“…However, due to the concentration of taxonomists and research groups, most surveys were conducted at sites in southeastern Brazil, including areas under cerrado (e.g., Fernandes et al 1988;Gonçalves-Alvim & Fernandes 2001;UrsoGuimaraes & Scarelli-Santos 2006), Atlantic forest (e.g., Fernandes et al 2001;Moreira et al 2007) and specific ecosystems within these biomes (e.g., rupestrian fields, Maia & Fernandes 2004;Carneiro et al 2009b, andrestinga, Oliveira &Maia 2005;Maia et al 2008).…”