The Caatinga region is a system and not an aggregate

HFP de Araujo, AA Garda, WAG e Silva… - Journal of Arid …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The Caatinga region, one of the world's most biodiverse tropical drylands, has been recently
portrayed as an aggregate of closed biotas that do not interact despite being contiguous …

The origins and historical assembly of the Brazilian Caatinga seasonally dry tropical forests

MF Fernandes, D Cardoso, RT Pennington… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
The Brazilian Caatinga is considered the richest nucleus of the Seasonally Dry Tropical
Forests (SDTF) in the Neotropics, also exhibiting high levels of endemism, but the timing of …

Birds of the Caatinga revisited: The problem of enclaves within, but not of, the Caatinga

RD Lima - Journal of Arid Environments, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Caatinga of northeastern Brazil is the largest nucleus of the seasonally dry
tropical forest biome. Number of bird species in lists of the Caatinga often are quite different …

Brazilian biomes distribution: Past and future

J Maksic, IM Venancio, MH Shimizu, CM Chiessi… - Palaeogeography …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM, 26.5–19 ka) was marked by atmospheric cooling,
in contrast to the current warming climate, which will probably continue in the coming …

The Brazilian semiarid region over the past 21,000 years: Vegetation dynamics in small pulses of higher humidity

RC Silva, GR Corrêa, DM Arruda, GV Veloso… - Ecological …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Abstract In South America, one of the least addressed regions in paleoecological studies is
the Brazilian Semiarid region, composed of vegetation from different biomes and currently …

Cryptic diversity and ancient diversification in the northern Atlantic Forest Pristimantis (Amphibia, Anura, Craugastoridae)

CC Trevisan, H Batalha-Filho, AA Garda… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The Neotropical region is known both for its megadiverse fauna and for the significant
deficiency of our knowledge on species limits. The Amazon and Atlantic Forest are the two …

Amazonian colonization from the Atlantic Forest: new perspectives on the connections of South American tropical forests

F Bocalini, SD Bolívar‐Leguizamón… - Molecular …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
An open and dry vegetation belt separates Amazonia (AM) and the Atlantic Forest (AF).
Evidence from palaeoclimatic and phylogenetic studies suggests past connections between …

Disparate biomes within the Caatinga region are not part of the same evolutionary community: A reply to Araujo et al.(2022)

RD Lima, MF Fernandes, MF de Vasconcelos… - Journal of Arid …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
In recent attempts to estimate plant and bird species diversity in the Caatinga, the largest
nucleus of the Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest and Woodland biome in South America, we …

Northern Atlantic Forest: conservation status and perspectives

AM Almeida, AF Souza - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation in Brazil's …, 2023‏ - Springer
Abstract The Atlantic Forest is a biodiversity hotspot and is widely known both for its high
species richness, including many endemics, and also by its high degradation, with few …

Genomic data from the Brazilian sibilator frog reveal contrasting pleistocene dynamics and regionalism in two South American dry biomes

MTC Thomé, BC Carstens, MT Rodrigues… - Journal of …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Knowledge about the Neotropical dry formations, particularly the Caatinga,
remains rudimentary compared to other biotas in the region. Here we address several …