Ecology and evolution of plant diversity in the endangered campo rupestre : a neglected conservation priority.
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2016
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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 infertile landscapes (OCBILs) that are the basis of a general hypothesis to
explain their richness and endemism. However, few
ecologists are familiar with the campo rupestre of central
and eastern Brazil, an extremely old mountaintop
ecosystem that is both a museum of ancient lineages and
a cradle of continuing diversification of endemic
lineages.
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SILVEIRA, F. A. O. et al. Ecology and evolution of plant diversity in the endangered campo rupestre: a neglected conservation priority. Plant and Soil, v. 403, n. 1-2, p. 129-152, jun. 2016. Disponível em: <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11104-015-2637-8>. Acesso em: 27 jul. 2017.