The Cerrados of Brazil: Ecology and Natural History of a Neotropical Savanna

Edited by Paulo S. Oliveira and Robert J. Marquis

Paper, 424 pages, 61 line, 40 h/t
ISBN: 978-0-231-12043-2
$47.50 / £28.00

October, 2002
Cloth, 424 pages, 61 line, 40 h/t
ISBN: 978-0-231-12042-5
$93.50 / £55.00

1 Introduction: Development of Research in the Cerrados, by Paulo S. Oliveira and Robert J. Marquis

Part I. Historical Framework and the Abiotic Environment

2. Relation of Soils and Geomorphic Surfaces in the Brazilian Cerrado, by Paulo E. F. Motta, Nilton Curi, and Donald P. Franzmeier

3 Late Quaternary History and Evolution of the Cerrados as Revealed by Palynological Records, by Marie-Pierre Ledru

4 The Fire Factor, by Heloisa S. Miranda, Mercedes M. C. Bustamante, and Antonio C. Miranda

5 Past and Current Human Occupation and Land-Use, by Carlos A. Klink and Adriana G. Moreira

Part II. The Plant Community: Composition, Dynamics, and Life-History

6 Vegetation Physiognomies and Woody Flora of the Cerrado Biome, by Ary T. Oliveira-Filho and James A. Ratter

7 Herbaceous Plant Communities, by Tarciso S. Filgueiras

8 Patterns and Dynamics of Plant Populations, by Raimundo P. B. Henriques and John D. Hay

9 The Role of Fire in Population Dynamics of Woody Plants, by William A. Hoffmann and Adriana G. Moreira

10 Ecophysiology of Woody Plants, by Augusto C. Franco

Part III. The Animal Community: Diversity and Biogeography

11 Lepidoptera in the Cerrado Landscape and the Conservation of Vegetation, Soil, and Topographical Mosaics,, by Keith S. Brown Jr. and David R. Gifford

12 The Character and Dynamics of the Cerrado Herpetofauna, by Guarino R. Colli, Rogério P. Bastos, and Alexandre F. B. Araujo

13 The Avifauna: Ecology, Biogeography, and Behavior, by Regina H. F. Macedo

14 The Cerrado Mammals: Diversity, Ecology, and Natural History, by Jader Marinho-Filho, Flávio H. G. Rodrigues, and Keila M. Juarez

Part IV. Insect-Plant Interactions

15 Ant Foraging on Plant Foliage: Contrasting Effects on the Behavioral Ecology of Insect Herbivores, by Paulo S. Oliveira, André V. L. Freitas, and Kleber Del-Claro

16 Interactions Among Cerrado plants and Their Herbivores: Unique or typical? Robert J. Marquis, by Helena C. Morais, and Ivone R. Diniz

17 Pollination and Reproductive Biology in Cerrado Plant Communities, by Paulo E. Oliveira and Peter E. Gibbs

Part V. The Conservation of the Cerrados

18 Biodiversity and Conservation Priorities in the Cerrado Region, by Roberto B. Cavalcanti and Carlos A. Joly

Related Subjects

• Ecology

About the Author

Paulo S. Oliveira is professor of ecology at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas in Brazil and was president of the Association for Tropical Biology in 1999. Robert J. Marquis is associate professor of biology at the University of Missouri in St. Louis and is currently editor of Biotropica, the journal of the Association for Tropical Biology.

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