Cerrado

Photos from the Field: Does Fire Trigger Seed Germination in the Neotropical Savannas?

Figure 2. Fire experiments conducted in wet grasslands to evaluate how fire affects vegetation composition, structure and dynamics. Local people usually burn the wet grasslands every two years in order to stimulate the production of flowering stalks of Syngonanthus nitens (“capim dourado “ - golden grass/ Eriocaulaceae), which is used in handcraft. (Photo: Alessandra Fidelis)

Santos Fichino et al., (2016). Does Fire Trigger Seed Germination in the Neotropical Savannas? Experimental Tests with Six Cerrado Species…. Read More »

2015 Biotropica Awards for Excellence in Tropical Biology & Conservation

Photo 5: A Swallow-tailed hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura) visiting the flowers of Palicourea rigida (Rubiaceae), an interaction typically observed in the open savanna (credit P.E. Oliveira).

Every year Biotropica’s Editorial Board selects the recipient of the Award for Excellence in Tropical Biology and Conservation, which recognizes… Read More »

Photos from the Field: Plant-Hummingbird Networks in the Cerrado

Maruyama, P. K., Vizentin-Bugoni, J., Oliveira, G. M., Oliveira, P. E. and Dalsgaard, B. (2014), Morphological and Spatio-Temporal Mismatches Shape… Read More »

Tropical Biology and Conservation in Brazil

Brazil always fascinated early naturalists – many will be familiar with the writings of Darwin, Wallace, Roosevelt, von Humboldt, and… Read More »

Photos from the Field: Baldauf et al. 2014. Nontimber forest products in Brazil’s Cerrado

Harvesting increases flower and fruit production in H. drasticus (Photo: C. Baldauf)

Cristina Baldauf, Alexsandra Salvador da Silva, Julia C. Sfair, Rosijânia Ferreira and Flavio Antonio Maës dos Santos. 2014. Harvesting Increases Reproductive… Read More »

Photos from the Field: Salazar and Goldstein 2014. Fire & Diversity in the Cerrado

Salazar & Goldstein 2014. Researcher Ana Salazar establishing 1m2 plots to quantify density and richness of seedlings in recently burned savannas in Central Brazil (Photograph by Daniel Ramirez-Lamus)

Ana Salazar & Guillermo Goldstein. 2014. Effects of Fire on Seedling Diversity and Plant Reproduction (Sexual vs. Vegetative) in Neotropical Savannas… Read More »