CSR analysis of plant functional types in highly diverse tropical grasslands of harsh environments

D Negreiros, S Le Stradic, GW Fernandes, HC Rennó - Plant ecology, 2014 - Springer
The classification of plant species according to the CSR ecological strategy scheme has
been proposed as a common language that allows comparison among species …

Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi along an environmental gradient in the Brazilian semiarid

IR da Silva, CMA de Mello, RAF Neto, DKA da Silva… - Applied Soil …, 2014 - Elsevier
Plants host, environmental characteristics and dispersal limitation are the main factors
affecting the diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in global scale, whereas at the …

Distribution of non-native invasive species and soil properties in proximity to paved roads and unpaved roads in a quartzitic mountainous grassland of southeastern …

NPU Barbosa, G Wilson Fernandes, MAA Carneiro… - Biological …, 2010 - Springer
One of the most important disturbances of roads is the facilitation of the increase of non-
native invasive species into adjacent plant communities. The rupestrian fields of Serra do …

Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the Brazilian's Cerrado and in soybean under conservation and conventional tillage

JS de Pontes, F Oehl, CD Pereira… - Applied Soil …, 2017 - Elsevier
The Cerrado is the largest savanna biome in the Neotropics and considered a major hotspot
for world biodiversity. However, over recent decades the area has increasingly been …

High diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in natural and anthropized sites of a Brazilian tropical dry forest (Caatinga)

F Marinho, F Oehl, IR da Silva, D Coyne… - Fungal Ecology, 2019 - Elsevier
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) establish symbiotic associations with higher plants,
which support the establishment and maintenance of plant communities across a range of …

Relationship between the mass of organic matter and carbon in soil

SR Bianchi, M Miyazawa, EL Oliveira… - Brazilian Archives of …, 2008 - SciELO Brasil
The quantity of soil organic matter (SOM) was estimated through the determination of soil
organic carbon (SOC) times a factor, which assumes that 58% of the SOM was formed by …

Soil carbon stocks in stream-valley-ecosystems in the Brazilian Cerrado agroscape

KM Wantzen, EG Couto, EE Mund, RSS Amorim… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2012 - Elsevier
For climate mitigation it is important to identify and protect landscape units that have
disproportionally large carbon storage (CS). Here we report on CS of the upper 30 and …

Assessment of cowpea rhizobium diversity in Cerrado areas of northeastern Brazil

JÉ Zilli, RR Valisheski, FR Freire Filho… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2004 - SciELO Brasil
In order to contribute for the optimization of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) associated with
cowpea in Cerrado areas in the Northeast region of Brazil, this work aimed to analyze the …

Glomalin mediation of plant functional traits unveiled in an extreme ecosystem

C Rago, D Negreiros, Y Oki, DC Paiva, VM Gomes… - Flora, 2023 - Elsevier
Edaphic filters associated with symbiotic relationships are determinants of plant phenotypes.
Here we investigate whether glomalin, a by-product of mycorrhizal fungi that improves soil …

Changes in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities along a river delta island in northeastern Brazil

IR da Silva, DKA da Silva, FA de Souza, F Oehl… - Acta Oecologica, 2017 - Elsevier
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play a key role in the maintenance of the balance of
terrestrial ecosystems, but little is known about the biogeography of these fungi, especially …