Title:	The role of vegetation on the dynamics of water and fire in the cerrado ecosystems : implications for management and conservation
Authors:	Klink, Carlos Augusto Sato, Margarete Naomi Cordeiro, Giovanna Gomes Ramos, Maria Inês M.
metadata.dc.identifier.orcid:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6434-297X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9142-827X
Assunto::	Ecossistema - cerrados Conservação Solo - uso Política pública
Issue Date:	2020
Publisher:	MDPI
Citation:	KLINK, Carlos A. et al. The role of vegetation on the dynamics of water and fire in the cerrado ecosystems: implications for management and conservation. Plants, v. 9, n. 12, 1803, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9121803. Disponível em: https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/9/12/1803. Acesso em: 18 maio 2021.
Abstract:	The Cerrado is the richest savanna and is undergoing one of the planet’s most rapid land transformations for pasture and agriculture; around 45% of the biome has been deforested. Agriculture is of strategic importance to Brazil, but it also modifies ecosystems and jeopardizes habitats and biodiversity. Well-managed agricultural lands can have a favorable impact on environmental conservation. In this paper, we reviewed our current knowledge about water ecology and fire management to show that an ecosystem services perspective can bring about a conciliation of agriculture production with conservation by supporting effective land use decision-making and the optimization of public policy. The landscape/watershed scale seems to be the most relevant for decision-making on how to achieve production and conservation results. This scale appears to be an appropriate level for engaging with stakeholders. Fire frequency and timing (season) combination are determinant of individuals’ survivorship. The combination determines vegetation recovery, and it is important to maintain high biodiversity, especially for the herbaceous layer, but it is a limitation to woody vegetation recovery. A pragmatic and conciliatory land use agenda must be based on scientific knowledge and support innovative decision-making solutions for policy-makers and stakeholders, particularly farmers and donors.
Licença::	Copyright: © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9121803
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