Placing Brazil's grasslands and savannas on the map of science and conservation

GE Overbeck, E Vélez-Martin… - Perspectives in Plant …, 2022 - Elsevier
In Brazil, the country with the highest plant species richness in the world, biodiverse
savannas and grasslands–ie, grassy ecosystems, which occupy 27% of the country–have …

Geology and geomorphology of alluvial and fluvial fans: current progress and research perspectives

D Ventra, LE Clarke - Geological Society, London, Special …, 2018 - lyellcollection.org
Alluvial and fluvial fans are the most widespread depositional landforms bordering the
margins of long-lived highland regions and actively subsiding continental basins, across a …

[HTML][HTML] Physical, ecological and human dimensions of environmental change in Brazil's Pantanal wetland: Synthesis and research agenda

C Schulz, BS Whitney, OC Rossetto, DM Neves… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The Pantanal is the world's largest freshwater wetland, located in the geographical centre of
South America. It is relatively well conserved, and features unique landscapes, ecosystems …

Changing fluvial styles and backwater flooding along the Upper Paraguay River plains in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland

JC Stevaux, H de Azevedo Macedo, ML Assine, A Silva - Geomorphology, 2020 - Elsevier
The channel-floodplain relationship is used to understand flooding dynamics in the Pantanal
wetland. To understand how different fluvial styles along the Upper Paraguay River (UPR) …

Estimating water pH using cloud-based landsat images for a new classification of the Nhecolândia Lakes (Brazilian Pantanal)

OJR Pereira, ER Merino, CR Montes, L Barbiero… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Nhecolândia region, located in the southern portion of the Pantanal wetland area, is a
unique lacustrine system where tens of thousands of saline-alkaline and freshwater lakes …

Seeding the Pantanal: orchestrating research to overcome restoration barriers in the world's largest tropical wetland

DSA Gonçalves, PC Oliveira… - Restoration …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Knowledge on seed ecology is foundational for effective seed‐based restoration including
seedling production, direct seed sowing, topsoil transplant, and natural regeneration …

[HTML][HTML] Avulsions drive ecosystem services and economic changes in the Brazilian Pantanal wetlands

RO Louzada, I Bergier, FO Roque, MM McGlue… - Current Research in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The Pantanal wetland is a mosaic of landscapes that brings together rich biodiversity with
the valuable activities of fishing, tourism and ranching. Human occupation and land use in …

Landscape changes in avulsive river systems: Case study of Taquari River on Brazilian Pantanal wetlands

RO Louzada, I Bergier, ML Assine - Science of the Total Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
The Pantanal is an important active sedimentary basin in central South America where
highly diverse flora and fauna are sustained by seasonal floods. Intense land use in the …

Tectonic and environmental controls on Palaeozoic fluvial environments: reassessing the impacts of early land plants on sedimentation

MGM Santos, NP Mountney… - Journal of the Geological …, 2017 - lyellcollection.org
The apparent increase in occurrence of meandering fluvial channel systems in the Middle
Palaeozoic has long been related to the effects of land-plant colonization. However …

River channel avulsion in the Taquari River megafan of the Brazilian Pantanal: Remote sensing and modeling reveal recent and future changes

RO Louzada, F de Oliveira Roque… - Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
The largest crevasse in the Taquari River megafan in the Pantanal, Brazil with a perennial
flooded area of∼ 500,000 ha, was initiated in 1997 and impacted the environment and …