... plant groups with different soil types. The Kayapo recognize ecosystems that lie on a continuum between the poles of the forest and the savanna. They have up to nine different names for savanna, for example; savanna with few trees, savanna with many forest patches, savanna with shrub, and etc. The Kayapo don't pay much attention on the differences on the zones but more on the similarities ... they share. In the forest are open areas resembling the savanna, which the Kayapo use to their advantage Because of the similarities the Kayapo can exchange and spread valuable species between zone...

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... recently it got a fast development on the agricultural and industrial activities. The principal kind of vegetation is cerrado. Rex A. Hudson notes that "Its main biome is the cerrado, the tropical savanna in which natural grassland is partly covered with twisted shrubs and small trees-. The climate is tropical humidity with frequent rainy days during the summer. The tourism as economy activity ... ...

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... in the region, livestock roam widely and become essentially feral. Cattle have been shown to constitute a major portion of jaguar diet in studies carried out on ranches in seasonally flooded savanna woodland. The vulnerability of the jaguar to persecution is demonstrated by its disappearance by the mid 1900's from the southwestern US and northern Mexico, areas that are today home to ... ...

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