Changing the Course of Biodiversity Conservation in the Caatinga of Northeastern Brazil

By I. Leal, J. C. D. da Silva, M. Tabarelli, T. Lacher. 2005

411 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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In Ecology

1. J. Diniz-Filho
2. Thiago Fernando Rangel
3. Miguel B. Araújo
4. Diogo Alagador
5. G. Oliveira
6. I. Leal
7. M. Tabarelli
8. V. Arroyo‐Rodríguez

In Global and Planetary Change

1. Thiago Fernando Rangel
2. J. Diniz-Filho
3. Miguel B. Araújo
4. Diogo Alagador
5. G. Oliveira
6. I. Leal
7. M. Tabarelli
8. F. Werneck

Citations in the corpus

• Precipitation mediates the effect of human disturbance on the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation (2017, background): “Like other SDTFs, the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation is a diverse and threatened biota (Leal et al. 2005).”
• Chronic anthropogenic disturbance drives the biological impoverishment of the Brazilian Caatinga vegetation (2015, background): “<2% of Caatinga territory is protected), with many strictly protected areas experiencing subsistence and economic activities, including low-input farming, livestock production, wood harvesting and plant collection (Leal et al. 2005).”
• The diversification of eastern South American open vegetation biomes: Historical biogeography and perspectives (2011, background): “representativity) (Leal et al., 2005); Brazilian”
• Seasonality of insects in the semi-arid Caatinga of northeastern Brazil (2010, background): “The Caatinga has been severely altered by slash-and-burn agriculture, harvesting of firewood, hunting, and from the continuous action of cattle and goat herds, and today only a small portion is well-preserved and protected (Leal et al. 2005).”
• Conserving the Brazilian semiarid (Caatinga) biome under climate change (2012, background): “Indeed, some studies concluded that the biome has higher species richness and a greater number of endemic species than previously thought (see Leal et al. 2003, 2005).”
• Chronic anthropogenic disturbance causes homogenization of plant and ant communities in the Brazilian Caatinga (2016, background): “…proposes (Lucena et al. 2007; Silva et al. 2015), overgrazing by livestock (Leal et al. 2003; Schulz et al. 2016) and hunting (Alves et al. 2009) impose a continuum of degradation, varying from relatively minor biomass reduction to complete desertification (Leal et al. 2005; Ribeiro et al. 2015).”