caa a22 4500 605526656 CHVBK 20210128100804.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0967-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0967-8 Geographical patterns of terrestrial herbs: a new component in planning the conservation of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest [Elektronische Daten] [Leandro Vieira, Rodrigo Polisel, Natália Ivanauskas, George Shepherd, Jorge Waechter, Kikyo Yamamoto, Fernando Martins] The Brazilian Atlantic Forest (sensu lato) is constituted by Dense Ombrophilous Forest, Mixed Ombrophilous Forest and Seasonal Semideciduous Forest, in which tree species are distributed in gradients, whichever latitude, longitude, or altitude is considered. We investigated whether herb species living on the floor of these forests would have the same geographic distribution pattern. If tree and herb-layer species have coincident distribution patterns, the same conservation units can conserve both species sets; otherwise, specific conservation actions should be taken. We built a presence/absence matrix of 803 terrestrial native species in 80 surveys across the southern and southeastern Brazilian Atlantic Forest. We performed UPGMA, CA and RDA multivariate analyses in order to investigate the distribution patterns. The high degree of agreement among the analyses led us to assume that the geographic distribution of the herb-layer flora occurs as gradients among three main floristic groups: Tropical Ombrophilous forests (mostly lowland forests), Subtropical Ombrophilous forests (mostly montane and upper-montane forests in lower latitudes and sub-montane and lowland forests in higher latitudes, i.e., where temperature is lower), and Seasonal Semideciduous forests (with a marked dry season). Based on different patterns and processes between herbs and trees, and in order to encompass the highest flora diversity, we highlight the importance of creating more reserves in each one of the three main floristic groups of herb-layer species in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Atlantic forest nationallicence Conservation units nationallicence Herb-layer nationallicence Floristic groups nationallicence Gradient distribution nationallicence Indicator species nationallicence Vieira Leandro Ecology Graduate Course, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil aut Polisel Rodrigo Plant Ecology Graduate Course, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil aut Ivanauskas Natália Seção de Ecologia Florestal, Instituto Florestal, Rua do Horto 931, 02377-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil aut Shepherd George Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil aut Waechter Jorge Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil aut Yamamoto Kikyo Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil aut Martins Fernando Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/9(2015-09-01), 2181-2198 0960-3115 24:9<2181 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0967-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0967-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vieira Leandro Ecology Graduate Course, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Polisel Rodrigo Plant Ecology Graduate Course, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ivanauskas Natália Seção de Ecologia Florestal, Instituto Florestal, Rua do Horto 931, 02377-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Shepherd George Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Waechter Jorge Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yamamoto Kikyo Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Martins Fernando Department of Plant Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/9(2015-09-01), 2181-2198 0960-3115 24:9<2181 2015 24 10531