Search Results - "L. Dantas, Vinícius"

Disturbance maintains alternative biome states by Dantas, Vinícius de L, Hirota, Marina, Oliveira, Rafael S, Pausas, Juli G, Rejmanek, Marcel

“…Understanding the mechanisms controlling the distribution of biomes remains a challenge. Although tropical biome distribution has traditionally been explained…”
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The lanky and the corky: fire-escape strategies in savanna woody species by de L. Dantas, Vinícius, Pausas, Juli G.

“…1. Fire and herbivory are the main disturbances shaping the structure of savannas. In these ecosystems, the key strategies by which woody plants escape fire…”
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Scale matters: fire-vegetation feedbacks are needed to explain tropical tree cover at the local scale by Pausas, Juli G., de L. Dantas, Vinícius

“…At a broad (regional to global) spatial scale, tropical vegetation is controlled by climate; at the local scale, it is believed to be determined by…”
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Habitat filtering determines the functional niche occupancy of plant communities worldwide by Li, Yuanzhi, Shipley, Bill, Price, Jodi N., de L. Dantas, Vinícius, Tamme, Riin, Westoby, Mark, Siefert, Andrew, Schamp, Brandon S., Spasojevic, Marko J., Jung, Vincent, Laughlin, Daniel C., Richardson, Sarah J., Le Bagousse-Pinguet, Yoann, Schöb, Christian, Gazol, Antonio, Prentice, Honor C., Gross, Nicolas, Overton, Jake, Cianciaruso, Marcus V., Louault, Frédérique, Kamiyama, Chiho, Nakashizuka, Tohru, Hikosaka, Kouki, Sasaki, Takehiro, Katabuchi, Masatoshi, Dussault, Cédric Frenette, Gaucherand, Stephanie, Chen, Ning, Vandewalle, Marie, Batalha, Marco Antônio

“…1. How the patterns of niche occupancy vary from species-poor to species-rich communities is a fundamental question in ecology that has a central bearing on…”
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Resource availability shapes fire‐filtered savannas by Dantas, Vinícius de L, Batalha, Marco A, França, Helena, Pausas, Juli G, Ward, David

“…QUESTIONS: Humid savannas can be considered fire‐filtered landscapes because fire is very frequent (<10 yr return intervals) and only fire‐resistant species…”
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global meta‐analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities by Siefert, Andrew, Violle, Cyrille, Chalmandrier, Loïc, Albert, Cécile H, Taudiere, Adrien, Fajardo, Alex, Aarssen, Lonnie W, Baraloto, Christopher, Carlucci, Marcos B, Cianciaruso, Marcus V, L. Dantas, Vinícius, Bello, Francesco, Duarte, Leandro D. S, Fonseca, Carlos R, Freschet, Grégoire T, Gaucherand, Stéphanie, Gross, Nicolas, Hikosaka, Kouki, Jackson, Benjamin, Jung, Vincent, Kamiyama, Chiho, Katabuchi, Masatoshi, Kembel, Steven W, Kichenin, Emilie, Kraft, Nathan J. B, Lagerström, Anna, Bagousse‐Pinguet, Yoann Le, Li, Yuanzhi, Mason, Norman, Messier, Julie, Nakashizuka, Tohru, Overton, Jacob McC, Peltzer, Duane A, Pérez‐Ramos, I. M, Pillar, Valério D, Prentice, Honor C, Richardson, Sarah, Sasaki, Takehiro, Schamp, Brandon S, Schöb, Christian, Shipley, Bill, Sundqvist, Maja, Sykes, Martin T, Vandewalle, Marie, Wardle, David A, Chase, Jonathan

“…Recent studies have shown that accounting for intraspecific trait variation (ITV) may better address major questions in community ecology. However, a general…”
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The legacy of the extinct Neotropical megafauna on plants and biomes by Dantas, Vinicius L., Pausas, Juli G.

“…Large mammal herbivores are important drivers of plant evolution and vegetation patterns, but the extent to which plant trait and ecosystem geography currently…”
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Fire drives functional thresholds on the savanna-forest transition by de L. Dantas, Vinícius, Batalha, Marco A, Pausas, Juli G

“…In tropical landscapes, vegetation patches with contrasting tree densities are distributed as mosaics. However, the locations of patches and densities of trees…”
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The role of fire in structuring trait variability in Neotropical savannas by de L. Dantas, Vinícius, Pausas, Juli G., Batalha, Marco Antônio, de Paula Loiola, Priscilla, Cianciaruso, Marcus Vinicius

“…Intraspecific trait variability plays a fundamental role in community structure and dynamics; however, few studies have evaluated its relative importance to…”
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Model-Based Estimation of Amazonian Forests Recovery Time after Drought and Fire Events by Bruno L. De Faria, Gina Marano, Camille Piponiot, Carlos A. Silva, Vinícius de L. Dantas, Ludmila Rattis, Andre R. Rech, Alessio Collalti

“…In recent decades, droughts, deforestation and wildfires have become recurring phenomena that have heavily affected both human activities and natural…”
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Megafauna biogeography explains plant functional trait variability in the tropics by Dantas, Vinicius L., Pausas, Juli G., Field, Richard

“…Aim Biomes can diverge substantially in plant functional traits and disturbance regimens among regions. Given that Neotropical and Afrotropical regions have…”
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Savanna–Forest Coexistence Across a Fire Gradient by Bernardino, Paulo N., Dantas, Vinicius L., Hirota, Marina, Pausas, Juli G., Oliveira, Rafael S.

“…Tropical forests and savannas can co-occur in a range of macro-environmental conditions. In these conditions, disturbances and resource availability are…”
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Coordination of bark and wood traits underlies forest‐to‐savanna evolutionary transitions by Dantas, Vinicius L., Oliveira, Luan Carlos Silva, Marcati, Carmen Regina, Sonsin‐Oliveira, Júlia

“…Aim To test the hypothesis that adaptive shifts leading to the assembly of tropical savannas involved coordination between bark and wood traits and to…”
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No evidence of positive feedback between litter deposition and seedling growth rate in Neotropical savannas by D’Angioli, André M., Dantas, Vinicius L., Lambais, Marcio, Meir, Patrick, Oliveira, Rafael S.

“…Purpose Plant-soil feedbacks are important drivers of ecosystem dynamics and have been hypothesized to affect woody encroachment in savannas. Woody…”
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Climate change and deforestation increase the vulnerability of Amazonian forests to post‐fire grass invasion by De Faria, Bruno L., Staal, Arie, Silva, Carlos A., Martin, Philip A., Panday, Prajjwal K., Dantas, Vinicius L., Silva, Thiago

“…Aim We aimed to evaluate the vulnerability of the Amazon forest to post‐fire grass invasion under present and future climate scenarios. Location Amazon Basin…”
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