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Arantes FM, de Paula LF, Forzza RC. Checklist of vascular plant species on inselbergs in the Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas, Espírito Santo State, Brazil. Biodivers Data J 2024; 12:e105688. [PMID: 38235164 PMCID: PMC10793112 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.12.e105688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2024] Open
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Background Inselbergs are granitic and/or gneissic rocky outcrops and, in Brazil, the dome-shaped ones in the Atlantic Forest Domain are called sugarloaves (pães de açúcar). They have an extremely specialised vegetation with high levels of endemism. Even though, they are poorly studied and highly degraded. In north-eastern Espírito Santo State, south-eastern Brazil, the Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas (MONAPC) is a federal protected area created to guard some inselbergs mainly threatened by mining, which is one of the main economic activities in the State. In this work, we provide the first checklist of the vascular plant species in this protected area. New information We recorded 108 species in 36 families and 75 genera that inhabit the vegetation islands on the inselbergs within the official limits of MONAPC. A new species of Pleroma (Melastomataceae) and a new species of Cololobus (Asteraceae) were discovered as new to science and they are being described in other articles.
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- Fabiula Moreno Arantes
- Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJardim Botânico do Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBrazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BrazilUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
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- Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJardim Botânico do Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroBrazil
- Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade, Prado, BrazilInstituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da BiodiversidadePradoBrazil
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De Paula LFA, Forzza RC, Azevedo LO, Bueno ML, Solar RRC, Vanschoenwinkel B, Porembski S. Climatic control of mat vegetation communities on inselberg archipelagos in south-eastern Brazil. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Granite and/or gneiss inselbergs are excellent examples of geomorphologically stable island habitats, considered as old, climatically buffered, infertile landscapes (OCBILs). However, unlike oceanic islands, their underlying drivers of diversity patterns remain to be investigated. Here, we studied 24 inselbergs in south-eastern Brazil, aiming to understand the role of landscape variables and environmental conditions in the assembly of the characteristic extremophilic mat vegetation communities. We found that beta diversity was largely explained by climatic variables, whereas species richness did not vary among inselbergs. Classic determinants of the diversity of island communities do not generally seem to apply to these plant assemblages. Overall, these communities change along a coast-to-inland gradient that captures increased seasonality with a replacement of more hydrophilic taxa by more drought-tolerant taxa. Changes in species composition in space involved strong species replacement, with several widespread genera locally represented on distinct inselbergs by different narrowly distributed species. Despite the deterministic sorting of taxa based on climatic conditions, a substantial fraction of the beta diversity remained unexplained. This underlines the importance of historical processes, which are easier to notice in stable OCBIL regions, such as range expansion, local extinction, dispersal constraints and allopatric speciation.
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- Luiza F A De Paula
- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida. Antônio Carlos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida. Antônio Carlos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Macroecology & Evolution, Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Unidade Mundo Novo, Mato Grosso do Sul, MS, Brazil
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- Departamento de Genética, Ecologia e Evolução, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Avenida. Antônio Carlos, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Community Ecology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan, Brussels, Belgium
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- Institut für Biowissenschaften, Allgemeine und Spezielle Botanik, Universität Rostock, Wismarsche Straße, Rostock, Germany
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Zupan S, Jugovic J, Čelik T, Buzan E. Population genetic structure of the highly endangered butterfly Coenonympha oedippus (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) at its southern edge of distribution. Genetica 2021; 149:21-36. [PMID: 33389279 DOI: 10.1007/s10709-020-00108-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The Slovenian False Ringlet Coenonympha oedippus populations are under serious threat, as in the last two decades have witnessed a sharp decline in population distribution and size due to destruction, fragmentation and/or habitat quality degradation through intensive agriculture, abandonment of use and urbanization. We investigated the genetic diversity and structure of C. oedippus from the entire range of the species in Slovenia. Our results showed that the genetic variation in the Slovenian C. oedippus populations agrees with the geographical structure and the ecotypes previously determined by morphological and ecological data. We confirmed the existence of four genetically divergent and spatially non-overlapping geographical groups (Istria, Karst, Gorica, Ljubljansko barje) and two ecotypes ("wet" and "dry"). Despite small sample sizes due to critically threatened species, the results indicated significant nuclear and mitochondrial genetic diversity within the spatial groups. By gaining new insights into the evolutionary history of the C. oedippus population, we have recommended to consider the Slovenian population as one Evolutionary Significant Unit, and four spatial populations as Management Units for conservation purposes.
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- Sara Zupan
- Department of Biodiversity, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Glagoljaška 8, 6000, Koper, Slovenia
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- Department of Biodiversity, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Glagoljaška 8, 6000, Koper, Slovenia
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- Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Novi trg 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Biodiversity, Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Information Technologies, University of Primorska, Glagoljaška 8, 6000, Koper, Slovenia. .,Environmental Protection College, Trg mladosti 7, 3320, Velenje, Slovenia.
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de Paula LFA, Azevedo LO, Mauad LP, Cardoso LJT, Braga JMA, Kollmann LJC, Fraga CN, Menini Neto L, Labiak PH, Mello-Silva R, Porembski S, Forzza RC. Sugarloaf Land in south-eastern Brazil: a tropical hotspot of lowland inselberg plant diversity. Biodivers Data J 2020; 8:e53135. [PMID: 32617070 PMCID: PMC7320030 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.8.e53135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Background Isolated monoliths of granitic and/or gneissic rock rising abruptly from the surrounding landscape are known as inselbergs. Dome-shaped inselbergs are common throughout the Atlantic Forest in south-eastern Brazil, a region known as Sugarloaf Land (SLL). This study aimed to create the first checklist of vascular plant species occurring on lowland inselbergs in SLL, with a focus on vegetation islands. We used information from online databases, our own field sampling and data from previously-published studies. We found 548 vascular plant species (505 angiosperms; 43 ferns and lycophytes) belonging to 69 families and 212 genera. Of all identified species, 536 are native and 12 are naturalised. New information We updated the information currently available in Flora do Brasil 2020, as 59% of the angiosperms and 63% of the ferns and lycophytes on our checklist were not previously characterised as occurring on rock outcrops. As a first step towards generating a Virtual Herbarium of lowland inselberg vascular plants, we added barcode vouchers with images available online for 75% of the total number of vascular species. In the official lists of endangered species, 115 angiosperms and five ferns and lycophytes are mentioned. However, the conservation status of many species have not yet been evaluated (77% angiosperms; 88% ferns and lycophytes), thus this list is an important step towards their conservation. The information provided herein is essential for management programmes related to rock outcrops in Brazil as they are facing serious threats to conservation.
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- Luiza F A de Paula
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte Brazil
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- Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, Museu de Biologia Prof. Mello Leitão, Santa Teresa, Brazil Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, Museu de Biologia Prof. Mello Leitão Santa Teresa Brazil
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- Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora Juiz de Fora Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil Universidade Federal do Paraná Curitiba Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo Brazil
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- Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany Universität Rostock Rostock Germany
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- Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Brazil
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