Dissecting a biodiversity hotspot: The importance of environmentally marginal habitats in the Atlantic Forest Domain of South America

• Published in: Diversity & distributions Vol. 23; no. 7/8; pp. 898 - 909
• Main Authors: Neves, Danilo M., Dexter, Kyle G., Pennington, R. Toby, Valente, Arthur S. M., Bueno, Marcelo L., Eisenlohr, Pedro V., Fontes, Marco A.L., Miranda, Pedro L. S., Moreira, Suzana N., Rezende, Vanessa L., Saiter, Felipe Z., Oliveira-Filho, Ary T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.08.2017; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: altitude; Axes (reference lines); Biodiversity; Biodiversity hot spots; BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH; campo rupestre; cerrado; Classification; climate; Climate models; Coastal environments; Conservation; conservation assessment; data collection; Elevation; Endemic species; Environmental factors; Flammability; Forests; Habitats; Ordination; Plant species; Rain; rain forests; Rainforests; restinga; riparian forests; Rocks; Salinity; Salinity effects; Seasonal variations; soil; South America; species diversity; Species richness; Stress concentration; stress gradients; temperature; Temperature effects; trees; variation partitioning; Vegetation; Water deficit; Woodlands; South America; Cerrado Biome

Aim: We aimed to assess the contribution of marginal habitats to the tree species richness of the Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Forest) biodiversity hotspot In addition, we aimed to determine which environmental factors drive the occurrence and distribution of these marginal habitats. Location: The whole...