Coastal plain forests in southern and southeastern Brazil: ecological drivers, floristic patterns and conservation status

MCM Marques, SM Silva, D Liebsch - Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Coastal Plain Forests (also called Restinga Forests), defined as forest formations
that occur in the coastal plain on a recent marine substrate (Quaternary), are primarily …

Riqueza, estrutura e interações edáficas em um gradiente de restinga do Parque Estadual do Acaraí, Estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil

JCF Melo, MRT Boeger - Hoehnea, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
RESUMO O presente trabalho teve como objetivo caracterizar a flora e as fitocomunidades
de um gradiente de restinga da planície litorânea Estado de Santa Catarina …

Soil‐associated drivers of plant traits and functional composition in Atlantic Forest coastal tree communities

J Lourenco Jr, EA Newman, JA Ventura… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The severe deforestation of Brazil's Atlantic Forest and the increasing effects of climate
change underscore the need to understand how tree species respond to climate and …

Restinga forests of the Brazilian coast: richness and abundance of tree species on different soils

LFS Magnago, SV Martins, CEGR Schaefer… - Anais da Academia …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
The aim of this study was to determine changes in composition, abundance and richness of
species along a forest gradient with varying soils and flood regimes. The forests are located …

Diversity of Drosophilidae (Insecta, Diptera) in the Restinga forest of southern Brazil

MF Mendes, FB Valer, JGA Vieira, ML Blauth… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Although members of Drosophilidae are frequently the topic of ecological studies in Brazil,
few have explored Restinga or, until only recently, Pampa biome environments. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental evolution and sea level oscillation of Santa Catarina Island (southern Brazil)

LA Kuhn, KAF Zonneveld, PA Souza… - …, 2023 - bg.copernicus.org
Sea level oscillation during the Quaternary played a major role in the geomorphology and
vegetation dynamics of coastal areas in southern Brazil, encompassing ecosystems that …

The conservation value of forest fragments in a coastal “Restinga” forest in southeastern Brazil

BP Agapito, CFC de Sá, ACS de Andrade… - Journal of Coastal …, 2023 - Springer
Restinga forests are one of the most threatened coastal ecosystems associated with the
Brazilian Atlantic Forest. As there have been very few studies of the regeneration of those …

Structure and diversity of restingas along a flood gradient in southeastern Brazil

LFS Magnago, SV Martins, CEGR Schaefer… - Acta Botanica …, 2013 - SciELO Brasil
This study aimed to relate changes in structure and species diversity with edaphic variables
(soil type and flooding regime) in a gradient of forest formations within the Brazilian …

Lack of coordination between stomatal and vein traits provides functional benefits to the dioecious tropical tree Myrsine coriacea

JP Pereira, ML Garbin, TT Carrijo… - Physiologia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change will affect the distribution of many tropical plant species. However, the
understanding of how dioecious tropical species cope with different environmental …

Determinants of variation in heath vegetation structure on coastal dune fields in northeastern South America

AC Silva, JLA Silva, AF Souza - Brazilian Journal of Botany, 2016 - Springer
Despite its implications for carbon storage, animal conservation, and plant regeneration, the
variation in the structure of heath vegetation in South America is still poorly studied. In this …