Caatinga: The Largest Tropical Dry Forest Region in South America

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 The Caatinga: Understanding the Challenges  (José Maria Cardoso da Silva, Luis Cláudio Fernandes Barbosa, Inara R. Leal, Marcelo Tabarelli)....Pages 3-19
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 Diversity and Evolution of Flowering Plants of the Caatinga Domain  (Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz, Domingos Cardoso, Moabe Ferreira Fernandes, Marcelo Freire Moro)....Pages 23-63
 Ants of the Caatinga: Diversity, Biogeography, and Functional Responses to Anthropogenic Disturbance and Climate Change  (Inara R. Leal, José Domingos Ribeiro-Neto, Xavier Arnan, Fernanda M. P. Oliveira, Gabriela B. Arcoverde, Rodrigo M. Feitosa et al.)....Pages 65-95
 Diversity, Distribution, and Conservation of the Caatinga Fishes: Advances and Challenges  (Sergio Maia Queiroz Lima, Telton Pedro Anselmo Ramos, Márcio Joaquim da Silva, Ricardo de Souza Rosa)....Pages 97-131
 Ecology, Biogeography, and Conservation of Amphibians of the Caatinga  (Adrian Antonio Garda, Mariana Garcez Stein, Ricardo Bonfim Machado, Marília Bruzzi Lion, Flora Acuña Juncá, Marcelo Felgueiras Napoli)....Pages 133-149
 Species Composition, Biogeography, and Conservation of the Caatinga Lizards  (Daniel Oliveira Mesquita, Gabriel Corrêa Costa, Adrian Antonio Garda, Fagner Ribeiro Delfim)....Pages 151-180
 The Avifauna of the Caatinga: Biogeography, Ecology, and Conservation  (Helder Farias Pereira de Araujo, José Maria Cardoso da Silva)....Pages 181-210
 Mammals of the Caatinga: Diversity, Ecology, Biogeography, and Conservation  (Ana Paula Carmignotto, Diego Astúa)....Pages 211-254
 Plant–Animal Interactions in the Caatinga: Overview and Perspectives  (Inara R. Leal, Ariadna V. Lopes, Isabel C. Machado, Marcelo Tabarelli)....Pages 255-278
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 Water as Capital and Its Uses in the Caatinga  (Eunice Maia de Andrade, Deodato do Nascimento Aquino, Luiz Carlos Guerreiro Chaves, Fernando Bezerra Lopes)....Pages 281-302
 People and Natural Resources in the Caatinga  (Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Elcida de Lima Araújo, Cibele Cardoso de Castro, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves)....Pages 303-333
 Cultural Services in the Caatinga  (Chiara Bragagnolo, Felipe A. S. Vieira, Ricardo A. Correia, Ana Claudia M. Malhado, Richard J. Ladle)....Pages 335-355
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 Impact of Human Activities on the Caatinga  (José Maria Cardoso da Silva, Luis Claúdio Fernandes Barbosa)....Pages 359-368
 The Socio-Ecology of the Caatinga: Understanding How Natural Resource Use Shapes an Ecosystem  (Felipe P. L. Melo)....Pages 369-382
 Future Climate Change in the Caatinga  (Roger Rodrigues Torres, David Montenegro Lapola, Nancy Laura Rios Gamarra)....Pages 383-410
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 Sustainable Agricultural Uses in the Caatinga  (Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio, Rômulo Simões Cezar Menezes, Yony de Sá Barretto Sampaio, Ana Dolores Santiago de Freitas)....Pages 413-428
 Conservation Opportunities in the Caatinga  (Carlos Roberto Fonseca, Marina Antongiovanni, Marcelo Matsumoto, Enrico Bernard, Eduardo Martins Venticinque)....Pages 429-443
 Sustainable Development in the Caatinga  (José Maria Cardoso da Silva, Luis Cláudio Fernandes Barbosa, Luiz Paulo de Souza Pinto, Courtney Marie Chennault)....Pages 445-458
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 The Future of the Caatinga  (Marcelo Tabarelli, Inara R. Leal, Fabio Rubio Scarano, José Maria Cardoso da Silva)....Pages 461-474
Back Matter ....Pages 475-482