05488nam a22006015i 4500 978-3-031-42580-6 DE-He213 20251030110901.0 cr nn 008mamaa 231215s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031425806 978-3-031-42580-6 10.1007/978-3-031-42580-6 doi QH541.29 RNC bicssc SCI020000 bisacsh RNC thema South Brazilian Grasslands [electronic resource] : Ecology and Conservation of the Campos Sulinos / edited by Gerhard Ernst Overbeck, Valério De Patta Pillar, Sandra Cristina Müller, Glayson Ariel Bencke. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024. IX, 555 p. 131 illus. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 1. Gondwana rocks & Holocene coastal plains: geology of the Campos Sulinos region and relation to current landscape features -- 2. A look into the past: fossils from the Campos Sulinos region -- 3. Past and current climate in the Campos Sulinos region and vegetation dynamics over time -- 4. A historical perspective on the biogeography of the Campos Sulinos region -- 5. Climatic and soil conditions across the Campos Sulinos region -- 6. Colonization and land use history in a marginal region -- 7. Grassland plant community composition and dynamics: disturbance as determinants of grassland diversity -- 8. Plant microevolutionary processes in the Campos Sulinos: why do they matter? -- 9. Campos Sulinos bird communities: effect of land use and management -- 10. Mammals in the Campos Sulinos: diversity and conservation status of grassland species -- 11. Amphibians and reptiles -- 12. Arthropods in the Campos Sulinos and their manifold ecosystem functions -- 13. Fish diversity in a grassland region -- 14.Soil organisms and their role for ecosystem processes -- 15. Wetlands in the Campos Sulinos: diversity, functions and threats -- 16. Soil carbon stocks and carbon storage in Campos Sulinos ecosystems -- 17. Trees and forests in a grassland region: biodiversity, conservation status and threats -- 18. Forest expansion over South Brazilian grasslands and mediating processes -- 19. Conservation of forest-grassland mosaics in southern Brazil -- 20. Future land use scenarios for southeastern South America -- 21. Invasive species: current status and future threats -- 22. Conservation policy in southern Brazil: instruments, implementation and future challenges -- 23. Restoration of grasslands and forest-grassland mosaics in the Campos Sulinos region -- 24. Sustainable development in the Campos Sulinos region -- 25. The future of Brazil’s Campos Sulinos (Final Synthesis Chapter). This volume explores the South Brazilian grasslands, a unique complex of ecosystems in Brazil. Despite high biodiversity and many important ecosystem services, their biodiversity and conservation are neglected, both nationally, and globally. This book provides a state-of-the-art synthesis of knowledge on the biodiversity and its drivers in South Brazilian grasslands and associated ecosystems. Further, the book discusses conservation challenges and options, as well as management strategies that help to maintain the region’s uniqueness. The chapters present information on biodiversity and ecological features of the region, and put this information into the context of historical and current human land uses, allowing for links to global discussions of conservation and sustainable development. Altogether, the book contains 20 chapters organized in four sections. The book is directed at researchers, students and professionals working with biodiversity and sustainable development in southern Brazil, as well as to the international scientific and conservation community interested in grasslands and associated ecosystems, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. Applied ecology. 68626 Biotic communities. 68627 Grassland ecology. 68628 Ecology . 68629 Conservation biology. 68630 Applied Ecology. 68631 Ecosystems. 68632 Grassland Ecology. 68633 Terrestial Ecology. 68634 Conservation Biology. 68635 Overbeck, Gerhard Ernst. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 68636 Pillar, Valério De Patta. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 68637 Müller, Sandra Cristina. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 68638 Bencke, Glayson Ariel. editor. edt http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 68639 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031425790 Printed edition: 9783031425813 Printed edition: 9783031425820 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42580-6 ZDB-2-SBL ZDB-2-SXB 56924 56924