Tree plantations and biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic forest: Allies or enemies?

2019 ◽  
Vol 435 ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Gustavo Andrés Zurita
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Tree Plantations

Native tree regeneration in native tree plantations: understanding the contribution of Araucaria angustifolia to biodiversity conservation in the threatened Atlantic Forest in Argentina

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-239
Author(s):  
Micaela Medina ◽  
Magali Pérez Flores ◽  
Juan Francisco Goya ◽  
Paula Ines Campanello ◽  
Martin Alcides Pinazo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Tree Regeneration ◽  
Tree Plantations ◽  
Araucaria Angustifolia ◽  
Native Tree ◽  
Native Tree Plantations

scholarly journals Defining endemism levels for biodiversity conservation: Tree species in the Atlantic Forest hotspot

2020 ◽  
Vol 252 ◽  
pp. 108825
Author(s):  
Renato A. Ferreira de Lima ◽  
Vinícius Castro Souza ◽  
Marinez Ferreira de Siqueira ◽  
Hans ter Steege
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Tree Species

scholarly journals A new species of Anemopaegma (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae) from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 219 (2) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Fabiana Firetti Leggieri ◽  
DIEGO DEMARCO ◽  
LÚCIA G. LOHMANN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Axillary Buds ◽  
Spongy Parenchyma ◽  
Palisade Parenchyma ◽  
Separate Species ◽  
Anatomical Studies ◽  
A New Species

The Atlantic Forest of Brazil includes one of the highest species diversity and endemism in the planet, representing a priority for biodiversity conservation. A new species of Anemopaegma from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil is here described, illustrated and compared to its closest relatives. Anemopaegma nebulosum Firetti-Leggieri & L.G. Lohmann has been traditionally treated as a morph of Anemopaegma prostratum; however, additional morphological and anatomical studies indicated that A. nebulosum differs significantly from A. prostratum and is best treated as a separate species. More specifically, A. nebulosum is characterized by elliptic and coriaceous leaflets (vs. ovate to orbicular and membranaceous in A. prostratum), smaller leaflet blades (3.6–5.5 x 2.0–3.0 cm vs. 6.7–13.0 x 4.2–8.4 cm in A. prostratum), orbicular prophylls of the axillary buds (vs. no prophylls in A. prostratum), solitary flowers (vs. multi-flowered axillary racemes in A. prostratum) and a gibbous corolla (vs. infundibuliform corollas in A. prostratum). In addition, A. nebulosum differs from A. prostratum anatomically in having thicker leaflet blades composed of two to four layers of palisade parenchyma (vs. one to three layers in A. prostratum), and seven to eight layers in the spongy parenchyma (vs. six to eight layers in A. prostratum). A key for the identification of all species of Anemopaegma from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil is presented.

scholarly journals Amphibia, Anura, Centrolenidae, Vitreorana uranoscopa (Müller, 1924): new record for the northeastern region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Check List ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcoandre Savaris ◽  
Silvana Lampert ◽  
Elaine Maria Lucas ◽  
Angelo Vinicius da Rosa Peres ◽  
Juliana Orsato ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Northeast Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Forest Biome

The Atlantic Forest Biome is among the world’s hotspots for biodiversity conservation and concentrates the greatest diversity of amphibians in the world. However, information on the distribution pattern of species is largely unknown in this biome. This study report new records of Vitreorana uranoscopa for northeast region of Rio Grande do Sul.

Challenges and Opportunities for Biodiversity Conservation in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 695-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCELO TABARELLI ◽  
LUIZ PAULO PINTO ◽  
JOSE M. C. SILVA ◽  
MARCIA HIROTA ◽  
LUCIO BEDE
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Brazilian Atlantic Forest ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities

scholarly journals Defining endemism levels for biodiversity conservation: tree species in the Atlantic Forest hotspot

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato A.F. Lima ◽  
Vinicius Castro Souza ◽  
Marinez Ferreira de Siqueira ◽  
Hans ter Steege
Keyword(s):  
Biodiversity Conservation ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Forest Tree ◽  
Conservation Priorities ◽  
Target Area ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Herbarium Data ◽  
Data Driven Approach ◽  
Species Specific

AbstractEndemic species are important for biodiversity conservation. Yet, quantifying endemism remains challenging because endemism concepts can be too strict (i.e., pure endemism) or too subjective (i.e., near endemism). We propose a data-driven approach to objectively estimate the proportion of records inside a given the target area (i.e., endemism level) that optimizes the separation of near-endemics from non-endemic species. We apply this approach to the Atlantic Forest tree flora using millions of herbarium records retrieved from multiple sources. We first report an updated checklist of 5044 species for the Atlantic Forest tree flora and then we compare how species-specific endemism levels obtained from herbarium data match species-specific endemism accepted by taxonomists. We show that an endemism level of 90% separates well pure and near-endemic from non-endemic species, which in the Atlantic Forest revealed an overall endemism ratio of 45% for its tree flora. We also found that the diversity of pure and near endemics and of endemics and overall species was congruent in space. Our results for the Atlantic Forest reinforce that pure and near endemic species can be combined to quantify regional endemism and therefore to set conservation priorities taking into account endemic species distribution. We provided general guidelines on how the proposed approach can be used to assess endemism levels of regional biotas in other parts of the world.

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