Plotting a future for Amazonian canga vegetation in a campo rupestre context

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 8; p. e0219753
• Main Authors: Zappi, Daniela C., Moro, Marcelo F., Walker, Barnaby, Meagher, Thomas, Viana, Pedro L., Mota, Nara F. O., Watanabe, Mauricio T. C., Nic Lughadha, Eimear
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 05.08.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biodiversity conservation; Biology and Life Sciences; Computer and Information Sciences; Conservation of Natural Resources; Earth Sciences; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Ecosystem; Geography; People and places; Phylogeny; Plants - classification; South America; Surveys and Questionnaires; Trees - classification; South America; Brazil; Amazon River region

In order to establish effective conservation strategy, drivers of local and regional patterns of biodiversity need to be understood. The composition of local biodiversity is dependent on a number of factors including evolution and redistribution of lineages through dispersal and environmental hetero...