The Caatinga region is a system and not an aggregate

HFP de Araujo, AA Garda, WAG e Silva… - Journal of Arid …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Caatinga region, one of the world's most biodiverse tropical drylands, has been recently
portrayed as an aggregate of closed biotas that do not interact despite being contiguous …

The origins and historical assembly of the Brazilian Caatinga seasonally dry tropical forests

MF Fernandes, D Cardoso, RT Pennington… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The Brazilian Caatinga is considered the richest nucleus of the Seasonally Dry Tropical
Forests (SDTF) in the Neotropics, also exhibiting high levels of endemism, but the timing of …

Birds of the Caatinga revisited: The problem of enclaves within, but not of, the Caatinga

RD Lima - Journal of Arid Environments, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Caatinga of northeastern Brazil is the largest nucleus of the seasonally dry
tropical forest biome. Number of bird species in lists of the Caatinga often are quite different …

Brazilian biomes distribution: Past and future

J Maksic, IM Venancio, MH Shimizu, CM Chiessi… - Palaeogeography …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 26.5–19 ka) was marked by atmospheric cooling,
in contrast to the current warming climate, which will probably continue in the coming …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative phylogeographic and demographic analyses reveal a congruent pattern of sister relationships between bird populations of the northern and …

F Bocalini, SD Bolivar-Leguizamon, LF Silveira… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pernambuco Center of Endemism (PCE) is the northernmost strip of the Atlantic
Forest (AF). Biogeographic affinities among avifaunas in the PCE, the southern-central …

The Brazilian semiarid region over the past 21,000 years: Vegetation dynamics in small pulses of higher humidity

RC Silva, GR Corrêa, DM Arruda, GV Veloso… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract In South America, one of the least addressed regions in paleoecological studies is
the Brazilian Semiarid region, composed of vegetation from different biomes and currently …

Cryptic diversity and ancient diversification in the northern Atlantic Forest Pristimantis (Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae)

CC Trevisan, H Batalha-Filho, AA Garda… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Neotropical region is known both for its megadiverse fauna and for the significant
deficiency of our knowledge on species limits. The Amazon and Atlantic Forest are the two …

Genomic data from the Brazilian sibilator frog reveal contrasting pleistocene dynamics and regionalism in two South American dry biomes

MTC Thome, BC Carstens, MT Rodrigues… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Knowledge about the Neotropical dry formations, particularly the Caatinga,
remains rudimentary compared to other biotas in the region. Here we address several …

Northern Atlantic Forest: conservation status and perspectives

AM Almeida, AF Souza - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation in Brazil's …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Atlantic Forest is a biodiversity hotspot and is widely known both for its high
species richness, including many endemics, and also by its high degradation, with few …

Formal tests for resistance-resilience in archaeological time series

P Riris, JG de Souza - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The study of resilience is a common pathway for scientific data to inform policy and practice
towards impending climate change. Consequently, understanding the mechanisms and …