VEGETATION COVER AND REGENERATION AS PREDICTORS OF DESERTIFICATION PROCESS IN DRY FOREST IN BRAZIL
Stefanny Martins de Souzaa (stefannym0396@gmail.com), Maiara Bezerra Ramosa (maiarabramos@hotmail.com), Maria Gracielle Rodrigues Maciela*(graci.rodrigues.maciel@gmail.com), Sonaly Silva da Cunhaa (sonalysilva15@gmail.com), José João Lelis Leal de Souzab (jjlelis@ufv.br), Sérgio de Faria Lopesa (defarialopes@gmail.com)
a Laboratório de Ecologia Neotropical. Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, R. Baraúnas, 351 – Bairro Universitário, Campina Grande - PB, Brasil, 58429-500.
b Departamento de Solos, Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Avenida Prof. Peter Henry Rolfs, s/n, campus. Viçosa - MG, Brasil, 36570-900
Corresponding author: Stefanny Martins de Souza (stefannym0396@gmail.com)
This study investigates the regeneration rates of plant communities and indicators of desertification in areas with different levels of vegetation cover in the Caatinga, located in the driest region of Brazil.
Short title: Regeneration in Dry Forest in Brazil