Distribuição e quantificação de classes de vegetação do Pantanal através de levantamento aéreo

An aerial surveywas adapted and used for the first time to elaborate maps of distribution and quantification of vegetation classes in the Pantanal wetland, per sub-region. Sixteen vegetation classes where identified based on phytophysiognomic aspects, the most important being grassland (31.1%), cerradao woodland(22.1%), cerrado (14.3%), marshes (7.4 %), semideciduous forest (4.0%), gallery forest(2.4%) and floating mats (2.4%). These informations can support decisions in the conservation or selection of preserved areas, as well as to help to monitor vegetation over a vast and remote region.