2017
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12541
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Abstract: Aims: The herb-shrub flora has been widely neglected in science and conservation policy throughout the world, so that this biodiversity component remains largely unknown. The objective of this study was to elucidate the spatial patterns of species richness and phytogeographic regions of the Cerrado herb-shrub flora, and to estimate the percentage of areas with high species richness that is still covered by natural vegetation and is located in protected areas or priority areas for conservation. Location: Centra… Show more

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“…Species richness, for any group of plants or animals, is directly related with the mosaic of habitats present in a region, with beta diversity (i.e., diversity among distinct habitats) greatly surpassing alpha diversity (i.e., diversity within one type of habitat), pointing to the importance of open and forested formations for species richness and composition in the Cerrado (Silva and Bates, 2002;Durigan and Ratter, 2006;Nogueira et al, 2009Nogueira et al, , 2011Carmignotto and Aires, 2011;Santos-Filho et al, 2012;Amaral et al, 2017). So, the homogenization of vegetation structure, as seen in the case of increased woody encroachment in the absence of fire, affecting grassland/savanna specialists (Vieira and Marinho-Filho, 1998;Vieira, 1999;Henriques et al, 2000Henriques et al, , 2006Briani et al, 2004;Maravalhas and Vasconcelos, 2014;Abreu et al, 2017), will disrupt community structure resulting in biodiversity losses.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Species richness, for any group of plants or animals, is directly related with the mosaic of habitats present in a region, with beta diversity (i.e., diversity among distinct habitats) greatly surpassing alpha diversity (i.e., diversity within one type of habitat), pointing to the importance of open and forested formations for species richness and composition in the Cerrado (Silva and Bates, 2002;Durigan and Ratter, 2006;Nogueira et al, 2009Nogueira et al, , 2011Carmignotto and Aires, 2011;Santos-Filho et al, 2012;Amaral et al, 2017). So, the homogenization of vegetation structure, as seen in the case of increased woody encroachment in the absence of fire, affecting grassland/savanna specialists (Vieira and Marinho-Filho, 1998;Vieira, 1999;Henriques et al, 2000Henriques et al, , 2006Briani et al, 2004;Maravalhas and Vasconcelos, 2014;Abreu et al, 2017), will disrupt community structure resulting in biodiversity losses.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Biotic diversity in the Cerrado commonly shows a reversed latitudinal gradient, that is increased species richness towards higher latitudes. This pattern is true for woody (Ratter, Bridgewater, & Ribeiro, ) and herbaceous plants (Amaral, Munhoz, Walter, Aguirre‐Gutiérrez, & Raes, ) and for different vertebrate (Costa, Nogueira, Machado, & Colli, ; Diniz‐Filho et al, ) and invertebrate animals (da Mata et al, ; Vasconcelos et al, ). Patterns of arboreal and ground‐dwelling ant diversities in the Cerrado correlate to a latitudinal gradient in rainfall (Vasconcelos et al, ), but the mechanism behind this relationship is unknown.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…As such, these techniques help to bridge the Wallacean shortfall described above (Anderson, 2012, Guisan & Thuiller, 2005. Nowadays, SDMs are widely used to study past, present and future distributions of individual species (Franklin, 2009, Wieringa et al, 2013, to assess the risk of invasive species , to infer patterns of species richness, identify biodiversity hotspots and assess the factors causing these patterns (Amaral et al, 2017, Raes et al, 2009. In addition, the impact of climate change (Schweiger et al, 2012), and the effectiveness of protected areas in the light of conservation planning has been assessed using SDMs (Guisan et al, 2013, Zhang et al, 2012.…”
Section: Species Distribution Modelsmentioning
confidence: 99%