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caatinga

(kɑːˈtɪŋɡə)

a Brazilian semi-arid scrub forest

[C19: from Tupi ka’a tinga white forest]

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Physionomy and structure of a Caatinga with Cordiaoncocalix (Boraginaceae), a new type of community in Andrade-Limas classification of caatingas.

CAN THE CO-OCURRENCE OF PLANTS IN CAATINGA BE EXPLAINED BY THE FACILITATION PROCESS? A CASE STUDY OF TWO SPECIES OF FABACEA/A COOCORRENCIA DE PLANTAS NA CAATINGA PODE SER EXPLICADA PELO PROCESSO DE FACILITACAO? ESTUDO DE CASO COM DUAS ESPECIES DE FABACEAE

Composition, microgeographic variation and sexual dimorphism in Caatingas and Cerrado bat communities from northeastern Brazil.

MORCEGOS DA ESTACAO ECOLOGICA AIUABA, CEARA, NORDESTE DO BRASIL: UMA UNIDADE DE PROTECAO INTEGRAL NA CAATINGA

Marques (Org.), As caatingas: debates sobre a Ecorregiao do Raso da Catarina (p.

The genus Senna Mill. (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) in a fragment of the Ecological Station Raso da Catarina, Bahia, Brazil/O genero Senna Mill. (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) em um fragmento da Estacao Ecologica Raso da Catarina, Bahia, Brasil

Esse enclave de mata umida configura uma formacao de altitude que pelo grau de similaridade vegetacional e floristica, representa remanescentes da mata pluvial driatica (Mata Atlantica ou Floresta Serrano Oriental), validas como disjuncoes florestais em meio as caatingas circunjacentes.

Hidroclimatic dinamics of the plateu ibiapaba and its peripheral surrouding depression: a case study in the munipalities tiangua and ubajara--Northwest of Ceara/Dinamica hidroclimatica do planalto da ibiapaba e sua depressao periferica circunjacente: estudo de caso nos municipios de tiangua e ubajara-Noroeste do Ceara

A flora das Caatingas do Rio Sao Francisco: historia natural e conservacao.

Potencial ornamental de especies do Bioma Caatinga

All sedimentary caatingas, including the Campo Maior ecotone to the Cerrado (also a sedimentary landscape), formed a group which is quite separate from the crystalline caatinga sites (Fig.

A Phytogeographical Metaanalysis of the Semiarid Caatinga Domain in Brazil

Prado, "As caatingas da America do Sul," in Ecologia e conservagao da Caatinga, I.

Behavioral adjustments by a small neotropical primate (Callithrix jacchus) in a semiarid Caatinga environment

One such representative sliver appears within the section titled "The Land," a part called "As Caatingas." The Glossary of Terms in Samuel Putnam's English translation describes the caatinga as "scrub-forest land" (RITE 495).

Provincializing world geography: Land and letters in Euclides da Cunha's Os Sertoes

It is probably safe to conclude that the caatingas studied, [approximately]3 km from the village but totally useless for cultivation, have been little influenced by human activity.

Responses of juvenile trees to above- and belowground competition in nutrient-starved Amazonian rain forest