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<journal-id>0188-4611</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Investigaciones geográficas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Invest. Geog]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0188-4611</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geografía]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0188-46112015000300045</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.14350/rig.44092</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Efeitos da desertificação na composição de espécies do bioma Caatinga, Paraíba/Brasil]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Desertification effects on the species composition of the Caatinga biome, Paraíba/Brazil]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Souza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Bartolomeu Israel]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Menezes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafael]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cámara Artigas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rafael]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal da Paraíba Departamento de Geociencias ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidade Federal da Paraíba Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Paraíba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
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<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Sevilla Departamento de Geografía Física y Análisis Geográfico Regional ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Sevilla ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>88</numero>
<fpage>45</fpage>
<lpage>59</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0188-46112015000300045&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0188-46112015000300045&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0188-46112015000300045&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[A desertificação é reconhecida como uma das principais ameaças a zonas de clima seco em todo mundo. No Brasil, esse fenômeno tem atingido especialmente o bioma Caatinga, para o qual ainda existe pouca informação acerca de suas consequências na composição florística. O presente trabalho objetivou avaliar este efeito em sítios inseridos em três municípios da Paraíba (Nordeste, Brasil). Sítios de amostragem foram previamente selecionados por imagens de satélite usando a técnica IVDN, seguido de um levantamento vegetacional in locu (método transecto) abrangendo ambientes não-desertificados e desertificados. Análises univariadas (teste U) e multivariadas (nMDS) foram usadas a verificar diferenças nas variáveis vegetacionais e demonstrar padrões de dissimilaridades entre os ambientes contrastantes, respectivamente. A riqueza e diversidade de plantas diferiram significativamente entre os ambientes. O nMDS identificou três grupos de plantas: i) espécies associadas a áreas não-desertificadas (Anadenanthera columbrina, Bauhinia cheilantha e Tabebuia impetiginosa), ii) espécies relacionadas a áreas desertificadas (Aspidosperma pyrifolium, Jatropha molissima, Mimosa tenuiflorã e Pilosocereus gounellei) e iii) espécies presentes nos dois tipos de ambientes (Croton sonderianus, Piptadenia stipulacea e Poincianella pyramidalis). Os resultados apontaram que a desertificação desencadeou mudanças severas na composição florística da Caatinga, indicando também que as intervenções humanas foram determinantes no estabelecimento dos diferentes ambientes.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Desertification is recognized as the land degradation in arid, semiarid, and dry sub-humid zones, as a result from multiple anthropogenic impacts such as unsustainable natural resources management and land-use. In this context, the plant cover displays a crucial role due its capacity of soil protection against both terrestrial runoíFand high rates of rain infiltration. In Brazil, the desertification has reached mainly the Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest (STDF) biome, natively known as Caatinga, in which the major drivers are related to the historical severe deforestation and livestock expansion. In face of this alarming scenario, there is no or few information about direct effects driven by desertification, particularly those related to the floristic composition of aíFected areas or affected potentially areas. Herein, the aim was to assess the desertification eíFects on vegetation composition within three sites in the Brazilian semiarid zone. In order to ensure unbiased comparisons, the three sampling sites presented similar topographical, pedological and climate conditions, localized at distinctive municipality from Paraíba State, Northeastern region, Brazil. In each site, two contrasting situations were sampled, - desertified and non-desertified environments. These environments were previously selected though satellite images, using the NDVI technique, for identification of vegetation biomass level. In field, the floristic composition was surveyed by transect method, covering a patch of 50m x 4m delimitated with metric tape. In these perimeters, it was identified the specie and botanical family of each plant, richness (S) and abundance (N) of tree with DBH &gt; 10 cm. Posteriorly, it was calculated the Shannon's&#945; diversity (H') and Piellou's evenness (J') by Primer &#946; software (open access). Non-parametric univariate (U test) and multivariate (nMDS) analysis were performed to verify diíFerences in the vegetational variables (S, N, H' and J') and to demonstrate dissimilarities patterns (relative abundance) for the contrasting environments, respectively. In total, twenty-six plant species were identified, belonging to thirteen families. Of this set, seventeen species (65%) were exclusive of non-desertified areas and only two species were exclusive of desertified areas. U test showed that the both richness and diversity of plants species differed significantly between the two analyzed environments. Using a subset of 10 species most common in two environments, the nMDS discriminated three groups of plants: i) species associated to non-desertified areas (Anadenanthera columbrina, Bauhinia cheilantha and Tabebuia impetiginosa), ii) species related to desertified areas (Aspidosperma pyrifolium, Jatropha molissima, Mimosa tenuiflorã and Pilosocereusgouneleii) and iii) species with high density in both environments (Croton sonderianus, Piptadenia stipulacea e Poincianella pyramidalis). Dominant species in the non-desertified areas are restricted to the environments better preserved of Caatinga, which cannot to support strong degradation condition, whereas the species most common in the desertified areas are recognized as pioneer for the biome. Occurring to the two environments, such species harbors high capacity of settlement to the either impacted or preserved environments coupled to a strong resistance and resilience to disturbance (e.g. log and burn). Finally, the results obtained pointed out that the desertification triggered pervasive changes on the vegetational components (richness and diversity) and floristic composition of the Caatinga biome, suggesting also that human-induced disturbances were determinants to the establishment of the diíFerent environments.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Non-desertified and desertified environments]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Seasonally Dry Forest]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Plant communities]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Ambientes desertificados e não-desertificados]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[Floresta Tropical Sazonalmente Seca]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[comunidade de plantas]]></kwd>
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