Rede C2

The RedeC2 network

Rede C2 - Permanent plots for understanding vegetation dynamics across Brazil's seasonally dry ecosystems. We currently focus on the Caatinga and Cerrado.

RedeC2 is a collaborative research network dedicated to understanding the multifunctional dynamics of Brazil's seasonally dry tropical ecosystems, especially Caatinga and Cerrado.

Bringing together researchers from multiple institutions, the network integrates permanent plots, floristic inventories, functional traits and environmental data to investigate how plant communities are structured and how they respond to climatic seasonality, soil conditions and landscape context.

Across different sites and regions, RedeC2 studies how natural gradients and human-driven disturbances influence vegetation structure, successional pathways and the spatial turnover of species.

Scientific focus

RedeC2 connects long-term vegetation monitoring, ecological gradients, taxonomic knowledge and reproducible workflows to support synthesis across Caatinga and Cerrado sites.

Sites, gradients and synthesis

Sites

Permanent plots across Caatinga and Cerrado

Field sites connect repeated vegetation measurements with local floristic composition, vegetation structure and landscape history.

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Gradients

Environmental context across sites

Climate, soils, vegetation structure and landscape descriptors support comparisons across environmental and geographic gradients.

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Synthesis

Comparable data for ecological research

Harmonized observations support cross-site analyses of vegetation dynamics, biodiversity and restoration planning.

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How the network works

01 · People and institutions

Researchers, students, universities, research institutes and botanical gardens sustain field monitoring, data curation and scientific collaboration across RedeC2.

02 · Permanent plots

Repeated vegetation measurements provide the empirical basis for comparing structure, composition, recruitment, mortality and change across sites.

03 · Floristics and traits

Species inventories, taxonomic standardization and functional trait records help connect biodiversity patterns to ecosystem functioning.

04 · Environmental context

Climate, soil and landscape layers are combined with field observations to understand the gradients shaping plant communities.

05 · Cross-site synthesis

Harmonized datasets and open workflows support broader analyses of vegetation dynamics across Brazil's dry ecosystems.

Partner initiatives

RedeC2 is part of a broader scientific landscape dedicated to long-term monitoring, biodiversity synthesis and the ecology of tropical dry ecosystems.

The network collaborates with initiatives and infrastructures including SECO, PhenoChange, SEOSAW, ForestPlots.net, e-phenology, FAPESP Nordeste, CBioClima. These connections place RedeC2 within a broader effort to integrate field ecology, long-term vegetation monitoring, phenology, functional traits, carbon dynamics and environmental data across sites and regions.

Institutions and people involved

RedeC2 is sustained by researchers, students and institutions that contribute to field monitoring, data curation, taxonomic work and cross-site ecological synthesis.

Meet the full team

Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (JBRJ)

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Serviço Florestal Brasileiro (SFB)

Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso (UNEMAT – Cáceres)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP – Rio Claro)

Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA)

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)

Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)

Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco (UNIVASF)

Università di Torino (UniTO)

University of Exeter

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