Anuran diversity indicates that Caatinga relictual Neotropical forests are more related to the Atlantic Forest than to the Amazon [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 The relationships among the morphoclimatic domains of South America have been a major biogeographical issue of recent years. Palynological, geological and phytogeographical data suggest that the Amazon Forest and the Atlantic Forest were connected during
Deborah P. Castro +4 more
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Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae, Heliconius sara apseudes (Hübner, 1813): distribution extension [PDF]
Check List, 2010 This work presents new records and extends the geographic distribution of Heliconius sara apseudes in the Atlantic Forest of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
Cristiano Iserhard +4 more
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Sampling Ozone Exposure of Canadian Forests at Different Scales: Some Case Studies
The Scientific World Journal, 2001 The use of passive samplers in extensive monitoring, such as that used in national forest health monitoring plots, indicates that these devices are able to determine both spatial and temporal differences in ozone exposure of the plots.
R.M. Cox +3 more
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Reemergence of human malaria in Atlantic Forest of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2021 Unforeseen Plasmodium infections in the Atlantic Forest of Brazilian Extra-Amazonian region could jeopardise malaria elimination. A human malaria case was registered in Três Forquilhas, in the Atlantic Forest biome of Rio Grande do Sul, after a 45 years’
Alessandra Bittencourt de Lemos +12 more
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Sloths of the Atlantic Forest in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2016 ABSTRACT Sloths were a curiosity item for Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries, and several descriptions of them exist in bestiaries and texts of that time. Here, we assemble the descriptions and drawings of sloths from the travellers and naturalists of those centuries in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
Sérgio Lucena Mendes +2 more
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DNA barcoding in Atlantic Forest plants: what is the best marker for Sapotaceae species identification? [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2014 The Atlantic Forest is a phytogeographic domain with a high rate of endemism and large species diversity. The Sapotaceae is a botanical family for which species identification in the Atlantic Forest is difficult.
Caio Vinicius Vivas +6 more
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An overlooked hotspot for birds in the Atlantic Forest
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2019 Montane and submontane forest patches in the state of Bahia, Brazil, are among the few large and preserved Atlantic Forests remnants. They are strongholds of an almost complete elevational gradient, which harbor both lowland and highland bird taxa.
Luís Fábio Silveira +5 more
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Insects, 2020 Semiochemical-baited intercept traps are important tools used to collect information about the presence/absence and population dynamics of forest insects.
Jon Sweeney +6 more
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An interactive identification key for Atlantic Forest tree species based on macroscopic wood anatomy
Rodriguésia, 2021 The Atlantic Forest is considered a biodiversity hotspot because of its exceptional species richness, endemism, and habitat losses. Commercial logging, industrial forestry, and agriculture represent threats to the Atlantic Forest, and even though it has ...
Arno Fritz das Neves Brandes +5 more
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Small-scale Management of Secondary Forests in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest [PDF]
Floresta e Ambiente, 2019 ABSTRACT Sustainable management of tropical and subtropical secondary forests for multiple purposes, including timber, may encourage farmers to promote regeneration of native forest. We studied the population structures and commercial timber production in two adjacent 33 years-old Brazilian Atlantic Forest stands: a 26 ha forest managed through ...
Alfredo Celso Fantini +3 more
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