Functional ecology as a missing link for conservation of a resource-limited flora in the Atlantic forest

• Published in: Biodiversity and conservation Vol. 24; no. 9; pp. 2239 - 2253
• Main Authors: de Paula, Luiza F. A, Negreiros, Daniel, Azevedo, Luísa O, Fernandes, Renato L, Stehmann, João Renato, Silveira, Fernando A. O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2015; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biological diversity conservation; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomes; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Conservation biology; Conservation Biology/Ecology; ecological invasion; Ecology; ecosystems; Endangered species; Endemic species; Environmental aspects; Flora; Forests; gneiss; habitat destruction; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat loss; Indigenous peoples; Indigenous species; Introduced species; Life Sciences; Melinis; Melinis repens; Natural resource management; Original Paper; Plant communities; Protection and preservation; Resource availability; Strategic planning (Business); Threatened species; Vegetation; Atlantic Forest; Ecological strategies; Comparative ecology; Leaf economics spectrum; Inselberg; Trait-environment relationship; Rocky outcrops

The Atlantic forest is among the hottest hotspots for biodiversity conservation. Within this biome, inselbergs are isolated granitic and gneiss rocks that rise sharply above the lowland surrounding forests. Due to prevailing stressful conditions and resource paucity of inselbergs, distinguished plan...