Ecology and evolution of plant diversity in the endangered campo rupestre: a neglected conservation priority

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 403; no. 1-2; pp. 129 - 152
• Main Authors: Silveira, Fernando A. O., Negreiros, Daniel, Barbosa, Newton P. U., Buisson, Elise, Carmo, Flávio F., Carstensen, Daniel W., Conceição, Abel A., Cornelissen, Tatiana G., Echternacht, Livia, Fernandes, G. Wilson, Garcia, Queila S., Guerra, Tadeu J., Jacobi, Claudia M., Lemos-Filho, José P., Le Stradic, Soizig, Morellato, Leonor Patrícia C., Neves, Frederico S., Oliveira, Rafael S., Schaefer, Carlos E., Viana, Pedro L., Lambers, Hans
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.06.2016; Springer; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag; Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Subjects: Australia; Biodiversity; Biodiversity and Ecology; Biodiversity conservation; Biodiversity hot spots; Biodiversity hotspot; Biogeography; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Botanists; Brazil; Canga; cerrado; cradle-to-cradle; Ecologists; Ecology; Ecosystem services; ecosystems; Endangered plants; Endemism; Environmental aspects; Environmental Sciences; Environmental sciences & ecology; Evolution; Evolution & development; Flora; Functional ecology; Fynbos; Grassland soils; indigenous species; landscapes; Life Sciences; MARSCHNER REVIEW; mountains; Nutrient-impoverished soils; Observations; OCBIL theory; Outcrops; Plant biogeography; Plant diversity; Plant ecology; Plant Physiology; Plant populations; Plant Sciences; Plant species; Plants; prediction; Protection and preservation; Savannas; Sciences de l’environnement & écologie; Sciences du vivant; Seed dispersal; Seeds; Soil fertility; Soil Science & Conservation; Species diversity; Species richness; Vegetation; Brazil; Australia; Cameroon, Sud, Campo; ASW, Brazil; Nutrient-impoverished soils; Biodiversity hotspot; Functional ecology; Endemism; Plant biogeography; OCBIL theory

BACKGROUND: Botanists, ecologists and evolutionary biologists are familiar with the astonishing species richness and endemism of the fynbos of the Cape Floristic Region and the ancient and unique flora of the kwongkan of south-western Australia. These regions represent old climatically-buffered infe...