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Ductile Extrusion Triggered by Continental Collision in NE Brazil
ABSTRACT The Borborema Province in northeastern Brazil hosts one of the world's largest strike‐slip shear zone networks, active during the late Neoproterozoic assembly of West Gondwana. Whether these shear zones initiated during active continental collision or as a post‐orogenic response to far‐field stresses remains debated.
L. R. Tesser +6 more
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Los cultivos intercalados ofrecen beneficios significativos para la agricultura al fijar nitrógeno, proteger contra plagas y enfermedades, y optimizar la producción.
Diana María Sánchez-Olaya +2 more
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The Evolution of Primate Societies - Chapter 3 [PDF]
Compared with other primates, New World monkeys display relatively limited ecological variability. New World monkey anatomy and social systems, however, are extremely diverse.
Di Fiore, Anthony +2 more
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ABSTRACT Understanding Neotropical megadiversity remains challenging due to fundamental taxonomic issues, including identifying and describing cryptic species and their distribution, and the limited knowledge of key factors driving biological diversification. Such challenges are especially prominent in diverse clades with high levels of cryptic species,
Felipe Camurugi +10 more
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ABSTRACT Micoureus is the most species‐rich subgenus within the genus Marmosa. Conflicting arrangements regarding the number of species comprising this subgenus have been proposed and the validity of M. budini has been debated. Here, we used an approach integrating genetic and morphological data were conducted to reanalyze the ‘rapposa’ group ...
Maria Clara Santos Ribeiro +3 more
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A baseline appraisal of water-dependant ecosystem services, the roles they play within desakota livelihood systems and their potential sensitivity to climate change [PDF]
This report forms part of a larger research programme on 'Reinterpreting the Urban-Rural Continuum', which conceptualises and investigates current knowledge and research gaps concerning 'the role that ecosystems services play in the livelihoods of the ...
Gosling, Simon +4 more
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Nitrogen fixing legumes and their partners in Brazil : from the lab to the field, from the forest to the mine tailing [PDF]
Leguminosae, the third largest family of angiosperms, are of major agricultural, ecological and economic importance. Several recent studies allowed to clarify the taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships among the 19,400 species that constitute this ...
Prin, Yves +7 more
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Sustainability and indicators in Amazonia: Conceptual framework for use in Amazonia
This report outlines issues of sustainable development and its measurement which can be relevant for use in the PanAmazonian Countries (PAC). It reviews concepts of sustainability that have been formulated both in the political and scientific worlds and attempts to apply them to specific issues that can be relevant for assessing sustainable development
de Bruyn, S., van Drunen, M.
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Habitat selection, parasites and injuries in Amazonian crocodilians
Caiman crocodilus is found most frequently in relatively warm, shallow or grassy areas in the larger rivers, lakes and canals of Amazonia. The habitats that it uses are increasing in area because of human activities.
Magnusson, W.
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ABSTRACT The presence of the franciscana (Pontoporia blainvillei) at the northern limit of the FMA II was investigated using a range of methods, including monitoring of strandings, boat surveys, and passive acoustic monitoring (PAM). Franciscana strandings were recorded within the distributional gap between Macaé (22°55′ S) and Ilha Grande (23°09′ S ...
Alexandre F. Azevedo +10 more
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