Cultivated pastures occupy 30% of the Brazilian Cerrado. Most pastures have low
productivity, demanding intensification. Pasture intensification, as conventionally proposed …

Abstract Large areas of Tropical Forest have been cleared and deeply modified aiming at
growing crops and producing livestock. Many of these areas are transformed in pastures …

Grazing is the main land use in semi-arid regions of the world, and sustainable management
practices are urgently needed to prevent their degradation. However, how different grazing …

Silvopastoral systems (SPS) have been suggested as an approach to reduce pasture
degradation and, consequently, reduce the deforestation of new areas in the Brazilian …

Deforestation accounts for the majority of greenhouse gas emissions in developing
countries. In Brazil, deforestation represents~ 70% of the nation's greenhouse gas …

Grazing by domestic ungulates can have substantial impacts on forests in arid and semi-arid
regions, possibly including severe loss of carbon from the soil. Predicting net livestock …

Abstract The Brazilian Cerrado, with over 200 million hectares, has approximately 28% of its
area occupied by cultivated pasturelands and 39% of them are degraded. In this study, we …

Pastures are a major soil cover in Central Brazil, especially in rich soils previously occupied
by dry forests. We simulated a scenario in which the wooden fences in Paranã Valley are …

Despite its importance as a wealthy source of unique biodiversity (Janzen 1988) and that it
covers 42% of the tropical vegetation worldwide (Murphy and Lugo 1995), the dry forest is …

Cerrado is a biodiversity hotspot and possibly the most threatened tropical savanna in the
world. Although Cerrado has an important role in the global carbon balance, studies about …