The observation that species may be positively or negatively associated with each other is at
least as old as the debate surrounding the nature of community structure which began in the …

Fire has been a natural force modulating the vegetation of the Brazilian Cerrado since long
before the first humans arrived in this region about 12 thousand years BP. Cerrado plants …

Abstract The Cerrado Domain of central Brazil houses the largest extent of savanna in the
Neotropics, but despite its simple characterization as a giant savanna, it contains …

Fire and herbivory are the main disturbances shaping the structure of savannas. In these
ecosystems, the key strategies by which woody plants escape fire are either early height …

Fire is a major force driving the evolution of plants and the structure and function of
ecosystems globally. It thus likely operates as an important environmental filter that selects …

Plant litter represents a major basal resource in streams, where its decomposition is partly
regulated by litter traits. Litter-trait variation may determine the latitudinal gradient in …

Questions Does seed mass influence the tolerance of seeds to the effects of heating in fires?
Is the tolerance to heat shocks during fire events dependent mostly on seed mass itself or to …

One of the ongoing debates around metacommunity ecology is to what extent stochastic and
deterministic processes act on community assembly. We explored the influence of both …

Intraspecific trait variability plays a fundamental role in community structure and dynamics;
however, few studies have evaluated its relative importance to the overall response of …

The Cerrado is the second largest biome in Brazil after the Amazon and is the savanna with
the highest biodiversity in the world. Serra Tombador Natural Reserve (STNR) is the largest …