Rafael Costa Cardoso

Neotropical cave entrances as environmental filters for vascular plant communities along low-light and soil resource gradients

Rafael Costa Cardoso, Guilherme Henrique Rosa, Roberto Franco Junior, Diego Tassinari et autres

eotropical quartzite cave entrances harbour unexpectedly rich vascular plant communities shaped by steep light and soil-resource gradients. Across the forest–cave continuum, richness declines sharply with depth, while composition is governed by external forest structure, entrance geomorphology and sediment geochemistry. These ecotones act …

Neotropical cave entrances as environmental filters for vascular plant communities along low-light and soil resource gradients

Rafael Costa Cardoso, Guilherme Henrique Rosa, Roberto Franco Junior, Diego Tassinari et autres

eotropical quartzite cave entrances harbour unexpectedly rich vascular plant communities shaped by steep light and soil-resource gradients. Across the forest–cave continuum, richness declines sharply with depth, while composition is governed by external forest structure, entrance geomorphology and sediment geochemistry. These ecotones act …

Neotropical Cave Entrances as Environmental Filters for Vascular Plant Communities Along Low‐Light and Soil Resource Gradients

Rafael Costa Cardoso, Guilherme Henrique Rosa, Roberto Franco Junior, Diego Tassinari et autres

ABSTRACT Aims Cave entrances are low‐light, oligotrophic ecotones where vascular plants persist at the intersection of strong constraints imposed by light, moisture, and soil resources. Yet the processes structuring these communities in tropical regions remain poorly explored. We ask: (1) How do …

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phytosociology peruacu

Hisaías de Souza Almeida, Guilherme Rosa, Rafael Costa Cardoso, Marconi Souza‐Silva et autres

This study investigated how contrasting environments within a karst system—cave skylights and an adjacent riparian forest—influence the structure, diversity, and floristic composition of woody plant communities. Vegetation was analyzed using phytosociological parameters, diameter-class distributions, observed richness, evenness, sample coverage, Bray–Curtis-based PERMANOVA, and …

Caves’ environmental stability shaping subterranean biodiversity in the neotropics

Rafael Costa Cardoso, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Marconi Souza‐Silva

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Cave flora: diversity and ecology of plant communities in caves

Rafael Costa Cardoso

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Caves’ Environmental Stability Shaping Subterranean Biodiversity in the Neotropics

Rafael Costa Cardoso, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Marconi Souza‐Silva

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Multi-spatial analysis on cave ecosystems to predict the diversity of subterranean invertebrates

Rafael Costa Cardoso, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Marconi Souza‐Silva

Subterranean habitats around the world can shelter diversified and threatened faunal communities. However, issues related to alterations in the landscape and structure of subterranean habitats still need to be better understood. Therefore, we used a multi-spatial scale analysis of land cover, land …

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CARACTERIZAÇÃO ESPELEOLÓGICA E SEDIMENTAR DE UMA CAVERNA DO MACIÇO QUARTZÍTICO SERRA SÃO JOSÉ, MINAS GERAIS

Liliane de Jesus Brandão, Rafael Costa Cardoso, Roberto Franco, Diego Tassinari et autres

As cavernas são consideradas “armadilhas” naturais de sedimentos e outros materiais externos que normalmente são transportados e depositados em seu interior, podendo ser acumulados em um ambiente relativamente estável por muitos anos, proporcionando condições adequadas para estudos sedimentológicos e paleoambientais. Estudos sobre …

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Priorities for cave fauna conservation in the Iuiú karst landscape, northeastern Brazil: a threatened spot of troglobitic species diversity

Rafael Costa Cardoso, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Marconi Souza‐Silva

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Priorities for cave fauna conservation in the Iuiú karst landscape, northeastern Brazil: a threatened spot of troglobitic species diversity

Marconi Souza‐Silva, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rafael Costa Cardoso

COMPOSIÇÃO, RIQUEZA E DIVERSIDADE DE INVERTEBRADOS EM CAVERNAS DE DIANÓPOLIS (TO)

Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rafael Costa Cardoso, Marconi Souza‐Silva

O presente estudo buscou avaliar a estrutura das comunidades de invertebrados terrestres em quatro cavernas calcárias no município de Dianópolis, estado do Tocantins. Além da composição da fauna, riqueza, diversidade e similaridade temporal e espacial entre as cavernas, foram qualificados os recursos …

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