Biogeographic patterns, β-diversity and dominance in the cerrado biome of Brazil

By S. Bridgewater, J. Ratter, J. Felipe Ribeiro. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2004

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Challenging Wallacean and Linnean shortfalls: knowledge gradients and conservation planning in a biodiversity hotspot (2006, background): “…Brazil and is the second larger biome of the country (the first is Amazon rainforest), encompassing a great amount of the environmental heterogeneity and different vegetation types, dominated by savannas (Ratter & Dargie, 1992; Ratter et al ., 1996; Bridgewater et al ., 2004; Silva et al ., 2006).”
Tree species of South America central savanna: endemism, marginal areas and the relationship with other biomes (2016, methodology): “The Cerrado shares several genera and species with the Atlantic Forest and the Amazon (Méio et al. 2003; Bridgewater et al. 2004).”
Woody Plant Diversity, Evolution, and Ecology in the Tropics: Perspectives from Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests (2009, methodology): “Using these databases, Bridgewater et al. (2004) described an oligarchy of c. 120 widespread, woody species that tend to dominate the entire area of the cerrado biome.”
Evidence for Adaptation to Fire Regimes in the Tropical Savannas of the Brazilian Cerrado (2012, background): “For example, Pennington et al. (2006b) pointed out that of the 121 woody species in 90 genera listed by Bridgewater et al. (2004) as dominating the Brazilian Cerrado, 99 species belong to 72 genera that also have species found in rain forests.”