Massive post-fire flowering events in a tropical mountain region of Brazil: high episodic supply of floral resources

Acta Botanica Brasilica

Abel Augusto Conceição¹  Thiago Gondim Alencar¹  Jumara Marques Souza¹  Alan Daniel Cerqueira Moura¹  Gabriela Almeida Silva¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana Laboratório Flora e Vegetação Departamento de Ciências BiológicasFeira de Santana Bahia ,Brazil

关键词: Biodiversity conservation;    Chapada Diamantina;    nectar;    rocky grasslands;    Vellozia sincorana;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-33062013000400025

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The species Vellozia sincorana L.B.Sm. & Ayensu is key to biodiversity conservation in the tropical mountain region of Brazil. The massive post-fire flowering of this endemic species provides a large, episodic supply of floral resources, mostly nectar, to animals.

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