caa a22 4500 605526672 CHVBK 20210128100804.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10531-015-0939-z doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10531-015-0939-z Tree species composition and richness along altitudinal gradients as a tool for conservation decisions: the case of Atlantic semideciduous forest [Elektronische Daten] [Vanessa Rezende, Pedro de Miranda, Leila Meyer, Cecília Moreira, Mariana Linhares, Ary de Oliveira-Filho, Pedro Eisenlohr] Altitude is one of the major environmental variables influencing the distribution of tree taxa around the world, and can be a useful parameter for the development of conservation strategies. Our objectives were to obtain an overview of the conservation status of taxa from the Atlantic semideciduous seasonal forests of southeastern Brazil and check, among the floristically consistent altitudinal zones, which had the largest number of endemic, threatened and indicator species. To accomplish this, we used species occurrence and geo-climatic data from the ‘NeoTropTree' database. First, we checked which zones were floristically consistent using an ordination method (non-metric multidimensional scaling, NMS) followed by an analysis of variance. Then, we conducted an indicator species analysis, estimated species richness, calculated the taxonomic distinctness index for all zones and evaluated important aspects for conservation, such as endemism and threat of extinction. Taxa richness, and number of endemic and threatened species decreased with increasing altitude, while the amount of indicator species for each zone increased with altitudinal elevation. These variations related to the altitudinal gradient should be considered when developing conservation strategies. We also should prioritise the conservation of the entire gradient and, whenever possible, include endemic and endangered species in forest recovery programs. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Altitudinal gradient nationallicence Threatened species nationallicence Endemic species nationallicence NeoTropTree database nationallicence Priority areas for conservation nationallicence Rezende Vanessa Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, P.O. Box 486, 31270-910, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil aut de Miranda Pedro School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JN, Edinburgh, UK aut Meyer Leila Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, P.O. Box 486, 31270-910, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil aut Moreira Cecília Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, P.O. Box 486, 31270-910, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil aut Linhares Mariana Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, P.O. Box 486, 31270-910, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil aut de Oliveira-Filho Ary Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, P.O. Box 486, 31270-910, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil aut Eisenlohr Pedro Laboratório de Ecologia, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Alta Floresta (Campus II), P.O. Box 324, 78580-000, Alta Floresta, MT, Brazil aut Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/9(2015-09-01), 2149-2163 0960-3115 24:9<2149 2015 24 10531 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-015-0939-z 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/s10531-015-0939-z text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rezende Vanessa Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, P.O. Box 486, 31270-910, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Miranda Pedro School of Geosciences, The University of Edinburgh, EH9 3JN, Edinburgh, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Meyer Leila Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, P.O. Box 486, 31270-910, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Moreira Cecília Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, P.O. Box 486, 31270-910, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Linhares Mariana Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, P.O. Box 486, 31270-910, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Oliveira-Filho Ary Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, P.O. Box 486, 31270-910, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Eisenlohr Pedro Laboratório de Ecologia, Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso - UNEMAT, Campus Universitário de Alta Floresta (Campus II), P.O. Box 324, 78580-000, Alta Floresta, MT, Brazil aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Biodiversity and Conservation Springer Netherlands 24/9(2015-09-01), 2149-2163 0960-3115 24:9<2149 2015 24 10531