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  1. Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal Do Paraná (UFPR), Av. Coronel Francisco H. dos Santos, 100, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Gustavo H. Zaia Alves

  2. Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Catarinense (IFC), Rodovia SC 135, km 125, S/n, Videira, SC, Brazil

    Raffael M. Tófoli

  3. Laboratório de Ecologia, Departamento de Engenharia de Pesca e Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Do Estado de Santa Catarina, Rua Cel. Fernandes Martins, Laguna, SC, 270, Brazil

    Jorge L. Rodrigues-Filho

  4. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Planejamento Territorial e Desenvolvimento Socioambiental (PPGPLAN)/UDESC/FAED, Florianópolis, Brazil

    Jorge L. Rodrigues-Filho

  5. Departamento de Meio Ambiente, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Av. Ângelo Moreira da Fonseca, Umuarama, PR, 1800, Brazil

    Patricia A. Sacramento

  6. Departamento de Engenharia de Petróleo, Universidade Do Estado de Santa Catarina, Rua Lourival Cesário Pereira, s/n, Balneário Camboriú, SC, Brazil

    Vivian M. Cionek

  7. Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Rua Eng. Agronômico Andrei Cristian Ferreira, s/n, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil

    Bruno R. S. Figueiredo

  8. Departamento Acadêmico de Biodiversidade e Conservação da Natureza, Universidade Tecnológica Federal Do Paraná (UTFPR), Rua Rosalina Maria Ferreira, Campo Mourão, PR, 1233, Brazil

    Edivando Vitor do Couto

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Alves, G.H.Z., Tófoli, R.M., Rodrigues-Filho, J.L. et al. Brazil's vegetation ravage may be encouraged by law. Biodivers Conserv 29, 1105–1107 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-01933-7

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