IFSULDEMINAS-Campus Poços de Caldas for supporting the research.
Mountains exhibit a high degree of endemism and diversity,however,quantifying their biodiversity can be challenging.Similar to islands,species isolation in mountainous regions results in comparable patterns of evoluti...
supported by graduated scholarships granted to NFC and JFR,by a Research Productivity Grant(No 308992/2013-0);a research_funding(No 483117/2009-9)granted to EMV,provided by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development(Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico-CNPq).
Knowledge regarding the influence of individual traits on interaction patterns in nature can help understand the topological role of individuals within a network of intrapopulation interactions.We tested hypotheses on...
Fundacao Grupo Boticário de ProtecaoàNatureza,CAPES,FAPEMIG and CNPQ。
Wildfires have environmental,economic,and social impacts,and can shape the landscape and benefit ecosystems such as the Cerrado.This study evaluated the diversity,similarity,and floristic and structural differences of...
This study was financed in part by the Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior-Brasil(CAPES)-Finance Code 001.
Clear and data-driven bioregionalizations can provide a framework to test hypotheses and base biodiversity conservation.Here we used occurrence and abundance data in combination with objective analytical methods to pr...
Sao Paulo Research Foundation(FAPESP)for financial support through the grants:#2009/54208-6;Fapesp-Microsoft Research Institute#2013/50155-0;Fapesp-Vale#2010/51307-0,#2021/10639-5 to LPCM;through fellowships FAPESP#2015/10754-8 to MGGC and#2019/09248-1 to ASS;Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior–(CAPES)for scholarships granted to MGGC(Process#88887.583309/2020-00);PPL(#88887.583146/2020-00);JSS(CAPES Finance Code 001);National Council for Scientific and Technological Development(CNPq)for the grants:CNPq-PVE#400717/2013-1 and PDJ#150404/2016-6 to SLS;for the productivity fellowship and grant#311820/2018-2,#306563/2022-3 to LPCM。
Despite the exceptional species richness and endemism,the environmental drivers of plant diversity along old tropical mountains remain underexplored.The respective importance of vegetation types,elevation,slope,and so...
supported by the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel(CAPES);the research funding of the University of Brasília。
The little layer of tree plantations provides primary nutrients for uptake,buff ers changes in soil moisture,and provides habitat and substrate to soil epigeic fauna.However,this layer in eucalypt plantations is often...
supported by the Sāo Paulo Research Foundation(FAPESP)postdoctoral fellowship grants 2018-05970-1 and 2019-11901-5。
Niche partitioning is a widespread ecological strategy within trophic guilds,ensuring the coexistence of sympatric species by reducing interspecific competition.Stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen and isoto...
Fruit residues may contain lactic acid bacteria(LAB)with probiotic properties.This study aimed to isolate,characterize and identify LAB isolated from Brazilian Cerrado fruit residues,as well as to evaluate the safety ...
supported by the Long-term Ecological Research Network(PELD-VERE)of the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnologico(CNPq 441440/2016-9,441583/2020-2,308877/2019-5),Coordenaçao de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior(CAPES 88887.136273/2017-00);Fundaçao de Amparoa Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais(FAPEMIG APQ-04816-17,CRAPPM-00539-18,APQ-04816-17);FAPEMIG(FAPEMIG/RED-00253-16)for the support;the second author scholarship.
Background:In Cerrado humid areas,veredas are considered as hygrophilous communities,marked by the presence of the Mauritia flexuosa palm tree emerging in the wetter zones.Changes in veredas ecosystems due to drought ...
This work is supported by the International Paper Co.from Brazil(Process 23112.000670/2015-59);by Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development(CNPq);in part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior-Brasil(CAPES)-Finance Code 001.
Although forests play important roles in the hydrological cycle,there is little information that relates the water retention capacity of litter in areas under passive restoration,especially in Cerrado savannas.This st...