Distribution of (A) historical and contemporary estimated species richness of 51 medium- to large-bodied mammal species across the entire Caatinga dry forest of northeastern Brazil.

<p>(B) Defaunation rates of these mammal species, ranging from 0 to 41 species, across the Caatinga as defined by the difference between reconstructed historical assemblages and observed contemporary assemblages. This map was prepared by the first author using the QGIS Madeira version 4.4.14 p...

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Main Author:	Nathália Fernandes Canassa (22676541) (author)
Other Authors:	Carlos A. Peres (8561766) (author), Célia Cristina Clemente Machado (22676544) (author), Helder Farias P. Araujo (22676547) (author)
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Cell Biology Molecular Biology Evolutionary Biology Ecology Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified scale spatial patterns remnant dry forests exhaustively sampled throughout examine potential changes compiled empirical data coexisting local assemblages geographic range across associated ecological interactions mammal diversity around bodied mammal assemblages agropastoral habitat conversion local defaunation rates local mammal assemblages div >< p 2 </ sup mammal defaunation throughout 51 species representing natural habitat loss mammal defaunation 51 species local extinctions mammal species defaunated across currently associated mammal fauna caatinga defaunation threats alter severe loss rural poor ruminant livestock results show protected areas northeastern brazil main drivers increasingly threatened including protection human disturbance historical times ecosystem functionality conversely buffered anthropogenic drivers 77 %. 37 lost
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Distribution of (A) historical and contemporary estimated species richness of 51 medium- to large-bodied mammal species across the entire Caatinga dry forest of northeastern Brazil.

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