Summary The Brazilian Atlantic Forest hosts one of the world's most diverse and threatened
tropical forest biota. In many ways, its history of degradation describes the fate experienced …

Montane ecosystems are a remarkably diverse ecosystem, mainly characterised by hillslope
asymmetry, ie, hillslope variation as a function of slope angle and slope aspect. Slope angle …

Questions What is the magnitude of the differences in environment and chronic human
disturbance between contrasting slope aspects and topographic positions in a seasonally …

Climatic characteristics are among most important factors influence on soil properties.
Changes in climatic characteristics could be derived in different scales such as local-scale …

Vegetation analysis provides the prerequisites to understand the overall community
structure and function of any ecosystem and is a fundamental requirement for the precise …

Abstract Knowledge of the geographic distribution of plants is essential to underpin the
understanding of global biodiversity patterns. Vascular epiphytes are important components …

The species richness pattern along spatial scales (latitudinal or elevational) forms useful
tools in understanding diversity gradients and their underlying mechanisms. Understanding …

Area is a basic indicator used in ecological investigations; conventional ellipsoid area
describes the earth as a standard ellipsoid without considering undulation of the surface …

The elucidation of phytogeographic patterns and their drivers in biodiversity hotspots is
essential to the study of ecology and the conservation of these areas. In 2000, an important …

Abstract Coastal Plain Forests (also called Restinga Forests), defined as forest formations
that occur in the coastal plain on a recent marine substrate (Quaternary), are primarily …