Ecology and Conservation of Mountaintop grasslands in Brazil - Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
1. The Megadiverse Rupestrian Grassland -- 2. The Physical Environment of Rupestrian Grasslands (Campos Rupestres) in Brazil: Geological, geomorphological and pedological characteristics, and interplays -- 3. Soils associated with rupestrian grasslands -- 4. Thermic and hydric dynamics of Ironstone (Canga) and Quartzite Rupestrian Grasslands in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero: the ecological importance of water -- 5. Water resources in the rupestrian grasslands of the Espinhaço Mountains -- 6. Rupestrian grassland vegetation, diversity and origin -- 7. Archipelago of montane forests surrounded by rupestrian grasslands: new insights and perspectives -- 8. Arbuscular mycorrhiza and endophytic fungi in ruspestrian grasslands -- 9. Succession on the rocky outcrop vegetation: a rupestrian grassland scheme -- 10. Seed Germination Ecology in Rupestrian Grasslands -- 11. Ecophysiology of campos rupestres plants -- 12. Phenology patterns across a rupestrian grassland altitudinal gradient -- 13. Mutualistic interactions among free-living species in Rupestrian Grasslands -- 14. Antagonistic interactions in the rupestrian grasslands: new insights and perspective -- 15. Cerrado to Rupestrian grasslands: patterns of species distribution and the forces shaping them along an altitudinal gradient -- 16. Termite role in soil nutrient cycling in Ironstone Rupestrian Grasslands (canga) in Carajás, Brazilian Amazonia -- 17. Afforestation in the rupestrian grasslands: the augmenting presssure of Eucalyptus -- 18. Fire in Rupestrian Grasslands: Plant Response and Management -- 19. Challenges in the restoration of quarzitic and ironstone rupestrian grasslands -- 20. The people of the mountains: the biocultural heritage of Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais State, Brazil -- 21. The Human Dimension in the Espinhaço Mountains: Land Conversion and Ecosystem Services -- 22. Rupestrian Grassland: past, present and future distribution -- 23. The shady future of the Rupestrian Grassland: major threats to conservation and challenges in the Anthropocene.
Keywords: Conservation biology; Ecology .; Zoology; Plant science; Botany; Climate change; Biodiversity; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Zoology; Plant Sciences; Climate Change; Biodiversity