Biodiversity of the Pantanal: response to seasonal flooding regime and to environmental degradation Biodiversidade do Pantanal: resposta ao regime sazonal de enchente e à degradação ambiental
Seasonal flooding is the most important ecological phenomenon in the Pantanal. Every year many parts of the biome change from terrestrial into aquatic habitats and vice-versa. The degree of inundation creates a range of major habitats. Flooding occupies about 80% of the whole Pantanal. In contrast,...
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
2008-11-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Biology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842008000500005 |