Since last century or so anthropogenic activities have intensely metamorphosed the earth's
ecosystem and resulted into major environmental changes. Widespread interference of …

In spite of their small global area and restricted distributions, tropical montane forests (TMFs)
are biodiversity hotspots and important ecosystem services providers, but are also highly …

Carnivorous plants (CPs)—those possessing specific strategies to attract, capture and kill
animal prey and obtain nutrition through the absorption of their biomass—are harbingers of …

Rupestrian grasslands comprise a mosaic of plant communities that dominate high
elevations formation associated with quartzite soil in Eastern Brazil. This study evaluated …

Rupestrian grasslands (campos rupestres) are tropical landscapes consisting of a mosaic of
herbaceous and shrubby physiognomies on quartzite or ironstone that occur in highlands …

Abstract Climate change (“global warming”) is expected to exert serious negative effects on
biodiversity. Knowledge and understanding of non-anthropogenic climate changes in …

Abstract Background and Aims Models of costs and benefits of dormancy (D) predict that the
evolutionarily stable strategy in long-term stable environments is for non-dormancy (ND), but …

Bioclimatic envelope models have been extensively used to predict the vegetation dynamics
in response to climate changes. However, they are prone to the uncertainties arising from …

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 …

The identification of future refugia for endangered species from the effects of global warming
is crucial for improving their conservation. Because climate-driven shifts in ranges and local …