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Vinícius de L. Dantas

Researcher at Federal University of Uberlandia

Publications -  21
Citations -  1399

Vinícius de L. Dantas is an academic researcher from Federal University of Uberlandia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vegetation & Biome. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 19 publications receiving 1112 citations. Previous affiliations of Vinícius de L. Dantas include State University of Campinas & Federal University of São Carlos.

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A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities

Andrew Siefert, +51 more
- 01 Dec 2015 - 
TL;DR: This paper conducted a meta-analysis of the relative extent of ITV within and among plant communities worldwide, using a data set encompassing 629 communities (plots) and 36 functional traits.
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Disturbance maintains alternative biome states.

TL;DR: It is shown that, for a wide range of environmental conditions, fire feedbacks maintain savannas and forests as alternative biome states in both the Neotropics and the Afrotropics and suggests that disturbance is a general factor driving and maintaining alternative biomeStates and vegetation mosaics in the tropics.
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Fire drives functional thresholds on the savanna–forest transition

TL;DR: The results are consistent with the hypothesis that forests and savannas are two coexisting stable states with contrasting patterns of function and diversity that are regulated by fire-plant feedbacks and shed light on the mechanism driving each state.
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The lanky and the corky: Fire-escape strategies in savanna woody species

TL;DR: In this article, the authors are grateful to the Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP), the Coordenacado de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES), and the Spanish Government (VIRRA and TREVOL projects, CGL2009-12048/BOS and CGL2012-39938-C02-00) for financial support and the scholarships granted to the authors.
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Habitat filtering determines the functional niche occupancy of plant communities worldwide

TL;DR: The results indicate that including intraspecific trait variability will contribute to a better understanding of the processes driving patterns of functional niche occupancy across plant communities and coexisting species tend to be more functionally similar rather than more functionally specialized.