de Albuquerque Ulysses Paulino, de Lima Araújo Elcida, El-Deir Ana Carla Asfora, de Lima André Luiz Alves, Souto Antonio, Bezerra Bruna Martins, Ferraz Elba Maria Nogueira, Maria Xavier Freire Eliza, Sampaio Everardo Valadares de Sá Barreto, Las-Casas Flor Maria Guedes, de Moura Geraldo Jorge Barbosa, Pereira Glauco Alves, de Melo Joabe Gomes, Alves Ramos Marcelo, Rodal Maria Jesus Nogueira, Schiel Nicola, de Lyra-Neves Rachel Maria, Alves Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega, de Azevedo-Júnior Severino Mendes, Telino Júnior Wallace Rodrigues, Severi William
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Rua Dom Manoel de Medeiros, s/n, Dois Irmãos, 52171-900 Recife, PE, Brazil.
ScientificWorldJournal. 2012;2012:205182. doi: 10.1100/2012/205182. Epub 2012 Aug 1.
Besides its extreme climate conditions, the Caatinga (a type of tropical seasonal forest) hosts an impressive faunal and floristic biodiversity. In the last 50 years there has been a considerable increase in the number of studies in the area. Here we aimed to present a review of these studies, focusing on four main fields: vertebrate ecology, plant ecology, human ecology, and ethnobiology. Furthermore, we identify directions for future research. We hope that the present paper will help defining actions and strategies for the conservation of the biological diversity of the Caatinga.
除了其极端的气候条件外,卡廷加(一种热带季节性森林)拥有令人印象深刻的动植物生物多样性。在过去50年里,该地区的研究数量有了显著增加。在这里,我们旨在对这些研究进行综述,重点关注四个主要领域:脊椎动物生态学、植物生态学、人类生态学和民族生物学。此外,我们确定了未来研究的方向。我们希望本文将有助于确定保护卡廷加生物多样性的行动和策略。