Background Covering about 2 Mio. km 2 by the arrival of the first European settlers, the
Cerrado savannas are second in extent only to Amazonian forests amongst the South …

Climate change is drastically altering the frequency, duration, and severity of compound
drought‐heatwave (CDHW) episodes, which present a new challenge in environmental and …

Abstract The Brazilian Cerrado is one of the most biodiverse savannas in the world, yet 46%
of its original cover has been cleared to make way for crops and pastures. These extensive …

Fire is a significant agent of landscape transformation on Earth, and a dynamic and
ephemeral process that is challenging to map. Difficulties include the seasonality of native …

Designed to help students understand the multiple levels at which human populations
respond to their surroundings, this essential text offers the most complete discussion of …

In recent years, the Cerrado deforestation has increased considerably, reaching rates higher
than in the Amazonian realm. Although the effects of deforestation are well known, the …

Abstract Background The Cerrado of central Brazil—the world's largest Neotropical savanna–
is comprised of a mosaic of highly heterogeneous vegetation growing on an extremely …

Tropical grassland-savanna mosaics are threatened globally, but they are challenging to
restore because highly competitive pasture grasses inhibit recovery and are not shaded out …

Fire events substantially influence biodiversity, carbon cycling, hence climate, human health,
and the economy on a global scale. To cope with increasingly widespread fires, we need …

Precise rainfall estimations at spatio-temporal resolution are vital for numerous applications,
including agricultural monitoring, hydrometeorology, and water resources management …