The Caatinga is a xerophyte, deciduous plant formation that occupies more than 50% of the
northeastern region of Brazil (approximately 800.000 km2). This formation presents a high …

Abstract Information about changes in land use and land cover is useful to address issues
related to drylands management, as well as to support decision-making related to the …

Abstract Seasonally Dry Tropical Plant Formations (SDTFs) are among the most threatened
biomes worldwide. Nevertheless, they have received less scientific attention than rainforests …

Esse artigo apresenta uma revisão dos tipos vegetacionais do estado do Ceará a partir de
sua diversidade paisagística, centrando-se, notadamente, nas condições climáticas e …

A catalogue is presented of plant names in use in the Caatinga Phytogeographical Domain
(CPD), the largest semiarid ecoregion of South America. We compiled all pubished papers …

Abstract The Feline Night Monkey, Aotus azarae infulatus (Kuhl, 1820), is recorded for the
first time in the Caatinga biome and in the state of Piauí, northeastern Brazil, and represents …

Although the use of wild mammals as a source of food has been better studied in tropical
forest environments, their importance as a source of protein for human communities in …

Seasonally dry tropical plant formations (SDTF) are likely to exhibit phylogenetic clustering
owing to niche conservatism driven by a strong environmental filter (water stress), but …

Biomasses created from natural resources such as firewood, charcoal and forest crops are
still the main source of energy in many communities in the developing countries of the world …

The Caatinga is a semiarid biome of the northeast of Brazil with only 1% of its territory
currently conserved. The biome's biodiversity is highly threatened due to exposure to land …