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DESCRIPTION:The Caatinga dry forest in Northeast Brazil represents one of t
 he largest and species-rich pieces of seasonally dry tropical forest globa
 lly. It is the current home of 3150 plants\, 276 ants\, 386 fishes\, 98 am
 phibians\, 79 reptiles\, 548 birds\, and 183 mammals. Moreover\, species e
 ndemism ranges from 6% (mammals) to 59% (fishes) and this biota is an evol
 utionary center for complex plant-animal interactions such as myrmecochory
  and saurochory. Caatinga is also the home of a singular human culture tha
 t has evolved since the Europeans arrived in the region in the 16th centur
 y and mixed with indigenous people and African descendants\; i.e. the Sert
 anejo culture. Similar to other dry forests\, most of the Caatinga forest 
 has been converted into human-modified landscapes\, in which small farming
  prevails. I refer to a socioecological system highly dependent of forest 
 products such as firewood\, timber\, fodder and nutrients to support slash
 -and-burn agriculture. Such a combination of both acute and chronicle dist
 urbances has already reorganized the Caatinga biota from population to eco
 system level. Population collapse among disturbance-sensitive taxa\, proli
 feration of disturbance-adapted species\, community-level impoverishment\,
  biotic homogenization at multiple spatial scales\, and biomass collapse r
 epresent some of the impacts posed by human disturbances. Caatinga appears
  to be exposed to a feedback looping connecting human poverty to environme
 ntal degradation\, now threating over 1/3 of the region with desertificati
 on\; i.e. a large-scale transformation of the Caatinga&rsquo\;s ecosystem 
 threatening biodiversity\, ecosystem services and livelihood. Increasing a
 ridity\, as predicted by climatic models\, is expected to speed up degrada
 tion processes\, particularly in the lack of appropriate socioeconomic and
  green infrastructure. The path toward sustainability and resilience in th
 e Caatinga requires a major shift from the current ways in which local pop
 ulations use and interact with natural ecosystems. Such a complex scenario
 \, while reinforcing dry forests as a global heritage\, describes the imme
 nse challenges to their future persistence. In this perspective\, the &ldq
 uo\;Caatinga lessons&rdquo\; are highly welcome.\n&nbsp\;\n*** Invited by 
 Bettina Engelbrecht\, Functional and Tropical Plant Ecology
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20180607T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20180607T133000
SUMMARY:Prof. Marcelo Tabarelli\, Botany Department\, Universidade Federal 
 de Pernambuco\, Brazil (Homepage): The ecology and conservation of a seaso
 nally dry tropical forest in South America
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