01628naa a2200205 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000180006024500870007826000090016552011010017465000110127565000130128665000150129965000100131465000160132465300160134070000200135677300460137612794992025-01-15       1982    bl ---       0--  u    #d1 aPRANCE, G. T.  aA preliminary study of some vegetation types of the pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil.  c1982  aPrance, Ghillean T. (New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY 10458) and George B. Schaller (New York Zoological Society, Bronx, NY 10460). Prelimi- nary study of some vegetation types of the Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil. Brit- tonia 34: 228-251. 1982.--The Pantanal is the region on the Brazil-Bolivia frontier in the Paraguay river basin, that is predominantly, but not exclusively covered by various types of swamp vegetation. The vegetation of the area was studied by extensive collecting and through measuring trees on five one-hectare plots of cerrado and semi-deciduous forest. The region consists of various types of swamp, gallery forest, lake margin scrub forest, semi-deciduous forest, and sev- eral forms of cerrado and savanna. The vegetation is made up of species derived from the cerrado of Central Brazil, the Chaco and Amazonia. It also includes many widespread but few endemic species. Little vegetation remains undisturbed due to the influence of cattle, fire and man. Good examples of the various vege- tation formations can still be found and are in urgent need of conservation.  aBrazil  aPantanal  avegetation  aFlora  aVegetação  aMato Grosso1 aSCHALLER, G. B.  tBrittoniagv. 34, n. 2, p. 228-251, 1982.