Conservation in Brazil needs to include non‐forest ecosystems

GE Overbeck, E Vélez‐Martin… - Diversity and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the past decades, Brazil made important progress in the conservation of forest
ecosystems. Non‐forest ecosystems (NFE), in contrast, have been neglected, even though …

[HTML][HTML] Sistemas de integração lavoura-pecuária na região do Cerrado

L Vilela, GB Martha Junior, MCM Macedo… - Pesquisa …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
O objetivo deste trabalho foi analisar os benefícios e as perspectivas potenciais de sistemas
de integração lavoura-pecuária no processo de intensificação de uso das áreas em …

Quality assessment of the PRODES Cerrado deforestation data

L Parente, S Nogueira, L Baumann, C Almeida… - Remote Sensing …, 2021 - Elsevier
The prominent role assumed by Brazil in the global environmental agenda in recent years
has prompted the creation of legal provisions and the formulation of environmental policies …

Landscape changes over 30 years of intense economic activity in the upper Paraná River basin

AP Rudke, ACF Xavier, LD Martins, ED Freitas… - Ecological …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, we show the complexity associated with the recent land cover changes by
elucidating the paths of 30 years of changes in the Upper Paraná River Basin (UPRB), a …

Soil texture and fertility determine the beta diversity of plant species in veredas in Central Brazil

NR Bijos, DP da Silva, CBR Munhoz - Plant and Soil, 2023 - Springer
Background and aims Understanding the correlation between soil properties, species
composition and diversity in veredas (Brazilian savanna palm swamps) can provide insights …

Factors affecting the stemflow of trees in the Brazilian Cerrado

EA Honda, AH Mendonça, G Durigan - Ecohydrology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Stemflow is a hydrological flux that largely influences the input of rainwater to the soil and its
spatial distribution. Here, we aimed to identify the factors influencing this hydrological flux by …

Uso e cobertura do solo no Cerrado: panorama do período de 1985 a 2018: Soil use and coverage in Cerrado: period overview from 1985 to 2018

JC de Souza, PT de Aquino Martins… - Élisée-Revista de …, 2020 - revista.ueg.br
O advento das geotecnologias, principalmente o uso de imagens orbitais, tem auxiliado no
monitoramento do Cerrado, possibilitando o mapeamento e a quantificação das perdas de …

Bacteria and archaea communities in Cerrado natural pond sediments

R Silveira, MRSS Silva, T de Roure Bandeira de Mello… - Microbial ecology, 2021 - Springer
Natural ponds in the Brazilian Cerrado harbor high biodiversity but are still poorly studied,
especially their microbial assemblage. The characterization of the microbial community in …

Evaluation of water quality parameters for monitoring natural, urban, and agricultural areas in the Brazilian Cerrado

DHF Muniz, AS Moraes, IS Freire, CJD Cruz… - Acta Limnologica …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
INTRODUCTION: Brazil's Federal District (FD) has seen steep population growth in recent
years, and this has increased demand for high-quality water. AIM: The present work aims to …

Impacts of the urbanization process on water quality of Brazilian savanna rivers: the case of Preto River in Formosa, Goias State, Brazil

NL Pires, DHF Muniz, TB Kisaka… - International Journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
The release of domestic sewage in water resources is a practical feature of the urbanization
process, and this action causes changes that may impair the environmental balance and the …