Title:	Impact of natural climate change and historical land use on landscape development in the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Authors:	NEHREN, U. KIRCHNER, A. SATTLER, D. TURETTA, A. P. D. HEINRICH, J.
Affiliation:	UDO NEHREN, 1Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, University of Applied Sciences Cologne; ANDRÉ KIRCHNER, Institute of Geography, Faculty of Physics and Earth Science, University of Leipzig.; DIETMAR SATTLER, Institute of Geography, Faculty of Physics and Earth Science, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee.; ANA PAULA DIAS TURETTA, CNPS; JÜRGEN HEINRICH, Institute of Geography, Faculty of Physics and Earth Science, University of Leipzig, Johannisallee.
Date Issued:	2013
Citation:	Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 85, n. 2, p. 497-518, 2013.
Description:	Climate variations and historical land use had a major impact on landscape development in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica). In southeast Brazil, rainforest expanded under warm-humid climate conditions in the late Holocene, but have been dramatically reduced in historical times. Nevertheless, the numerous remaining forest fragments are of outstanding biological richness. In our research in the Atlantic Forest of Rio de Janeiro we aim at the reconstruction of the late Quaternary landscape evolution and an assessment of human impact on landscapes and rainforests. In this context, special focus is given on (a) effects of climate variations on vegetation cover, soil development, and geomorphological processes, and (b) spatial and temporal land use and landscape degradation patterns. In this paper we present some new results of our interdisciplinary research in the Serra dos Órgãos mountain range, state of Rio de Janeiro.
Keywords:	Atlantic Forest Historical land use Landscape development Natural climate change Rio de Janeiro
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1590/S0001-37652013000200004
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPS)