rests on a myriad of benefits provided by natural ecosystems that support human livelihoods and well-being, from biodiversity persistence to climate regulation. The undeniable importance conserving tropical forests has drawn most the conservation spotlight towards it. However, open such as Brazilian Campo Rupestre (rupestrian grassland), have been historically overlooked despite their high diversity key associated ecosystem services. We highlight major current threats...
Abstract Species from OCBILs (old, climatically buffered, infertile landscapes) are expected to exhibit reduced dispersability, linked long-term stable environmental conditions. We tested the prediction of limited dispersability in plant communities campo rupestre, a megadiverse OCBIL grassland. In field experiment, we sampled sticky and funnel traps for 12 months along paired preserved disturbed plots estimate compare annual seed density richness. Our community-level rain assessment...
Abstract Questions Anthropogenic disturbances are known to be followed by extremely poor recovery in edaphic grasslands. However, the role of interactions with diaspore predators and secondary dispersers, which compose dispersal filter modulate plant community recovery, has been overlooked. We performed field experiments investigate how soil affect ground‐foraging fauna better understand disturbance influences regeneration potential. Location Campo rupestre vegetation, megadiverse...