Ecology and Conservation of Mountaintop Grasslands in Brazil (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

1. The Megadiverse Rupestrian Grassland.- 2. The Physical Environment of Rupestrian Grasslands (Campos Rupestres) in Brazil: Geological, geomorphological and pedological characteristics, and interplays.- 3. Soils associated with rupestrian grasslands.- 4. Thermic and hydric dynamics of Ironstone (Canga) and Quartzite Rupestrian Grasslands in the Quadrilatero Ferrifero: the ecological importance of water.- 5. Water resources in the rupestrian grasslands of the Espinhaco Mountains.- 6. Rupestrian grassland vegetation, diversity and origin.- 7. Archipelago of montane forests surrounded by rupestrian grasslands: new insights and perspectives.- 8. Arbuscular mycorrhiza and endophytic fungi in ruspestrian grasslands .- 9. Succession on the rocky outcrop vegetation: a rupestrian grassland scheme.- 10. Seed Germination Ecology in Rupestrian Grasslands.- 11. Ecophysiology of campos rupestres plants.- 12. Phenology patterns across a rupestrian grassland altitudinal gradient.- 13. Mutualistic interactions among free-living species in Rupestrian Grasslands.- 14. Antagonistic interactions in the rupestrian grasslands: new insights and perspective.- 15 . Cerrado to Rupestrian grasslands: patterns of species distribution and the forces shaping them along an altitudinal gradient.- 16. Termite role in soil nutrient cycling in Ironstone Rupestrian Grasslands ( canga ) in Carajas, Brazilian Amazonia.- 17. Afforestation in the rupestrian grasslands: the augmenting presssure of Eucalyptus.- 18. Fire in Rupestrian Grasslands: Plant Response and Management.- 19. Challenges in the restoration of quarzitic and ironstone rupestrian grasslands.- 20. The people of the mountains: the biocultural heritage of Espinhaco Range in Minas Gerais State, Brazil.- 21. The Human Dimension in the Espinhaco Mountains: Land Conversion and Ecosystem Services.- 22 . Rupestrian Grassland: past, present and future distribution.- 23. The shady future of the Rupestrian Grassland: major threats to conservation and challenges in the Anthropocene