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Root positioning and trait shifts in Hibbertia racemosa as dependent on its neighbour's nutrient‐acquisition strategy by Britto Costa, Patrícia, Staudinger, Christiana, Veneklaas, Erik J., Oliveira, Rafael S., Lambers, Hans

“…Nutrient‐poor ecosystems globally exhibit high plant diversity. One mechanism enabling the co‐existence of species in such ecosystems is facilitation among…”
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Small tropical forest trees have a greater capacity to adjust carbon metabolism to long‐term drought than large canopy trees by Bartholomew, David C., Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Costa, Antonio C. L., Banin, Lindsay F., Britto Costa, Patrícia, Coughlin, Sarah I., Domingues, Tomas F., Ferreira, Leandro V., Giles, André, Mencuccini, Maurizio, Mercado, Lina, Miatto, Raquel C., Oliveira, Alex, Oliveira, Rafael, Meir, Patrick, Rowland, Lucy

“…The response of small understory trees to long‐term drought is vital in determining the future composition, carbon stocks and dynamics of tropical forests…”
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Cluster-root formation and carboxylate release in Euplassa cantareirae (Proteaceae) from a neotropical biodiversity hotspot by de Britto Costa, Patrícia, Abrahão, Anna, Viani, Ricardo Augusto Gorne, Brancalion, Pedro Henrique Santin, Lambers, Hans, Sawaya, Alexandra Christine Helena Frankand, Oliveira, Rafael S.

“…BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Euplassa cantareirae is a Neotropical Proteaceae, native to the Restinga forest in Brazil and it experiences a wide array of adverse…”
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Interspecific facilitation of micronutrient uptake between cluster-root-bearing trees and non-cluster rooted-shrubs in a Banksia woodland by Staudinger, Christiana, Renton, Michael, Leopold, Matthias, Wasaki, Jun, Veneklaas, Erik J., de Britto Costa, Patrícia, Boitt, Gustavo, Lambers, Hans

“…Background and aims Belowground interspecific plant facilitation is supposed to play a key role in enabling species co-existence in hyperdiverse ecosystems in…”
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Strategies to acquire and use phosphorus in phosphorus-impoverished and fire-prone environments by Lambers, Hans, de Britto Costa, Patrícia, Cawthray, Gregory R., Denton, Matthew D., Finnegan, Patrick M., Hayes, Patrick E., Oliveira, Rafael S., Power, Simon C., Ranathunge, Kosala, Shen, Qi, Wang, Xiao, Zhong, Hongtao

“…Background Unveiling the diversity of plant strategies to acquire and use phosphorus (P) is crucial to understand factors promoting their coexistence in…”
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Soil types select for plants with matching nutrient‐acquisition and ‐use traits in hyperdiverse and severely nutrient‐impoverished campos rupestres and cerrado in Central Brazil by Abrahão, Anna, Costa, Patricia de Britto, Lambers, Hans, Andrade, Sara Adrián L., Sawaya, Alexandra Christine Helena Frankland, Ryan, Megan H., Oliveira, Rafael Silva, Dalling, James

“…Understanding the mechanisms that underlie the generation of beta‐diversity remains a challenge in ecology. Underground plant adaptations to environmental…”
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Soil properties and geomorphic processes influence vegetation composition, structure, and function in the Cerrado Domain by Lira-Martins, Demetrius, Nascimento, Diego Luciano, Abrahão, Anna, de Britto Costa, Patrícia, D’Angioli, André M., Valézio, Evérton, Rowland, Lucy, Oliveira, Rafael S.

“…Background The Cerrado of central Brazil—the world’s largest Neotropical savanna – is comprised of a mosaic of highly heterogeneous vegetation growing on an…”
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Plant traits controlling growth change in response to a drier climate by Rowland, Lucy, Oliveira, Rafael S., Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Giles, Andre L., Coughlin, Ingrid, Costa, Patricia de Britto, Domingues, Tomas, Ferreira, Leandro V., Vasconcelos, Steel S., Junior, João A. S., Oliveira, Alex A. R., Costa, Antonio C. L., Meir, Patrick, Mencuccini, Maurizio

“…Summary Plant traits are increasingly being used to improve prediction of plant function, including plant demography. However, the capability of plant traits…”
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Desiccation tolerance implies costs to productivity but allows survival under extreme drought conditions in Velloziaceae species in campos rupestres by Teodoro, Grazielle Sales, de Britto Costa, Patrícia, Brum, Mauro, Signori-Müller, Caroline, Alcantara, Suzana, Dawson, Todd E., West, Adam G., Lambers, Hans, Oliveira, Rafael S.

“…•Desiccation tolerant species and non-desiccation tolerant species display contrasting carbon and water-use strategies to survive during dry periods.•The mild…”
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Fire triggers reestablishment of invasive grasses in a neotropical savanna under restoration by Giles, André L., Silva, Mateus C., Mazzochini, Guilherme G., Flores, Bernardo M., Rowland, Lucy, de Britto Costa, Patrícia, Cure, Marcio B., Monge, Marcelo, Schmidt, Isabel B., Abrahão, Anna, Sampaio, Alexandre B., de Almeira Côrtes, Claudomiro, Oliveira, Rafael S.

“…Excluding invasive grasses is a significant challenge for neotropical savanna restoration. Invasive grasses alter fire regimes with feedbacks on soil nutrient…”
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Biogeomorphological evolution of rocky hillslopes driven by roots in campos rupestres, Brazil by Nascimento, Diego Luciano, Abrahão, Anna, Lambers, Hans, Teodoro, Grazielle S., Ladeira, Francisco Sérgio Bernardes, de Britto Costa, Patricia, Oliveira, Rafael S., de Farias, César Henrique Bezerra

“…The campos rupestres (rocky grassland) comprise an old-growth seasonally dry herbaceous ecosystem on mountaintops in central and eastern Brazil and in disjoint…”
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Vellozioid roots allow for habitat specialization among rock‐ and soil‐dwelling Velloziaceae in campos rupestres by Abrahão, Anna, de Britto Costa, Patricia, Teodoro, Grazielle S., Lambers, Hans, Nascimento, Diego L., Adrián López de Andrade, Sara, Ryan, Megan H., Silva Oliveira, Rafael, Field, Katie

“…Plant growth on harsh substrates (habitat specialization) requires specific traits to cope with stressful conditions. We tested whether traits related to…”
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How effective is direct seeding to restore the functional composition of neotropical savannas? by Giles, André Luiz, Costa, Patrícia de Britto, Rowland, Lucy, Abrahão, Anna, Lobo, Luisa, Verona, Larissa, Silva, Mateus Cardoso, Monge, Marcelo, Wolfsdorf, Gabriel, Petroni, Amanda, D'Angioli, André M., Sampaio, Alexandre B., Schimidt, Isabel B., Oliveira, Rafael S.

“…Species loss leads to changes in ecosystem function and services, impacting human well‐being. Although biodiversity restoration is pivotal to circumvent this…”
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Specialized roots of Velloziaceae weather quartzite rock while mobilizing phosphorus using carboxylates by Teodoro, Grazielle Sales, Lambers, Hans, Nascimento, Diego L., de Britto Costa, Patrícia, Flores‐Borges, Denisele N. A., Abrahão, Anna, Mayer, Juliana L. S., Sawaya, Alexandra C. H. F., Ladeira, Francisco Sérgio Bernardes, Abdala, Dalton Belchior, Pérez, Carlos A., Oliveira, Rafael S., Power, Sally

“…Campos rupestres is an extremely phosphorus (P)‐impoverished rocky ecosystem in Brazil. Velloziaceae is an important plant family in this environment, and some…”
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Tropical riparian forests in danger from large savanna wildfires by Flores, Bernardo M., Sá Dechoum, Michele, Schmidt, Isabel B., Hirota, Marina, Abrahão, Anna, Verona, Larissa, Pecoral, Luísa L. F., Cure, Marcio B., Giles, André L., Britto Costa, Patrícia, Pamplona, Matheus B., Mazzochini, Guilherme G., Groenendijk, Peter, Minski, Géssica L., Wolfsdorf, Gabriel, Sampaio, Alexandre B., Piccolo, Fernanda, Melo, Lorena, Fiacador de Lima, Renato, Oliveira, Rafael S., Remy, Cécile

“…Tropical savannas are known for the fire‐prone ecosystems, yet, riparian evergreen forests are another important landscape feature. These forests usually…”
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Towards more sustainable cropping systems: lessons from native Cerrado species by Lambers, Hans, de Britto Costa, Patrícia, Oliveira, Rafael S., Silveira, Fernando A. O.

“…Our aim was to explore the potential of Cerrado, a biodiversity hotspot which is a reservoir of genetic resources of agriculture-relevant traits to be used…”
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Microbiomes of Velloziaceae from phosphorus-impoverished soils of the campos rupestres, a biodiversity hotspot by Camargo, Antonio Pedro, de Souza, Rafael Soares Correa, de Britto Costa, Patrícia, Gerhardt, Isabel Rodrigues, Dante, Ricardo Augusto, Teodoro, Grazielle Sales, Abrahão, Anna, Lambers, Hans, Carazzolle, Marcelo Falsarella, Huntemann, Marcel, Clum, Alicia, Foster, Brian, Foster, Bryce, Roux, Simon, Palaniappan, Krishnaveni, Varghese, Neha, Mukherjee, Supratim, Reddy, T. B. K., Daum, Chris, Copeland, Alex, Chen, I.-Min A., Ivanova, Natalia N., Kyrpides, Nikos C., Pennacchio, Christa, Eloe-Fadrosh, Emiley A., Arruda, Paulo, Oliveira, Rafael Silva

“…The rocky, seasonally-dry and nutrient-impoverished soils of the Brazilian campos rupestre s impose severe growth-limiting conditions on plants. Species of a…”
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The response of carbon assimilation and storage to long‐term drought in tropical trees is dependent on light availability by Rowland, Lucy, Costa, Antonio C. L., Oliveira, Rafael S., Bittencourt, Paulo R. L., Giles, André L., Coughlin, Ingrid, Britto Costa, Patricia, Bartholomew, David, Domingues, Tomas F., Miatto, Raquel C., Ferreira, Leandro V., Vasconcelos, Steel S., Junior, Joao A. S., Oliveira, Alex A. R., Mencuccini, Maurizio, Meir, Patrick, Muller‐Landau, Helene

“…Whether tropical trees acclimate to long‐term drought stress remains unclear. This uncertainty is amplified if drought stress is accompanied by changes in…”
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