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The vanishing Brazilian Atlantic forest
Biological Conservation, 1985Abstract The Brazilian Atlantic forest constitutes a unique biome characterised by a high species diversity and a high level of endemism. A long history of land clearing for crops, pastures, timber and firewood has resulted in over two centuries of widespread destruction. Today, less than 6·8% of the total area of the Atlantic forest of Minas Gerais
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Vodún, Spirited Forests, and the African Atlantic Forest Complex
Journal of Africana Religions, 2020Abstract Vodún has been described as indefinable, endlessly flexible, and borderless. In this paper, I develop an analytical framework for understanding global Vodún, thereby challenging claims that Vodún is, at its core, inexplicable. To accomplish this, I combine over a decade of ethnographic research in Bénin and Haiti with my status ...
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The scale of forest transition: Amazonia and the Atlantic forests of Brazil
Applied Geography, 2012Abstract This article adapts a general equilibrium model that provides a spatial solution for land use, labor allocation, and product markets in a two good economy. The adaptation, based on von Thunen, considers the multi-regional case, and solves for two regions, one industrial and the other, a newly opened agricultural frontier.
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Fishes of the southeastern Brazil Atlantic Forest
Environmental Biology of Fishes, 2014The largest preserved areas of Atlantic Forest are located in the southeastern region of Brazil. Estuaries, mangroves, rivers and streams are home to a community of fish that is still poorly understood. The composition of fish species and their relationships with environmental conditions were used to identify homogeneous areas within a landscape of 33 ...
Walter Barrella +3 more
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Fine litterfall in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Biotropica, 2017AbstractLitterfall is an essential component of tropical forest productivity, transferring nutrients from the vegetation back to soils. Here, we summarize the data from 105 estimates of fine litterfall production from 45 sites in the Atlantic Forest domain, including two types of forests, evergreen and seasonal, and two successional stages, secondary ...
Luiz A. Martinelli +2 more
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The Atlantic Forest During Colonial Brazil
2023Abstract The European conquistadors found a very different version of nature in tropical America. Colonization was possible only with the collaboration of the native peoples, who ensured the survival of the colonizers in this strange environment.
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