Tropical mountains as natural laboratories to study global changes: a long-term ecological research project in a megadiverse biodiversity hotspot
Campo rupestre is a megadiverse vegetation mosaic dominating one of the world's
geologically oldest tropical mountains. The campo rupestre hosts nearly 15% of Brazil's …
geologically oldest tropical mountains. The campo rupestre hosts nearly 15% of Brazil's …
How flower colour signals allure bees and hummingbirds: a community‐level test of the bee avoidance hypothesis
Colour signals are the main floral trait for plant–pollinator communication. Owing to visual
specificities, flower visitors exert different selective pressures on flower colour signals of …
specificities, flower visitors exert different selective pressures on flower colour signals of …
Pollination in the campo rupestre: a test of hypothesis for an ancient tropical mountain vegetation
BL Monteiro, MGG Camargo, PDP Loiola… - Biological Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
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 …
grassy-shrub vegetation with high species richness and endemism, characterized by rocky …
Plant life in campo rupestre: new lessons from an ancient biodiversity hotspot
LPC Morellato, FAO Silveira - Flora, 2018 - Elsevier
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 …
worldwide actions to support biodiversity conservation. This Special Issue illustrates the …
Few ant species play a central role linking different plant resources in a network in rupestrian grasslands
Ant-plant associations are an outstanding model to study the entangled ecological
interactions that structure communities. However, most studies of plant-animal networks …
interactions that structure communities. However, most studies of plant-animal networks …
Monitoring immediate post-fire vegetation dynamics of tropical mountain grasslands using phenocameras
The growing incidence of uncontrolled wildfires all over the globe has called for urgent close
monitoring of fire events, awareness, prevention, and management approaches …
monitoring of fire events, awareness, prevention, and management approaches …
Reproductive phenology of two co‐occurring Neotropical mountain grasslands
Aim Climate tends to explain phenological variations in tropical ecosystems. However, water
availability and nutrient content in soil strongly affect plant communities, especially those on …
availability and nutrient content in soil strongly affect plant communities, especially those on …
Resilience to fire and climate seasonality drive the temporal dynamics of ant-plant interactions in a fire-prone ecosystem
FV Costa, N Blüthgen, AB Viana-Junior, TJ Guerra… - Ecological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Animal-plant interactions have a major influence on ecosystem structure and functioning.
Understanding to what extent the temporal dynamics of interactions is determined by climate …
Understanding to what extent the temporal dynamics of interactions is determined by climate …
High temporal beta diversity in an ant metacommunity, with increasing temporal functional replacement along the elevational gradient
Ecological communities vary considerably in space and time and understanding such
changes has fundamental relevance for ecology and conservation sciences. Mountains …
changes has fundamental relevance for ecology and conservation sciences. Mountains …
Land surface phenology in the tropics: the role of climate and topography in a snow-free mountain
AS Streher, JFF Sobreiro, LPC Morellato, TSF Silva - Ecosystems, 2017 - Springer
Leaf phenology represents a major temporal component of ecosystem functioning, and
understanding the drivers of seasonal variation in phenology is essential to understand …
understanding the drivers of seasonal variation in phenology is essential to understand …