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The semiarid tropical zone covers 20% of Brazil and is dominated by caatinga, a thorny deciduous savanna well adapted to seasonal water shortage and periodic drought years. This study was focused on effects of slash and burn agriculture on the soil seed bank in a Caatinga area, in Sobral, CE, Brazil. Caatinga is rich in species, called therophytes, which remain as seeds in the soil during unfavorable...