Potential of Caatinga forage plants in ruminant feeding

MVF Santos, MA Lira, JCB Dubeux Junior… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
Caatinga is the most important biome for the livestock in the Brazilian semi-arid region. This
review paper aimed to present information on different forage aspects of caatinga vegetation …

Plantas medicinais utilizadas na caatinga brasileira eo potencial terapêutico dos metabólitos secundários: uma revisão

GF de Sá-Filho, AIB da Silva, EM da Costa… - Research, society and …, 2021 - rsdjournal.org
The Caatinga biome has a wide diversity and provides the population with the use of plants
for medicinal purposes. The pharmaceutical industry has a great interest in researching the …

Local knowledge about fodder plants in the semi-arid region of Northeastern Brazil

AT Nunes, RF Paivade Lucena… - Journal of ethnobiology …, 2015 - Springer
Background This study evaluated local knowledge of the fodder plants of the Caatinga in
northeast Brazil (seasonal dry forest). Specifically, the goal was to catalog local knowledge …

Análise da degradação da caatinga no núcleo de desertificação do Seridó (RN/PB)

TC Costa, MAJ de Oliveira, LJO Accioly… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
A condição de aridez associada à pressão antrópica resulta em áreas de degradação
extrema, conhecidas como núcleos de desertificação. No núcleo do Seridó a antropização é …

[HTML][HTML] Use of remote sensing to identify areas at risk of degradation in the semi-arid region

DN Aquino, OC Rocha Neto, MA Moreira… - Revista Ciência …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
One of the most effective procedures in the evaluation of degraded areas has been the use
of remote sensing. The aim of this work was to evaluate the temporal dynamics of the NDVI …

Inoculation of plant growth-promoting bacteria attenuates the negative effects of drought on sorghum

SRA Santana, TV Voltolini, GR Antunes… - Archives of …, 2020 - Springer
Microbial inoculants are suitable cost-effective technology to help plants endure drought. For
the development of commercial inoculants, screening of efficient plant growth-promoting …

Plants used to feed ruminants in semi-arid Brazil: A study of nutritional composition guided by local ecological knowledge

AT Nunes, DLV Cabral, ELC Amorim… - Journal of Arid …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study evaluated the plants of the Caatinga (seasonal dry forest) used as forage in rural
communities in northeastern Brazil by comparing the known nutritional composition of …

Value of endemic legumes for livestock production on Caatinga rangelands

JP Muir, MVF Santos, MV da Cunha… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2019 - agraria.pro.br
Pastagens nativas ocupam uma grande área do planeta, com composição botânica e
produtividade altamente variável, no tempo e no espaço. Apesar do uso contínuo e histórico …

Euphorbiaceae responses to chronic anthropogenic disturbances in Caatinga vegetation: from species proliferation to biotic homogenization

KF Rito, M Tabarelli, IR Leal - Plant Ecology, 2017 - Springer
Chronic anthropogenic disturbances (CAD) have posed tangible threats to biodiversity-
relevant tropical biotas, but community-and ecosystem-level impacts still remain poorly …

Land use, fallow period and the recovery of a Caatinga forest

MS Sobrinho, M Tabarelli, IC Machado, JC Sfair… - Biotropica, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Caatinga vegetation continues to be converted into mosaics of secondary forest stands, but
the affect of this process on biodiversity has not yet been examined. We used 35 …