Category: Original article

Abstract Because species–environment interactions are mediated by phenotypic tradeoffs, the maintenance of ancestral traits in some phylogenetic clades and the … Continue reading >Phylogenetic habitat filtering influences forest nucleation in grasslands

Abstract Questions: Do small rocky outcrops favor forest plant colonization and establishment in grasslands? If so, what are the potential … Continue reading >Nurse rocks influence forest expansion over native grassland in southern Brazil

Abstract This study analyzed the influence of vegetation structure variation along a natural vegetation mosaic formed by Araucaria forest and … Continue reading >Edge effects on epigeic ant assemblages in a grassland forest mosaic in southern Brazil

Abstract Seed dispersal is a limiting factor in the maintenance and distribution of plant communities, especially in rainforest ecosystems where … Continue reading >Seed removal patterns by vertebrates in different successional stages of Araucaria forest advancing over southern Brazilian grasslands

Abstract Questions: Perching and nursing effects drive initial steps of forest expansion over grasslands. Nursing effect is obviously related to … Continue reading >Testing for the influence of niche and neutral factors on sapling community assembly beneath isolated woody plants in grasslands

Abstract Question: Whereas similar ecological requirements lead to trait-convergence assembly patterns (TCAP) of species in communities, the interactions controlling how … Continue reading >Discriminating trait-convergence and trait-divergence assembly patterns in ecological community gradients.

ABSTRACT Aim  Our objective was to evaluate the influence of distinct macroecological factors (space, floristics and environment) on the variation … Continue reading >Macroecological analyses reveal historical factors influencing seed dispersal strategies in Brazilian Araucaria forests.

Abstract Questions: In a natural grassland-forest mosaic: What is the influence of phylogeny and diaspore traits related to disperser attraction … Continue reading >Plant dispersal strategies and the colonization of Araucaria forest patches in a grassland-forest mosaic.

Abstract Holymenia clavigera (Herbst) and Anisoscelis foliacea marginella (Dallas) (Hemiptera: Coreidae: Anisoscelini) are distributed in southern Brazil and use various … Continue reading >Performance consequences of food mixing in two passion vine leaf-footed bugs, Holymenia clavigera and Anisoscelis foliacea marginella (Hemiptera: Coreidae)

Abstract  Araucaria Forest expansion over grassland takes place under wet climate conditions and low disturbance and it is hypothesized that … Continue reading >Role of nurse plants in Araucaria Forest expansion over grassland in south Brazil.