The three protected areas are the Area of Environmental Protection Gama and Cabeça de Veado (AGCV), the Brasilia National Park (PNB), and the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park (PNCV). The AGCV is a sustainable use protected area (equivalent to the IUCN management category VI), being created in 1986 with 25,000 ha in the Southern of Brasília city (15 o 55' Lat S -47 o 52' Long W). The dominant natural vegetation in AGCV is the cerrado sensu stricto, with the presence of seasonally flooded grassland, campo cerrado, and tall savanna (cerradão). The second studied area is the Brasilia National Park (PNB) (15 o 40'Lat S -47 o 59' Long W), a strictly protected area corresponding to the IUCN Category II. The PNB was created in 1961 with 60,000 ha and currently has 42,335 ha. Its vegetation is characterized by the predominance of cerrado sensu stricto phytophysiognomy, gallery forest (along the streams), and grasslands with sparce cerrado trees. The third area is the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park (PNCV) (14 o 06' Lat S -47 o 43' Long W), equivalent to the IUCN Category II). The Park was created in 1961 with 620,000 ha and now has 240,586 ha, with predominant vegetation of montane savanna, riparian forests, flooded forest with buritis palms (Mauritia flexuosa), and grasslands.
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