Table of Contents

Vol. I - Origin, Structure, Dynamics and Plant Use

In the first volume, we examine in detail the vegetation, its structure, dynamics and presumed origin. Emphasis is on the adaptational features of plants in relation to their physical environment, in particular climate, soil conditions and fire. Further, we discuss the utility to humans of cerrado plants, the influence of man upon this ecosystem, and confront some of the problems associated with conservation politics.

Preface

Map with Major Localities Cited in the Text

  1. Introduction
  2. Definition of Cerrado and Distinction From Other Vegetation Types
  3. Geographical Location and Extension of the Cerrado Biome
  4. Geology, Geomorphology, Paleoclimate, Paleoecological Changes and Origin of Cerrado
  5. Climate
  6. Soil Properties and Soil, Vegetation and Plant Relationships
  7. Vegetation Physiognomy
  8. Other Vegetation Types in the Cerrado Region and Transitional Forms
  9. The Origin of the Cerrado Flora
  10. Floristic Diversity and Community Structure
  11. Plant Physiognomy, Life Forms, Growth Forms and Underground Organs
  12. Tree Age, Growth Rate and Growth Rhythm
  13. Water Balance, Nutrient Availability, and Xeromorphic and Scleromorphic Features of Cerrado Plants
  14. Fire and its Influence on Plants and Vegetation
  15. Frost and its Effects on Species Distribution in the Southern Cerrado Region
  16. Seasonality and Vegetation Rhythm
  17. Seed Germination, Seedling Establishment and Cerrado Regeneration Capacity
  18. Utility of Cerrado Plants and their Economic Potential
  19. Transformation of Cerrado into Cropland and Pasture, Environmental Consequences and Influence on Soil Dynamics
  20. Amerindians and Cerrado
  21. Importance and Future of Cerrado

References

General Index

Index of Plant Names

Vol. II - Pollination and Seed Dispersal

In the second volume, pollination and seed dispersal phenomena are described, and emphasis placed on how these processes, essentially plant-animal interrelationships, are critical to the maintenance and regeneration of this ecosystem.

  1. Introduction
  2. Events and Processes Leading to Reproduction and Seed Formation
  3. Generalist Insect-Pollinated Species Usually Having Bees as Principal Visitors of Day-Active Flowers
    1. Generalist Flowers Having a Greater Beetle Component
    2. Generalist Flowers Having an Occasional Beetle Component
  4. Pollen-Flowers in Dilleniaceae, Clusiaceae, Myrtaceae and Mimosaceae
  5. Species Pollinated by Small and Medium-Sized Bees
    1. Choripetalous Open or Partially Constricted Nectar-Flowers
    2. Choripetalous Open Pollen-Flowers
    3. Choripetalous Papilionoid Nectar-Flowers
    4. Sympetalous Actinomorphic or Zygomorphic Nectar-Flowers
    5. Flowers with Explosive Release of Pollen
    6. Pollination by Resin-Collecting Bees
  6. Species with Nectar-Flowers Pollinated by Large Bees
    1. Choripetalous Actinomorphic or Zygomorphic Flowers
    2. Choripetalous Papilionoid Flowers
    3. Sympetalous Flowers
  7. Floral Ecology of Bee-Pollinated Bignoniaceae
  8. Superimposed Pollination Systems in Jacaranda
  9. Oxaea flavescens: Nectar Robber or Pollinator?
  10. Buzz Pollination in Pollen-Flowers Having Poricidal Anthers
    1. Pollination of Solanum lycocarpum and Ouratea Flowers
    2. Multistaminate Large Flowers of Cochlospermum
    3. The Riddle of Mass-Flowering Miconia Species
    4. Flower Structures and Pollination in Cassiinae: Variations on a Theme
  11. Oil-Flowers and Oil-Collecting Bees
  12. The Native Cerrado Bee Fauna and the Introduced Honeybee
  13. Scarcity of Fly Pollination
  14. Cerrado Palms: From General Entomophily with Bees Predominating to Cantharophily
  15. In the Evening When the Beetles Come: Pollination in Annonaceae and Philodendron
  16. The Opportunists: Butterflies
  17. Generalist Night- (and Day)-Active Flowers, with Increasing Tendency Towards Moth (Nocturnal Lepidoptera) Pollination
  18. Moth Pollination
  19. Pollination and Evolution in Vochysiaceae
  20. The Silent Pollinators: Bats
  21. Hummingbirds and their Flowers
  22. Wind Pollination
  23. Pollination and Floral Biology in One Hectare of Cerrado
  24. Pollination and Floral Biology within Cerrado sensu lato and as Compared to Other Vegetation Types
  25. Sex Expression and Breeding Systems
  26. Herbivory and its Links to Reproduction and Regeneration; Parasitic Fungi and Myxomycetes
  27. Ants and Termites and their Influence on Plants and Vegetation
  28. Animals and their Role as Seed Dispersal Agents
  29. The Study of Dispersal in Cerrado Vegetation
  30. Field Work and Methods Used During Studies of Dispersal Phenomena in Two Plots of Cerrado sensu stricto and Cerradão in Botucatu
  31. Principal Dispersal Modes, their Relation to Height Classes and Examples of Dispersal Phenomena in the Cerrado sensu stricto Hectare, Botucatu
  32. Dispersal and Trypanocarpy in Grasses
    1. Relationship Between the Morphology of Dispersal Units and their Dispersal
    2. Observations on Hygroscopic Movements of Awns
  33. Modes of Zoochory in the Cerrado sensu stricto Hectare and their Relationship to Height Classes
  34. Dispersal Modes Related to Fruiting Time in the Cerrado sensu stricto Hectare
  35. Dispersal Modes in the Cerradão Hectare as Compared with the Cerrado sensu stricto Hectare in Botucatu
  36. Distribution Pattern in Relation to Dispersal Mode

References

General Index

Index of Plant Names

Index of Animal Names