Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/we-21-55-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/we-21-55-2021
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30 Mar 2021
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Changes in the Cerrado vegetation structure: insights from more than three decades of ecological succession

Rogério Victor S. Gonçalves, João Custódio F. Cardoso, Paulo Eugênio Oliveira, and Denis Coelho Oliveira

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Cerrado savannas in Brazil are under increasing pressure. Long-term vegetation dynamics (1987–2019) of a Cerrado area showed marked woody plant encroachment (WPE) processes, possibly linked to fire and grazing suppression. Open shrubby grasslands and wetlands shrunk, while forest and denser woodlands increased, concurrently with vegetation indexes (NDVI). Decreasing open cerrado and wetlands may imply biodiversity and water supply losses. WPE should be considered for Cerrado conservation.