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A Phytogeographical Metaanalysis of the Semiarid Caatinga Domain in Brazil
Moro, Marcelo Freire; Lughadha, Eimear Nic; Araújo, Francisca Soares de; Martins, Fernando RobertoSeasonally Dry Tropical Plant Formations (SDTFs) are among the most threatened biomes worldwide. Nevertheless, they have received less scientific attention than rainforests or savannas. One such SDTF, the Caatinga Phytogeographic Domain (CPD), is the largest semiarid tropical ecoregion in South America. Earlier floristic studies of the Caatinga flora discerned two floristic groups in the CPD, in terrains of cry...
The role of edaphic environment and climate in structuring phylogenetic pattern...
Moro, Marcelo Freire; Silva, Igor Aurélio; Araújo, Francisca Soares de; Lughadha, Eimear Nic; Meagher, Thomas R.; Martins, Fernando RobertoSeasonally dry tropical plant formations (SDTF) are likely to exhibit phylogenetic clustering owing to niche conservatism driven by a strong environmental filter (water stress), but heterogeneous edaphic environments and life histories may result in heterogeneity in degree of phylogenetic clustering. We investigated phylogenetic patterns across ecological gradients related to water availability (edaphic environ...
Testing a global standard for quantifying species recovery and assessing conser...
Grace, Molly K.; Akçakaya, H. Resit; Bennett, Elizabeth L.; Brooks, Thomas M.; Heath, Anna; Hedges, Simon; Hilton‐Taylor, Craig; Hoffmann, MichaelRecognizing the imperative to evaluate species recovery and conservation impact, in 2012 the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) called for development of a "Green List of Species" (now the IUCN Green Status of Species). A draft Green Status framework for assessing species' progress toward recovery, published in 2018, proposed 2 separate but interlinked components: a standardized method (i.e.,...
New Guinea has the world's richest island flora
Camara-Leret, Rodrigo; Frodin, David G.; Adema, Frits; Anderson, Christiane; Appelhans, Marc S.; Argent, George; Guerrero, Susana Arias; Ashton, PeterMade available in DSpace on 2020-12-10T17:39:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-08-05; Royal Society International Exchanges; Carlsberg Foundation; Danish Research Council; National Natural Science Foundation of China; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); US National Science Foundation; National Parks Board, Singapore; Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; Synt...
A Preliminary Evaluation of The Karst Flora of Brazil Using Collections Data
Bystriakova, Nadia; Alves De Melo, Pablo Hendrigo [UNESP]; Moat, Justin; Lughadha, Eimear Nic; Monro, Alexandre K.Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-12T01:05:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-12-01; Karst is defined as landscapes that are underlain by soluble rock in which there is appreciable water movement arising from a combination of high rock solubility and well-developed secondary (fracture) porosity. Karsts occupy approximately 20% of the planet’s dry ice-free land and are of great socioecon...
Plotting a future for Amazonian canga vegetation in a campo rupestre context
ZappiI, Daniela Cristina.; Moro, Marcelo Freire; Walker, Barnaby; Meagher, Thomas; Viana, Pedro L.; Mota, Nara F. O.; Watanabe, Mauricio T. C.In order to establish effective conservation strategy, drivers of local and regional patterns of biodiversity need to be understood. The composition of local biodiversity is dependent on a number of factors including evolution and redistribution of lineages through dispersal and environmental heterogeneity. Brazilian canga is characterised by a ferrugineous substrate, found both in the Iron Quadrangle of Minas ...
Assessing the Cost of Global Biodiversity and Conservation Knowledge
Juffe-Bignoli, Diego [UNESP]; Brooks, Thomas M.; Butchart, Stuart H. M.; Jenkins, Richard B.; Boe, Kaia; Hoffmann, Michael [UNESP]; Angulo, AriadneMade available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T15:30:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2016-08-16; MAVA foundation; Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT); National Science Foundation's Dimensions of Biodiversity program; Rufford Foundation; Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) Partnership; Knowledge products comprise assessments of authoritative information supported by standards, ...