Dissimilar forests along the Rio Doce watershed call for multiple restoration references to avoid biotic homogenization

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 930; p. 172720
• Main Authors: Ramos, Letícia, Negreiros, Daniel, Goulart, Fernando Figueiredo, Figueiredo, João Carlos Gomes, Kenedy-Siqueira, Walisson, Toma, Tiago Shizen Pacheco, Justino, Wénita de Souza, Maia, Renata A., de Oliveira, Jéssica Tetzner, Oki, Yumi, Barbosa, Milton, Aguilar, Ramiro, dos Santos, Rubens Manoel, Dias, Henrique Machado, Nunes, Yule Roberta Ferreira, Fernandes, G. Wilson
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 20.06.2024
• Subjects: botanical composition; Ecological restoration; ecosystems; environment; forests; habitat fragmentation; land use change; landscapes; Mining disaster; plant communities; Reference ecosystems; risk reduction; Samarco dam breach; soil fertility; Soil-vegetation relationship; species; trees; water security; watersheds; Soil-vegetation relationship; Ecological restoration; Reference ecosystems; Mining disaster; Samarco dam breach

An environmental disaster caused by the rupture of a mining tailings dam has impacted a large area of the Rio Doce watershed in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, resulting in unprecedented damage at spatial and temporal scales. The Atlantic Forest is one of the world's most important biodiversity...