Late Quaternary vegetation, biodiversity and fire
dynamics on the southern Brazilian highland
and their implication for conservation and
management of modern Araucaria forest
and grassland ecosystems
Hermann Behling1,* and Vale´rio DePatta Pillar2
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Late Quaternary vegetation, biodiversity and fire
dynamics on the southern Brazilian highland
and their implication for conservation and
management of modern Araucaria forest
and grassland ecosystems
Hermann Behling1,* and Vale´rio DePatta Pillar2
1
Albrecht-von-Haller-Institut fu¨r Pflanzenwissenschaften, Georg-August-Universita¨t Go¨ttingen,
Abteilung fu¨r Palynologie und Klimadynamik, Untere Karspu¨le 2, 37073 Go¨ttingen, Germany
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Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul,
CEP 91540-000 Porto Alegre, Brazil
Palaeoecological background information is needed for management and conservation of the highly
diverse mosaic of Araucaria forest and Campos (grassland) in southern Brazil.
Questions on the
origin of Araucaria forest and grasslands; its development, dynamic and stability; its response to
environmental change such as climate; and the role of human impact are essential.
Further questions
on its natural stage of vegetation or its alteration by pre- and po
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