The Brazilian Atlantic Forest: new findings, challenges and prospects in a shrinking hotspot

PV Eisenlohr, AT de Oliveira-Filho, J Prado - Biodiversity and …, 2015 - Springer
How much do we know about the endangered Atlantic Forest? This essential question is
addressed by Lima et al.(2015) who compiled quantitative tree community surveys on all …

Completeness of digital accessible knowledge of the plants of Brazil and priorities for survey and inventory

MS Sousa‐Baena, LC Garcia… - Diversity and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Biodiversity information is the focus of major initiatives aimed at assembling large‐scale
primary‐data documentation ('digital accessible knowledge') of the distribution of life on E …

The Atlantic Forest

MCM Marques, CEV Grelle - … Biodiversity, Threats and Opportunities of the …, 2021 - Springer
The object of curiosity and admiration of scientists and conservationists, the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest is scientifically explored in this book. Over the 23 chapters written by 149 …

Planning for conservation and restoration under climate and land use change in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

VP Zwiener, AA Padial, MCM Marques… - Diversity and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To propose and compare priority sites for conservation and restoration of woody plants
under diverse climate and land use scenarios, considering socio‐economic costs, presence …

Biogeography and conservation status of the pineapple family (Bromeliaceae)

A Zizka, J Azevedo, E Leme, B Neves… - Diversity and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To provide distribution information and preliminary conservation assessments for all
species of the pineapple family (Bromeliaceae), one of the most diverse and ecologically …

A review of vascular plant endemisms in Santa Catarina, southern Brazil, highlights critical knowledge gaps and urgent need of conservation efforts1

G Hassemer - The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 2015 - BioOne
Abstract The State of Santa Catarina, located in southern Brazil, presents great diversity of
topography, landscapes and vegetation types. It also harbors a very rich biodiversity, and …

Tetrapod diversity in the Atlantic Forest: maps and gaps

MSL Figueiredo, MM Weber, CA Brasileiro… - The Atlantic Forest …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Atlantic Forest is a heterogeneous and complex vegetation mosaic caused by
variety of climatic, geomorphological, and edaphic conditions. It has long been known that …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive checklist of vascular epiphytes of the Atlantic Forest reveals outstanding endemic rates

L Freitas, A Salino, LM Neto, TE Almeida, SR Mortara… - PhytoKeys, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Knowledge of the geographic distribution of plants is essential to underpin the
understanding of global biodiversity patterns. Vascular epiphytes are important components …

Beta diversity patterns of bats in the Atlantic Forest: How does the scale of analysis affect the importance of spatial and environmental factors?

CB Batista, IP de Lima, MR Lima - Journal of Biogeography, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Environmental and spatial factors are broadly recognized as important predictors of
beta diversity patterns. However, the scale at which beta diversity patterns are evaluated will …

Biogeography of epiphytic Angiosperms in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, a world biodiversity hotspot

L Menini Neto, SG Furtado, DC Zappi… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
This study aims to analyse the available distributional data about epiphytic Angiosperms of
the Brazilian Atlantic forest (BAF) in order to define geographic distribution patterns, areas of …