ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND RISK OF DESERTIFICATION IN ALTO SERTÃO REGION, ALAGOAS STATE, BRAZIL

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND RISK OF DESERTIFICATION IN ALTO SERTÃO REGION, ALAGOAS STATE, BRAZIL

In this research, the authors evaluated the degree of degradation of the Caatinga biome in Sertão do São Francisco Microregion, Alagoas State, Brazil, by the association of these results with the aridity. We obtained a panorama of the desertification propensity in this area. From the aridity index (...

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Main Authors: João Paulo de Oliveira Santos, José Marcelino da Silva Júnior, José Adalberto da Silva Filho, José Luiz Carneiro da Silva, José Kennedy do Nascimento Ribeiro, Francisco Ítalo Fernandes de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco 2017-09-01
Series:Revista Geama
Subjects:
Caatinga
Aridity index
Use and occupation of the soil
Online Access:http://www.journals.ufrpe.br/index.php/geama/article/view/1537

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