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