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Conserving the Brazilian semiarid (Caatinga) biomed under climate change
Oliveira, Guilherme; Araíjo, Miguel B.; Rangel, Thiago Fernando; Alagador, Diogo; Diniz-Filho, Jose A.F.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 conversion for agricultural and cattle ranch. Climate forecasts predict increases in aridity, which could pose additional threats to the biome’s biodiversity. Here, we ask if the remnants of natural vegetation in Caatinga biome, whe...
Date: 2020
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Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade de Évora