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Figure 1
Study sites mentioned in the study, including metapopulations of Caiçaras (blue and red), inhabitants of the Atlantic Forest coast.

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Figure 2
Metapopulation models of the Caiçaras from the northern coast of São Paulo, based on data in Table 1. Communities included are distant by less than 25 miles from the migrant's origin. Metapopulation I : brown: Mainland, (São Sebastião city and Caraguatatuba); red: São Sebastião Island or Ilhabela; green: Búzios Island; blue: Vitória Island. Metapopulation II : the arrows show the migration paths: black: Casa de Farinha; red: Picinguaba; blue: Sertão do Puruba; green: Puruba.

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Figure 3
The adaptive cycles of caiçaras, considering the economic cycles of sugar cane and coffee (1870–1890), small-scale agriculture (1900–1950), and fishing and tourism (after 1950).

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Figure 4
Fishing boat at Baixios, Bahia, after prohibition by governmental environmental agencies of constructing rafts using the wood pau de jangada.

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