Table of Contents
Front Matter
Part I: Ecological and Evolutionary pathways
Front Matter
Chapter 1: The Ecological and Applied Potential of Baccharis
G. Wilson Fernandes, Yumi Oki and Milton Barbosa
Chapter 2: Baccharis: Diversity and Distribution
Gustavo Heiden
Chapter 3: The Evolution of Genetic Studies of Baccharis
Patrícia de Abreu Moreira, Heloiza Navarro de Novaes, G. Wilson Fernandes
Chapter 4: Intersexual Differences in Demography, Resource Investment, and Herbivory in Baccharis
Evelyn M. Frazier, Jhonathan O. Silva, Mário M. Espírito-Santo, Tatiana Cornelissen and G. Wilson Fernandes Chapter 5: Multitrophic and Indirect Interactions in the Baccharis dracunculifolia System
Milton Barbosa, Graziella França Monteiro and G. Wilson Fernandes
Chapter 6: Endophytic Fungi of Baccharis
Yumi Oki, Lucas Arantes-Garcia, Renata Maia, Michel Stórquio Belmiro, Isabela Maria Nascimento, Ary Correa Junior, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes
Chapter 7: Baccharis as Nurse Plants
Ramón Perea, Marta Peláez and G. Wilson Fernandes
Chapter 8: Biological Invasion by Baccharis
Adrián Lázaro-Lobo, Gary N. Ervin, Lidia Caño and F. Dane Panetta
Part II: Structure and Chemistry of Baccharis
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Chapter 9: Morpho-anatomical Characteristics of Species of Baccharis
Jane Manfron Budel, Paulo Vitor Farago, Ikhlas Ahmed Khan and Vijayasankar Raman
Chapter 10: Essential Oils of Baccharis: Chemical Composition and Biological Activities
Jane Manfron Budel, Vijayasankar Raman, Ikhlas Ahmed Khan and Paulo Vitor Farago
Chapter 11: Flavonoids of Baccharis
Simone dos Santos Grecco, Deborah Pelosi Sessa and João Henrique Ghilardi Lago
Chapter 12: Chemistry and Biological Activities of Phenolic Compounds from Baccharis Genus
Jairo Kenupp Bastos and Caroline Arruda
Chapter 13: Baccharis Terpenoid Compounds
Sérgio Ricardo Ambrósio, Mário Ferreira Conceição Santos, Larissa Costa Oliveira, Ana Lúcia Bassi, Jairo Kenupp Bastos, and Rodrigo Cassio Sola Veneziani
Chapter 14: Macrocyclic Trichothecenes of Baccharis
Alessandra Caroline Montes Frade, Maria Beatriz de Oliveira Rabelo, Priscilla Rodrigues Valadares Campana, Rodrigo Maia de Pádua and Fernão Castro Braga Chapter 15: Livestock Intoxication by Baccharis
Claudio S. L. Barros and Bruce B. Jarvis
Part III: Baccharis: Applications and Innovations
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Chapter 16: An Overview of the Cultural and Popular Use of Baccharis
Mara Rejane Ritter, Anderson Luiz Christ, Aline de Mello Zevieski and Marina Fülber
Chapter 17: CPQBA 1: First Cultivar Registered and Protected From a Brazilian Medicinal Plant
Ilio Montanari Jr
Chapter 18: Perspectives of Baccharis Secondary Metabolites as Sources for New Anticancer Drug Candidates
Christiane Contigli, Elaine Maria de Souza-Fagundes, Warne Pedro de Andrade, Jacqueline Aparecida Takahashi, Yumi Oki and Geraldo Wilson Fernandes
Chapter 19: Innovation and Knowledge of Prospective Studies on the Genus Baccharis
About the Author:
Prof Geraldo Wilson Fernandes - PhD in evolutionary ecology (Northern Arizona University, USA, 1992), Tinker Professor at Stanford University (2015/2016), visiting professor at Universidad de Seville (2019/2020), and full member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. Has experience in plant-animal interactions, biomonitoring, restoration ecology, climate change, environmental assessment and bioeconomy. Six books published (three of them with Springer), more than 500 peer-reviewed articles published on various subjects in the field of environmental sciences, and more than 100 graduate students supervised. Currently, full professor at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Dr Yumi Oki - PhD in Entomology (University of São Paulo, Brazil, 2005). Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Alberta, Canada. She has experience in the fields of Ecology, with emphasis on Ecosystem Ecology, Applied Ecology, Environmental Restoration, Environmental Services, Environmental Microbiology and bioprospecting. Current research subjects include diversity, insect-plant interaction, biological activity, Lepidoptera, herbivory, environmental services, symbiotic microorganisms and endophytic fungi. Currently, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.Dr Milton Barbosa - PhD in Zoology (University of Oxford, UK, 2017). Worked in the Sea Around Us project, University of British Columbia, Canada. Was a Fellow in the "Emerging Leader in the Americas" program at the University of Alberta, Canada. Participated in the IBISCA (Investigating Biodiversity of Insects in Soil and Canopy) international expeditions to Australia and Vanuatu; and in the Tropi-Dry project, studying tropical dry forests in Serra do Cipó, Brazil. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil. He has experience in the field of Ecology, working mainly on community assembly, indirect interaction networks, and insect-plant interactions.
