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The Iron Quadrangle (IQ) is one of the main iron ore producing regions of the world. The exploitation of its reserves jeopardizes the high biological endemism associated with this region.
Camila G. C. Lemes +16 more
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Bioprospecting for Isoetes cangae Endophytes with Potential to Promote Plant Growth
Isoetes cangae is a native plant found only in a permanent pond in Serra dos Carajás in the Amazon region. Plant-associated microbial communities are recognized to be responsible for biological processes essential for the health, growth, and even adaptation of plants to environmental stresses.
Danielle Silveira Santos +11 more
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Vegetation and soil properties of an iron-rich canga (laterite) island on the largest outcrop of banded-iron formation in Serra de Carajás (eastern Amazonia, Brazil) were studied along a topographic gradient (738-762 m asl), and analyzed to test the ...
Jaquelina A. Nunes +5 more
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Sinningia rupicola (Gesneriaceae), espécie ameaçada de extinção e classificada como endêmica de canga do Quadrilátero Ferrífero é aqui apresentada sob uma abordagem ecológica, baseada na análise de dados referentes a registros realizados em duas Reservas
Lídia Maria dos Santos +7 more
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Published as part of Cardozo, Darío & Suárez, Pablo, 2012, Osteological description of Pseudopaludicola canga with implications for the taxonomic position of this taxon, pp.
Cardozo, Darío, Suárez, Pablo
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Our objective was to evaluate the floristic and structural relationships between Canga tree communities and other vegetation types inserted in the physiognomic units set, in order to test the hypothesis that these communities have unique characteristics ...
Cléber Rodrigo de Souza +8 more
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Plant Biodiversity Drivers in Brazilian Campos Rupestres: Insights from Phylogenetic Structure
Old, climate-buffered infertile landscapes (Ocbils) have attracted increasing levels of interest in recent years because of their exceptionally diverse plant communities.
Daniela C. Zappi +4 more
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FLORISTIC MOSAICS OF THE THREATENED BRAZILIAN CAMPO RUPESTRE
The increase in rates of habitat loss requires an understanding of how biodiversity is distributed. Campo rupestre is an old, climatically buffered, and infertile landscape located in Brazil.
Dario Caminha-Paiva +7 more
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Climate change has impacted biodiversity, affecting species and altering their geographical distribution. Besides understanding the impact in the species, it has been advocated that answering if different traits will be differently impacted could allow ...
Tereza Cristina Giannini +15 more
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Amazon comprises a vast variety of ecosystems, including savannah-like Canga barrens that evolved on iron-lateritic rock plateaus of the Carajás Mountain range.
Elena Babiychuk +11 more
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