The deadly route to collapse and the uncertain fate of Brazilian rupestrian grasslands

• Published in: Biodiversity and conservation Vol. 27; no. 10; pp. 2587 - 2603
• Main Authors: Fernandes, G. Wilson, Barbosa, N. P. U., Alberton, B., Barbieri, A., Dirzo, R., Goulart, F., Guerra, T. J., Morellato, L. P. C., Solar, R. R. C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2018; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biological evolution; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Brazil; cattle; Climate change; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Ecology; Ecosystem services; Ecosystems; Endemism; Environment models; Environmental conditions; environmental factors; Environmental impact; Environmental policy; Food security; Global temperature changes; Grasslands; Harbors; indigenous species; issues and policy; Land use; land use change; Life Sciences; Mineral industry; Mineral nutrients; Mineral reserves; mining; Mining industry; Modelling; mountains; Original Paper; Plants; Plants (botany); Ranching; Road construction; Soil; Tourism; vascular plants; Brazil; Mining; Biodiversity; Cerrado; Sustainability; Espinhaço mountains

Rupestrian grasslands are biodiverse, evolutionary old vegetation complexes that harbor more than 5000 species of vascular plants and one of the highest levels of plant endemism in the world. Growing on nutrient–impoverished soils and under harsh environmental conditions, these mountaintop ecosystem...