Caatinga Revisited: Ecology and Conservation of an Important Seasonal Dry Forest

Caatinga Revisited: Ecology and Conservation of an Important Seasonal Dry Forest

Besides its extreme climate conditions, the Caatinga (a type of tropical seasonal forest) hosts an impressive faunal and floristic biodiversity. In the last 50 years there has been a considerable increase in the number of studies in the area. Here we aimed to present a review of these studies, focus...

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Main Authors: Ulysses Paulino de Albuquerque, Elcida de Lima Araújo, Ana Carla Asfora El-Deir, André Luiz Alves de Lima, Antonio Souto, Bruna Martins Bezerra, Elba Maria Nogueira Ferraz, Eliza Maria Xavier Freire, Everardo Valadares de Sá Barreto Sampaio, Flor Maria Guedes Las-Casas, Geraldo Jorge Barbosa de Moura, Glauco Alves Pereira, Joabe Gomes de Melo, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Maria Jesus Nogueira Rodal, Nicola Schiel, Rachel Maria de Lyra-Neves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Severino Mendes de Azevedo-Júnior, Wallace Rodrigues Telino Júnior, William Severi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:The Scientific World Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/205182

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/205182

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