Savanna vegetation-fire-climate relationships differ among continents

CER Lehmann, TM Anderson, M Sankaran, SI Higgins… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Ecologists have long sought to understand the factors controlling the structure of savanna
vegetation. Using data from 2154 sites in savannas across Africa, Australia, and South …

Biometria de frutos e sementes de mangaba (Hancornia speciosa Gomes) em vegetação natural na região leste de Mato Grosso, Brasil

LGV Gonçalves, FR Andrade, BHM Junior… - Revista de Ciências …, 2013 - revistas.rcaap.pt
O presente estudo teve como objectivo caracterizar biometricamente os frutos e sementes
de mangaba na região de Nova Xavantina em uma área de Cerrado. Analisou-se 120 frutos …

Mapping native and non-native vegetation in the Brazilian Cerrado using freely available satellite products

K Lewis, F de V. Barros, MB Cure, CA Davies… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Native vegetation across the Brazilian Cerrado is highly heterogeneous and biodiverse and
provides important ecosystem services, including carbon and water balance regulation …

[HTML][HTML] Post-fire resprouting strategies of woody vegetation in the Brazilian savanna

FF Souchie, JRR Pinto, E Lenza, L Gomes… - Acta Botanica …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
Post-fire response by vegetation may reflect the severity of the damage suffered, but we still
know little about the species-specific nature of responses to fire or their predictors. Here, we …

Mudanças florísticas e estruturais no cerrado sensu stricto ao longo de 27 anos (1985-2012) na Fazenda Água Limpa, Brasília, DF

RF Almeida, CW Fagg, MC Oliveira, CBR Munhoz… - Rodriguésia, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
Os estudos das comunidades vegetais ao longo do tempo são fundamentais para a
predição de suas trajetórias frente a distúrbios, portanto, para sua conservação. Dessa …

Structural leaf attributes indicate different degrees of xeromorphism: New discoveries in co-occurring species of savanna and forest formations

APR Ariano, MJG Pessoa, NG Ribeiro-Júnior… - Flora, 2022 - Elsevier
The diversity of environments in the Neotropical region has different environmental filters on
vegetation. The southern face of the Amazon is exposed to high rainfall seasonality and …

Soil and topographic variation as a key factor driving the distribution of tree flora in the Amazonia/Cerrado transition

F Elias, BHM Junior, FJM de Oliveira, JCA de Oliveira… - Acta Oecologica, 2019 - Elsevier
We tested the hypothesis that topographic/soil gradient and ecological succession are the
main factors driving the high tree diversity in a protected area in Amazonia/Cerrado …

Post-fire recovery of savanna vegetation from rocky outcrops

L Gomes, L Maracahipes, BS Marimon, SM Reis… - … , Functional Ecology of …, 2014 - Elsevier
The degree of stability of the Cerrado following burning is widely discussed in literature.
However, little is known about the effects of fire on the resilience of savanna formations from …

Diversity, floristic composition, and structure of the woody vegetation of the Cerrado in the Cerrado–Amazon transition zone in Mato Grosso, Brazil

L Maracahipes Santos, E Lenza, JO dos Santos… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
We compared the diversity and species composition and the structure of the vegetation of
three distinct Cerrado phytophysiognomies (Cerradão, Dense Cerrado, and Typical …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of edaphic variables on the floristic composition and structure of the tree-shrub vegetation in typical and rocky outcrop cerrado areas in Serra Negra …

MF Abreu, JRR Pinto, L Maracahipes… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
The present study analyzed the influence of edaphic variables on the floristic compositions
and structures of the arboreal and shrub vegetation of typical cerrado (TC) and rocky outcrop …