“…Mountainous habitats translate into a wide diversity of ecosystem types, particularly specific forest types present at high altitudes, including forests, savannas, grasslands, rocky outcrop vegetation, and swamps (Scarano, Ceotto & Martinelli, 2016). The vegetation cover of Campos de Altitude (grassland mountainous vegetation) is predominantly formed by shrubs, herbs, and grasses in interspersed rocky outcrops, shallow soils, and occasional swamps (Ribeiro, Medina, & Scarano, 2007), and has been the vegetation with higher sensitivity to conversion of use (Pillar, Müller, Castilhos & Jacques, 2009;Barros, 2014) Among Brazilian plant physiognomies present in mountainous regions, subject to loss of vegetation cover, Campos de Altitude is present, in Brazil, in the Atlantic Forest, Amazon, Cerrado, and Pantanal (wetlands) biomes (Scarano, Ceotto, & Martinelli, 2016;Urbanetz et al, 2012;Zucco et al, 2011), in an altitudinal range from 1,200 m to 3,000 m. There are also 'Campos Rupestres' in higher altitudes within the Cerrado biome ranging from 1,000 to 2,000 m (Scarano, Ceotto & Martinelli, 2016;Fernandes et al 2014;Zucco et al, 2011).…”