Search Results - "Sfair, Julia Caram"

Water availability mediates functional shifts across ontogenetic stages in a regenerating seasonally dry tropical forest by Trindade, Diego Pires Ferraz, Sfair, Julia Caram, Paula, Alexandre Souza, Barros, Maria Fabíola, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Sonkoly, Judit

“…Questions Community assembly in regenerating forests is a key topic in ecology. Most studies examine the assembly process, assessing adult individuals along…”
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Effects of grazing on functional diversity along secondary succession in a tropical dry forest (Caatinga, Brazil) by Batista de Sousa, José, Sfair, Julia Caram, Bermejo Asensio, Luis Alberto, Chaves, Raquel Bruna, Nunes, João Paulo Andrade, Vieira, Ivinna Kariny da Costa, Baldauf, Cristina

“…Aim Livestock production is among the main anthropogenic disturbances in seasonally dry tropical forests. However, its effects on plant functional composition…”
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Plant Knowledge and Current Uses of Woody Flora in Three Cultural Groups of the Brazilian Semiarid Region: Does Culture Matter? by Soares, Dayanne Támela Nogueira, Sfair, Julia Caram, Reyes-García, Victoria, Baldauf, Cristina

“…Patterns of plant use in human populations are context-specific and influenced by many different ecological and social factors like plant diversity and…”
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Estimated degradation of the Caatinga based on modern pollen rain deposited in reservoirs by Marie-Pierre Ledru, Raquel Franco Cassino, Vaneicia dos Santos Gomes, Julia Caram Sfair, Francisca Soares Araújo

“…ABSTRACT The vegetation cover is the result of many biological and abiotic interactions. To identify the different factors that cause changes is crucial when…”
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Breaking the misconception of a dry and lifeless semiarid region: the diversity and distribution of aquatic flora in wetlands of the Brazilian Northeast by Matias, Lígia Queiroz, Guedes, Felipe Martins, Nascimento, Hugo Pereira do, Sfair, Júlia Caram

“…ABSTRACT The semiarid region of northeastern Brazil possesses a set of wetlands characterized by hydrographic basins with deficient drainage networks, a few…”
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Bryophyte richness of soil islands on rocky outcrops is not driven by island size or habitat heterogeneity by Silva, Joan Bruno, Sfair, Julia Caram, Santos, Nivea Dias dos, Pôrto, Kátia Cavalcanti

“…ABSTRACT The species-area relationship (SAR) is one of the oldest and most studied ecological models, having even served as the foundation of the Theory of…”
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Nested liana-tree network in three distinct neotropical vegetation formations by Sfair, Julia Caram, Rochelle, André Luis Casarin, Rezende, Andréia Alves, van Melis, Juliano, Weiser, Veridiana de Lara, Martins, Fernando Roberto

“…Despite the increasing number of studies on lianas, few of them have focused on liana and host-tree (phorophyte) interactions from a network perspective. Most…”
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Functional structure of an herbaceous community on a natural regeneration gradient in a seasonally dry tropical forest by Cintra, Izabella, Sfair, Julia Caram, Takata, Erika S., Almeida, Jarcilene

“…The capability of plants to modify phenotypic characteristics through interactions with the environment can contribute to functional stability, particularly…”
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A importância da luz na ocupação de árvores por lianas by Julia Caram Sfair, Bruno Roberto Ribeiro, Erlon Pessoni Pimenta, Tamires Gonçalves, Flavio Nunes Ramos

“…Lianas interagem de forma negativa com as árvores, uma vez que aumentam suas taxas de mortalidade. Seria esperado, portanto, que árvores apresentassem…”
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The impact of grazing on biodiversity and forest succession in the Brazilian dry forest region is constrained by non-equilibrium dynamics by de Andrade Nunes, João Paulo, Asensio, Luis Alberto Bermejo, Sfair, Julia Caram, Chaves, Raquel Bruna, de Sousa, José Batista, da Costa Vieira, Ivinna Kariny, de Oliveira Furtado de Souza, Leandro, Baldauf, Cristina

“…The impacts of grazing on rangelands have historically been studied within the framework of the equilibrium model, which predicts significant impacts of…”
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The role of seed rain and soil seed bank in the regeneration of a Caatinga dry forest following slash-and-burn agriculture by Souza de Paula, Alexandre, Sfair, Julia Caram, Trindade, Diego Pires Ferraz, Rito, Kátia Fernanda, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Barros, Maria Fabíola

“…Land-use changes have contributed to an increased interest in understanding the drivers of forest regeneration in human-modified landscapes. This is…”
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Observed and dark diversity of plants’ life-forms are driven by climate and human impacts in a tropical dry forest by de Oliveira Gonçalves-Araújo, Magno Daniel, de Carvalho, Carlos Eduardo, Pequeno, Pedro Aurélio Costa Lima, Trindade, Diego Pires Ferraz, Hughes, Frederic, de Araújo, Francisca Soares, Pärtel, Meelis, Sfair, Julia Caram

“…Species richness is the most commonly used metric to quantify biodiversity. However, examining dark diversity, the group of absent species which can…”
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The stress gradient hypothesis explains plant-plant interaction networks in edapho climatic gradients by Lima, Taysla Roberta Almeida, Martins, Fernando Roberto, Menezes, Bruno Sousa, Marquitti, Flávia Maria Darcie, Sfair, Julia Caram, Silveira, Andréa Pereira, Araújo, Francisca Soares

“…The stress-gradient hypothesis (SGH) predicts a shift from facilitation to competition as the environment turns from severe to favorable. Different authors…”
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