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Jul 2026
Extreme flooding and vegetation fragmentation: post-event changes in landscape structure in southern Brazil.
Extreme rainfall and flooding in May 2024 caused the most severe hydrological disaster ever recorded in Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, exposing deep socio-environmental vulnerabilities. This study examines the spatial relationship between flood extent and changes in the structure and fragmentation of natural veget...
R. Weiss, Martiele Wilhelm, Ana Luisa Maffini et al.
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