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Avifauna da RPPN da UNISC, Sinimbu, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

Biotemas, 2010
Este trabalho apresenta uma lista de 169 espécies de aves registradas na RPPN da Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, município de Sinimbu, Rio Grande do Sul. O levantamento foi realizado no período de janeiro de 2007 a janeiro de 2009.
Samuel Lopes Oliveira, Andreas Köhler
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Coronaviruses Detected in Brazilian Wild Birds Reveal Close Evolutionary Relationships with Beta- and Deltacoronaviruses Isolated From Mammals [PDF]

, 2015
This study showed that the most of the coronaviruses (CoVs) detected in Brazilian wild birds clustered with the mouse hepatitis virus A59 strain, belonging to the BetaCoV group. Furthermore, CoV detected in two different bird species, Amazona vinacea and
Arns, Clarice W, Arns, Clarice W., Barnabé, Ana C. S., Carvalho, Ricardo Duraes de, Caserta, Leonardo C., Felippe, Paulo A. N., Ferreira, Helena L., Martini, Matheus C., Santos, Márcia B.   +8 more
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Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Urbanization is expected to influence food transitions, resulting in a shift from wild foods to more domesticated foods. Concomitantly, food insecurity and urban demand for natural resources, including wildlife, are expected to increase overall, even when the per capita consumption is expected to decrease.
Willandia A. Chaves, Denis Valle, Aline S. Tavares, Thais Q. Morcatty, Marcelo D. Vidal, Tatiana Schor, Eduardo M. von Mühlen, David S. Wilcove   +7 more
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Gender dynamics of tropical wildmeat systems: A systematic map of women's roles and influence

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wildmeat is a vital natural resource globally, which must be managed sustainably to avoid livelihood insecurity, species decline and biodiversity loss. Women have a pivotal role in harvesting, processing and distributing wildmeat, yet their contributions are often overlooked.
Jasmin Willis Key, Wahyu Nurbandi, Brenda González‐Nava, Juanita Gomez, Ferdinand Castera, Guilherme Costa Alvarenga, Auriane Flottes De Pouzols, Maya Lemaire, Jennifer F. Linden, Emily K. Madsen, Lauren Coad, Amy Hinsley, E. J. Milner‐Gulland   +12 more
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Three‐Year Propagation Experiment at Ku‐, Ka‐, and Q‐Band in French West Indies

International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From January 2021 to December 2023, the Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales (ONERA) and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) conducted a three‐year Earth‐space propagation measurement campaign in Guadeloupe. The experiment used beacon receivers deployed in Pointe‐à‐Pitre airport to record signals at 11.2, 19.7, and
Jean‐Pascal Monvoisin, Laurent Castanet, Laurent Féral, Xavier Boulanger   +3 more
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Worldwide distribution of non-native Amazon parrots and temporal trends of their global trade

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation
Distribución en el mundo de los loros introducidos del género Amazona y tendencias temporales de su comercio a escala mundial Las especies exóticas son la segunda causa de la crisis de biodiversidad mundial, precedida por la pérdida y la fragmentación ...
E. Mori, G. Grandi, M. Menchetti, J. L. Tella, H. A. Jackson, L. Reino, A. van Kleunen, R. Figueira, L. Ancillotto   +8 more
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GRACIOSA OU VIRIL? A POSTURA DAS AMAZONAS NO SÉCULO XIX [PDF]

, 2007
International audienceNo século XIX, a obsessão pela dife-rença dos sexos não permitiu o desenvolvimen-to da equitação feminina a não ser legitiman-do a prática específica de montar " em ama-zona " , ou seja, sentada sobre o lado esquer-do do cavalo com ...
Houbre, Gabrielle
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Tropical Forests and Sustainability: The Role of Multilateral Financing in Latin America

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The challenge of slowing deforestation and degradation in the tropical regions of Latin America requires financing mechanisms (public and private) that can enable actions to preserve and sustainably manage forest integrity. This paper begins by examining the strategy implemented by the World Bank to protect forest cover in tropical countries ...
Ángela Andrea Caviedes Conde, Encarnación Moral Pajares, Leticia Gallego Valero   +2 more
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Illegal Gold Mining in the Brazilian Amazon: Environmental Degradation in Yanomami Indigenous Lands, and Regulatory Failures

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Illegal gold mining has emerged as a major sustainability threat in the Amazon, eroding Indigenous rights, forest integrity, and climate mitigation efforts. This study examines how international market incentives relate to the expansion of illegal mining and associated deforestation within the Yanomami Indigenous Territory (YIT) from 2008 to ...
Shirléia Lago Santos, Ana Claudia de Araujo Moxotó, Jurandir Moura Dutra   +2 more
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Molecular markers for population genetic analyses in the family Psittacidae (Psittaciformes, Aves)

Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2006
The selection of molecular markers for population studies is an important tool for biodiversity conservation. The family Psittacidae contains many endangered and vulnerable species and we tested three kinds of molecular markers for their potential use in
Patrícia J. Faria, Cristina Y. Miyaki
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