The name caatinga is a tupi word meaning white forest or white vegetation caa. Caatinga definition is stunted rather sparse forest that is leafless in the dry season and is widespread in areas of small rainfall in northeastern brazil. A sparse, thorny wooded area of northeastern brazil containing droughtresistant trees. Caatinga vegetacao, caracteristicas, fauna e flora geografia. Caatinga types range from low shrubby caatinga up to 1 m tall associated with shallow sandy soils and a level or gently undulating surface to tall caatinga forest up to 25 to 30 m tall associated with eutrophic soils derived from basic rocks. Caatinga flora e fauna do bioma caatinga klima naturali. Caatinga white forest refers to the generally stunted, somewhat sparse, and often thorny vegetation of the dry interior of northeastern brazil. Road through the caatinga estrada cruzando a caatinga no sertao da bahia. Besides its extreme climate conditions, the caatinga a type of tropical seasonal. A caatinga, do tupi mata branca, e considerado um dos unicos ecossistemas exclusivamente brasileiro, isto e, a maioria da fauna e flora deste bioma nao existe em outro lugar do mundo.
Introduction the caatinga biome is exclusive to brazil, covering approximately leiuperinae from northeastern brazil. In addition, our work reinforces the importance of the park in conserving and maintaining caatinga biodiversity, and new efforts to a better preservation and management of the national park are certainly recommended. Giulietti and others published plantas endemicas da caatinga find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Pdf on jan 1, 2003, ja oliveira and others published mamiferos da caatinga find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Sao encontrados tambem alguns roedores e diversos insetos. Contrastando com a relevancia biologica da caatinga, o bioma pode ser considerado um dos mais ameacados do brasil. Information networks such as tropidry combine ecological research.
Landscape transformations in the precolumbian americas, page 426. Origem, evolucao e diversidade da fauna do bioma caatinga. Andradelima 1981 recognized ten caatinga types that can be grouped into six large unities. Museu vivo repteis da caatinga museum puxinana facebook.
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