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Campo Cerrado — forest or savanna?

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Today it is undisputed that living systems contain information for the interpretation of the developmental history or the recent growth potential of an area. The decoding of this information, important for the research on landscapes, can only be managed by consequent clarification of the chorological, population-genetic and autecological particularities of the organisms in the landscapes (MÜLLER 1976, 1977). The importance of this biogeographical concept for the evaluation of our landscapes can be shown using the example of the Campos Cerrados, which are increasingly being considered for exploitation and which were defined either as “forest formations” or “savanna types” from the turn of the century until recent days.

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Müller, P. Campo Cerrado — forest or savanna?. GeoJournal 3, 15–25 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02484655

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