Richness and phytogeography of the Cerrado's herb-shrub flora, link to maps in GeoTIFF format

Our main objectives in this study were: (1) identify areas with high herb-shrub species richness derived from Species Distribution Models (SDMs) and (2) delineate phytogeographic regions for the Cerrado based on floristic similarities in the herb-shrub flora. Using a large dataset of herb-shrub species collection records and inventories data combined with spatial abiotic data through SDMs, we reached conclusions about patterns of species richness, phytogeographic regions and conservation priority areas for the herb-shrub flora of the Cerrado. The zip file contains: 1) Amaral_et_al_2017_richness.tif - Richness pattern of the Cerrado herb-shrub flora based on species distribution models (SDMs). 2) Amaral_et_al_2017_phytoregions.tif - Modelled nine phytogeographic regions for the herb-shrub flora of the Cerrado.