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Compilation of woody species occurring in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest complex [PDF]

Frontiers of Biogeography, 2015
The Atlantic Forest is a hotspot for biodiversity conservation because of its high levels of endemism and threatened areas. Three main forest types, differentiated by their floras, compose the Atlantic Forest: ‘Atlantic Forest’ sensu strictu, ‘Araucaria ...
Rodrigo Scarton Bergamin, Leandro Da Silva Duarte, Vinicius Marcilio-Silva, Guilherme Dubal Dos Santos Seger, Dieter Liebsch, Márcia C. M. Marques   +5 more
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Fragmentation impairs the microclimate buffering effect of tropical forests. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Tropical forest species are among the most sensitive to changing climatic conditions, and the forest they inhabit helps to buffer their microclimate from the variable climatic conditions outside the forest.
Robert M Ewers, Cristina Banks-Leite
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Identification key for anuran amphibians in a protected area in the northeastern Atlantic Forest

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2021
The identification of anuran amphibians is still a challenge in megadiverse assemblages. In the Neotropics, the Atlantic Forest harbors more than 600 anuran species, and many studies in this ecoregion report anuran assemblages surpassing 30 species ...
Marcos Jorge Matias Dubeux, Filipe Augusto Cavalcanti do Nascimento, Ubiratan Gonçalves, Tamí Mott   +3 more
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Tracking insect outbreaks: a case study of community-assisted moth monitoring using sex pheromone traps

FACETS, 2020
Insect outbreaks can cover vast geographic areas making it onerous to cost-effectively monitor populations to address management or ecological questions.
R. Drew Carleton, Emily Owens, Holly Blaquière, Stéphane Bourassa, Joseph J. Bowden, Jean-Noël Candau, Ian DeMerchant, Sara Edwards, Allyson Heustis, Patrick M.A. James, Alison M. Kanoti, Chris J.K. MacQuarrie, Véronique Martel, Eric R.D. Moise, Deepa S. Pureswaran, Evan Shanks, Rob C. Johns   +16 more
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Estimate of the Brazilian population living in the Atlantic Forest biome [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
The Atlantic Forest Biome, historically marked by intense human occupation, hosts the majority of Brazil’s population despite covering only a fraction of the national territory.
MILEIDE H. FORMIGONI, SÉRGIO L. MENDES
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Assessing fuel structure in old-growth eastern hemlock dominated stands of Nova Scotia, Canada

Annals of Forest Science
Key message The dataset provides fuel structure (live and dead vegetation) measurements in old-growth eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carrière) dominated stands of Nova Scotia, Canada.
Raphaël D. Chavardès, Christopher Edge, Shane Heartz, Mary Knockwood, Sherilyn Young, James MacKinnon, Matthew J. Smith, Jonathan Boucher, Anne Cotton-Gagnon, Emily K. Woudstra, Heba Jarrar, Peter Bush, Kyle E. Akmens, Lily E. C. Binney, Bianca Bawtenheimer-Goncz, Andrew D. Lewis, Rodney J. Foster   +16 more
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Filling gaps: pentatomids (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Boraceia Biological Station (São Paulo, Brazil) with a preliminary checklist for the Atlantic Rain Forest [PDF]

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
The Boraceia Biological Station (BBS) is located in the Salesópolis municipality, State of São Paulo, and represents an important natural protected area of the Atlantic Rain Forest in one of Brazil’s most urbanized states.
Talita Roell, Guilherme Enrique Luisi López, Cristiano Feldens Schwertner   +2 more
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Vascular plants of Reserva Biológica do Tinguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: leveraging herbarium databases to address knowledge gaps in the Atlantic Forest [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal
The Reserva Biológica do Tinguá is a protected area located in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. It is part of the Atlantic Forest domain and primarily features Dense Ombrophilous Forest, ranging from lowland to submontane, montane, and highland vegetation ...
Thuane Bochorny, Alexandre Quinet, Ana Carolina Castello, Anderson Alves-Araújo, Andrea Costa, Ariane Peixoto, Cassia Sakuragui, Claudio Fraga, Claudenice Dalastra, Danilo Zavatin, Diego Gonzaga, Eliana Ramos, Eliane Jacques, Elsie Guimaraes, Elton Lírio, Gabriel Marcusso, Genise Sommer, George Queiroz, Haroldo Lima, Igor Azevedo, José Fernando Baumgratz, Lana Sylvestre, Lara Deccache, Leandro Giacomin, Leandro Pederneiras, Lucas Marinho, Marcelo Souza, Marcus Nadruz, Marli Morim, Massimo Bovini, Miriam Kaehler, Natalia Barros, Otávio Marques, Pedro Viana, Ronaldo Vinícius-Silva, Sebastião Neto, Tatiana Carrijo, Rafaela Forzza   +37 more
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Using biodiversity databases to assess vascular plant diversity in Protected Areas: a case study of Parque Estadual do Forno Grande, Brazil [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal
The Parque Estadual do Forno Grande is a fully protected area in the southern Espírito Santo State, Brazil. It belongs to the Atlantic Forest domain, with predominantly dense, ombrophilous, seasonal semi-deciduous forests and herbaceous/shrubby ...
Thuane Bochorny, Guilherme Antar, Igor Azevedo, Fernando Bianchi Junior, Tatiana Carrijo, Valquiria Dutra, André Fontana, Claudio Fraga, Samuele Gerace, Leandro Giacomin, André Gil, Renato Goldenberg, Diego Gonzaga, Gustavo Heiden, Ingrid Koch, Ludovic Kollmann, Paulo Labiak, Duane Lima, Gabriel Marcusso, Pedro Moraes, Filipe Torres-Leite, Pedro Viana, Rafaela Forzza   +22 more
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Jumping spider (Araneae: Salticidae) diversity in the understory of the Argentinian Atlantic Forest

Caldasia, 2017
The Atlantic Forest is one of the key biodiversity hotspots in the world. Its understory can be dominated by species such as the native bamboo Chusquea ramosissima (tacuarembó), which can be an aggressive gap colonizer and change biotic and abiotic ...
Carina I. Argañaraz, Gonzalo D. Rubio, Raquel M. Gleiser   +2 more
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