Ecology and Conservation of Mountaintop grasslands in Brazil (eBook)

Geraldo Wilson Fernandes (Herausgeber)

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2016
XXIII, 567 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-29808-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book is a pioneer attempt to bring forward the first synthesis on the most diverse and threatened mountain top vegetation of South America, the rupestrian grasslands.  It brings to light the state of the art information on this ecosystem geology, soil formation and distribution, environmental filters that lead to biodiversity, species interactions and their fine tuned adaptations to survive the harsh mountain environment.  The human dimensions of the rupestrian grassland are also addressed, including the anthropogenic threats that may irreversibly impact biodiversity and ecosystem services. The book also highlights the ongoing studies on ecological restoration and first attempt to model the impacts of climate change on its speciose biota.

Editor of the contributed volume: 

Prof Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil 

Inhalt

1. The
Megadiverse Rupestrian Grassland.- 2. The Physical Environment of Rupestrian Grasslands (Campos Rupestres) in
Brazil: Geological, geomorphological and pedological characteristics, and
interplays.- 3. Soils associated with rupestrian grasslands.- 4. Thermic and
hydric dynamics of Ironstone (Canga) and Quartzite Rupestrian Grasslands in the
Quadrilátero Ferrífero: the ecological importance of water.- 5. Water resources in
the rupestrian grasslands of the Espinhaço Mountains.- 6. Rupestrian grassland vegetation, diversity and origin.- 7. Archipelago of montane forests surrounded by rupestrian grasslands: new
insights and perspectives.- 8. Arbuscular mycorrhiza and
endophytic fungi in ruspestrian grasslands .- 9. Succession
on the rocky outcrop vegetation: a rupestrian grassland scheme.- 10. Seed
Germination Ecology in Rupestrian Grasslands.- 11.
Ecophysiology of campos rupestres
plants.- 12. Phenology
patterns across a rupestrian grassland altitudinal gradient.- 13. Mutualistic
interactions among free-living species in Rupestrian Grasslands.- 14. Antagonistic
interactions in the rupestrian grasslands: new insights and perspective.- 15. Cerrado to Rupestrian grasslands:
patterns of species distribution and the forces shaping them along an
altitudinal gradient.- 16. Termite role in soil nutrient cycling in Ironstone Rupestrian Grasslands (canga)
in Carajás, Brazilian Amazonia.- 17. Afforestation
in the rupestrian grasslands: the augmenting presssure of Eucalyptus.- 18. Fire in Rupestrian
Grasslands: Plant Response and Management.- 19. Challenges in the restoration of quarzitic and ironstone rupestrian
grasslands.- 20. The people of the mountains: the
biocultural heritage of Espinhaço Range in Minas Gerais State, Brazil.- 21. The Human Dimension in the Espinhaço
Mountains: Land Conversion and Ecosystem Services.- 22. Rupestrian
Grassland: past, present and future distribution.- 23. The shady future of the Rupestrian Grassland: major
threats to conservation and challenges in the Anthropocene

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.4.2016
• Zusatzinfo: XXIII, 567 p. 167 illus., 74 illus. in color.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: biodiversity • climate change • Harsh Environments • Insects • Tropical Conservation Biology • Tropical Ecology
• ISBN-10: 3-319-29808-9 / 3319298089
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-29808-5 / 9783319298085