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Giselda Durigan

Researcher at State University of Campinas

Publications -  145
Citations -  7737

Giselda Durigan is an academic researcher from State University of Campinas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Species richness & Vegetation. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 137 publications receiving 5774 citations. Previous affiliations of Giselda Durigan include Forest Institute & University of São Paulo.

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Savanna woody encroachment is widespread across three continents

TL;DR: It is argued that the functional traits of each woody flora, specifically the N-fixing ability and architecture of woody plants, are critical to predicting encroachment over the next century and that African savannas are at high risk of widespread vegetation change.
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An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

J. W. Ferry Slik, +176 more
TL;DR: It is shown that most tree species are extremely rare, meaning that they may be under serious risk of extinction at current deforestation rates, and a methodological framework for estimating species richness in trees is provided that may help refine species richness estimates of tree-dependent taxa.
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Toward an old-growth concept for grasslands, savannas, and woodlands

TL;DR: The concept of "old growth" was introduced by as mentioned in this paper to encompass the distinct ecologies and conservation values of the world's ancient grass-dominated biomes, which has the potential to improve scientific understanding, conservation policies and ecosystem management.
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Where Tree Planting and Forest Expansion are Bad for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

TL;DR: The authors showed that the World Resources Institute and the International Union for Conservation of Nature misidentified 9 million square kilometers of ancient grassy biomes as providing "Opportunities" for forest restoration.