Degradation of the Brazilian Cerrado: Interactions with human disturbance and environmental variables

Santos, Gilsonley Lopes dos; Pereira, Marcos Gervásio; Delgado, Rafael Coll; Magistrali, Iris Cristiane; Silva, Claudio Gomes da; Oliveira, Carlos Magno Moreira de; Larangeira, João Pedro Bessa; Silva, Tiago Paula da

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118875

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“…In addition to climate change and food security, several developing countries, such as Indonesia, Brazil, and Afghanistan, have also felt the effects of environmental damage, such as flash floods and damage to natural ecosystems (dos Santos et al, 2021;Jawid & Khadjavi, 2019;Tacconi et al, 2019). Protecting the environment from damage is a challenge for humans because, basically, human life depends on nature.…”

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Relationship Between Knowledge and Affection for the Environment: A Meta-Analysis

Hernanda¹,

Absori²,

Fitriciada³

et al. 2023

EUROPEAN J ED RES

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Environmental damage must be taken seriously. Strengthening human attitudes to preserve the environment is the keyword, and strengthening the aspects of knowledge about the environment must be pursued. However, a scientific basis is needed that shows that it is true that strengthening the aspects of knowledge about the environment can improve a person’s attitude toward preserving the environment. The purpose of this research is to find the relationship between a person’s knowledge and their behavior in preserving the environment. By defining the general picture of the relationship between knowledge and attitudes, future accurate educational policies can be taken in the context of environmental protection. This research is a meta-analysis of correlation types. The inclusion criteria for selecting the data are as follows: studies published from 1999 to 2022 in English, analyzed by correlation analysis, have descriptions of many samples and correlation indices, and published in Google Scholar-indexed journals. Based on this inclusion criteria, 23 studies were selected containing 36 relevant sets of research data. The results showed that there was a correlation between knowledge and a person’s attitude toward the environment (.37). Assuming a 95% confidence level, the real score ranges from 0.26 to 0.48. The publication bias test using the trim and fill method showed that none of the data contained biased publications, so the meta-analysis results could be declared valid. Now, there is an urgency to expand environmental education to encourage the development of good attitudes by the community toward the environment.</p>

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confidence: 99%

Relationship Between Knowledge and Affection for the Environment: A Meta-Analysis

Hernanda¹,

Absori²,

Fitriciada³

et al. 2023

EUROPEAN J ED RES

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“…The Cerrado, the Brazilian neotropical savanna, has been impacted by anthropogenic disturbances, especially those associated with vegetation suppression and soil degradation (e.g., mining, quarrying, and hydroelectric activities) (Fernandes et al, 2014; Santos et al, 2021). Although plants, ants and their interactions in this environment are resilient to endogenous disturbances like fire (Costa et al, 2018; Le Stradic et al, 2018; Neves et al, 2016), they are quite susceptible to exogenous anthropogenic impacts like vegetation suppression (Arruda et al, 2020; Queiroz et al, 2021).…”

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Soil disturbance impacts on ant‐diaspore multilayer networks in a tropical savanna

Coelho

Antonini

Costa

2022

Ecological Entomology

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1. Current anthropogenic disturbances have changed natural environments, broadly impacting ecosystem services and functions. Here, the authors focused on the secondary dispersal of diaspores by ants, which serve an important ecological function in the natural regeneration of degraded habitats. 2. The authors experimentally studied the effects of vegetation suppression and soil disturbance on (i) diaspore removal, (ii) the quality of secondary removal, and (iii) the structure of interaction networks between ants and diaspores. The authors tested whether the disturbance affected the species richness of seed removers, diaspore removal rate, removal distance and time, and removal effectiveness. Additionally, the authors tested whether the structure of ant‐diaspore networks, that is, specialisation, modularity and robustness, is altered by soil disturbance. To do that, the authors studied three degraded and three preserved areas in the Brazilian Cerrado. 3. The authors observed 25 ant species interacting with the diaspores. Disturbance did not affect ant species richness, removal distance or removal rate, but ants took twice as long to remove the diaspores in the preserved habitat. The frequency of interaction networks was higher in the preserved habitat, and the effectiveness of species in removing the diaspores differed between habitats. Surprisingly, the authors observed that ants considered effective dispersers mostly occurred in degraded habitats, highlighting the potential of myrmecochory in the regeneration of impacted environments. 4. The findings point to the potential of ants in acting as secondary seed dispersal, improving the restoration of areas highly impacted by soil disturbance. Moreover, this study contributes to understanding the effects of anthropogenic disturbances on ecological interactions and ecosystem functions.

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Remote sensing environmental indicators for monitoring spatial and temporal dynamics of weather and vegetation conditions: applications for Brazilian biomes

Teixeira

Leivas

Takemura

et al. 2023

Environ Monit Assess

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Degradation of the Brazilian Cerrado: Interactions with human disturbance and environmental variables

Cited by 20 publications

References 28 publications

Relationship Between Knowledge and Affection for the Environment: A Meta-Analysis

Relationship Between Knowledge and Affection for the Environment: A Meta-Analysis

Soil disturbance impacts on ant‐diaspore multilayer networks in a tropical savanna

Remote sensing environmental indicators for monitoring spatial and temporal dynamics of weather and vegetation conditions: applications for Brazilian biomes

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