Global sustainability rests on a myriad of benefits provided by natural ecosystems that
support human livelihoods and well-being, from biodiversity persistence to climate …

The campo rupestre is a Neotropical OCBIL (old, climatically buffered infertile landscape), a
grassy-shrub vegetation with high species richness and endemism, characterized by rocky …

Brazilian ironstone outcrops (cangas) are nutrient‐poor stressful habitat dominated by slow‐
growing woody species with high biodiversity and unique evolutionary history. Mining has …

The years 2011–2020 represent the United Nations Decade of Biodiversity, aiming to inspire
worldwide actions to support biodiversity conservation. This Special Issue illustrates the …

Abstract The Chapada das Mesas National Park is a federal reserve located in the State of
Maranhão, in an ecotonal region of the Brazilian Northeast Cerrado. Aiming to assess the …

Fire is an important disturbance in terrestrial ecosystems and plays a key role in the
germination process and seedling establishment of many species. In grassland ecosystems …

The growing incidence of uncontrolled wildfires all over the globe has called for urgent close
monitoring of fire events, awareness, prevention, and management approaches …

Despite the exceptional species richness and endemism, the environmental drivers of plant
diversity along old tropical mountains remain under-explored. The respective importance of …

Old‐growth grasslands, including savannas and tropical grasslands, need centuries to
assemble; they are therefore expected to have low resilience to anthropogenic activities that …

Mountains are interesting systems for studying patterns of diversity distribution and the role
of environmental filters and competition on community assembly. According to the …