Leguminosae along the corridor Seasonal Montane Rain Forest of South America: flora and diversity, patterns of geographic distribution and phylogenetic structure.

• Grant number: 10/01281-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: May 01, 2010
• End date: April 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany - Phytogeography
• Principal Investigator: Ana Maria Goulart de Azevedo Tozzi
• Grantee: Jacira Rabelo Lima
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Tropical Seasonal Montane Forests (FTES)are found in areas of tropical regions characterized by marked seasonal precipitation. Approximately 54% of the remaining FTES are located in South America. These forests have an elevated richness of species, many of which are endemic; the Leguminosae family stands out as one of the most diverse. Despite elevated species richness and high endemism, the flora, biogeography and ecology of these forests have been neglected and little attention has been given to their conservation. Thus, this project aims to develop a clear understanding of the diversity of the family Leguminosae in the principal fragments of South American FTES and to understand the floristic relationships between these separated plant populations, as well as to discern the geographic distribution patterns of the taxa and phylogenetic structure of Leguminosae populations. The objective is to discern potential linkages between South American FTES based on analysis of current geographic species distribution patterns and on modeling through the Maxent algorithm.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LIMA, JACIRA R.; TOZZI, ANA M. G. A.; MANSANO, VIDAL F.. A checklist of woody Leguminosae in the South American Corridor of Dry Vegetation. PHYTOTAXA, v. 207, n. 1, p. 1-38, MAY 5 2015. (10/01281-5)

LIMA, JACIRA R.; SANTOS, NIVEA D.; TOZZI, ANA M. G. A.; MANSANO, VIDAL F.. Using legumes as indicators in the seasonally dry vegetation types in South America. ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS, v. 73, p. 708-715, FEB 2017. (10/01281-5)