Ecology and Conservation of Mountaintop grasslands in Brazil /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2016. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.