Myrtaceae in the Atlantic forest: their role as a ‘model’ group

• Published in: Biodiversity and conservation Vol. 24; no. 9; pp. 2165 - 2180
• Main Authors: Lucas, Eve J, Bünger, Mariana O
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2015; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Analysis; Biodiversity; Biodiversity hot spots; Biological diversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomes; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Ecology; ecosystems; Forests; Life Sciences; Myrtaceae; Original Paper; Phylogeny; planning; Resource exploitation; Species diversity; species identification; Taxa; Urbanization; Atlantic Forest; Phylogeny; Biodiversity; Myrteae; Speciation; Hotspots; Conservation

Myrtaceae is one of the richest families in the Atlantic Forest, a priority biodiversity hotspot that continues to be highly threatened, subject to rapid urbanisation and high levels of resource exploitation. Authors have suggested that individual lineages can be used as models to study biome evolut...