Protecting forests at the expense of native grasslands: Land-use policy encourages open-habitat loss in the Brazilian cerrado biome Juliana Bonanomi, Fernando R. Tortato, Raphael de Souza R. Gomes, Jerry M. Penha, Anderson Saldanha Bueno, Carlos A. Peres

Chronic human disturbance and environmental forces drive the regeneration mechanisms of a Caatinga dry tropical forest Ronald Noutcheu, Fernanda M.P. Oliveira, Rainer Wirth, Marcelo Tabarelli, Inara R. Leal

Divergent herb communities in drier and chronically disturbed areas of the Brazilian Caatinga Ligia A.F. Vieira, Marcelo Tabarelli, Gustavo Souza, Rubens T. Queiroz, Bráulio A. Santos