Publications

Gastauer M, Sobral MEG, Meira-Neto JAA (2015) Preservation of primary forest characteristics despite fragmentation and isolation in a forest remnant from Viçosa, MG, Brazil. Revista Árvore 39:985–994. doi: 10.1590/0100-67622015000600001
Gastauer, M, Meira-Neto, JAA. 2013. Community dynamics in a species-rich patch of old-growth forest in a global changing scenario Acta Botanica Brasilica 27(2): 270-285.

Ecological theory predicts that, in mature ecosystems, species richness, the number of individuals and the biomass of individuals will remain in a relatively stable state of equilibrium. The aim of this study was to test that theory. In 2001 and 2010, we conducted censuses of all trees with a...
Gastauer, M. Meira-Neto, J.A.A. 2014. Interactions, Environmental Sorting and Chance: Phylostructure of a Tropical Forest Assembly. Folia Geobotanica, DOI 10.1007/s12224-013-9181-1

Density dependence, environmental sorting and chance have been discussed for the purpose of understanding, predicting and explaining the species richness, composition and structural parameters of living communities. Different ecological mechanisms occur individually in an overlapping manner, so the...
Gastauer, M., Leyh, W., Miazaki, A., and Meira-Neto, J.A.A. (2015). Vascular plant community composition from the campos rupestres of the Itacolomi State Park, Brazil. Biodivers. Data J. 3, e4507.

Campos rupestres are rare and endangered ecosystems that accommodate a species-rich flora with a high degree of endemism. Here, we make available a dataset from phytosociological surveys carried out in the Itacolomi State Park, Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. All species in a total of 30 plots...
Gastauer, M., Linda Trein, João Augusto Alves Meira-Neto, Wolfgang Schumacher. 2013. Evaluation of biotope's importance for biotic resource protection by the Bonner Approach. Ecological Indicators, Volume 24, January 2013, Pages 193–200.
Gastauer, M., Maria Cristina Teixeira Braga Messias, João Augusto Alves Meira Neto. 2012. Floristic Composition, Species Richness and Diversity of Campo Rupestre Vegetation from the Itacolomi State Park, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Environment and Natural Resources Research, Vol 2, No 3. pp. 115-128.