Forecasting large-scale circulation regimes using deformable convolutional neural networks and global spatiotemporal climate data [PDF]
Classifying the state of the atmosphere into a finite number of large-scale circulation regimes is a popular way of investigating teleconnections, the predictability of severe weather events, and climate change. Here, we investigate a supervised machine learning approach based on deformable convolutional neural networks (deCNNs) and transfer learning ...
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Suboptimal host tree benefits the overwintering of a destructive forest insect pest
Winter represents a stressful period for many organisms, and terrestrial insects are particularly susceptible to adverse thermal conditions. However, exposure to thermal stress and its effects on insect survival and performance can be modulated by ...
Eric R.D. Moise+2 more
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A CONCESSION SYSTEM FOR PUBLIC FORESTS IN “MATA ATLANTICA” DOMINIUM, BRAZIL [PDF]
Political and administrative limitations are real factors for a Management System for National Forest in Brazil, but some actions needs to be achieve. The concession system is economically feasible to create and manage National Forest in Atlantic area ...
Jorge Paladino Corrêa de Lima+1 more
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Parasitoids of Acromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Leaf-Cutting Ants in Continuous and Fragmented Atlantic Forest [PDF]
Fragmentation of the habitat is a major threat to biodiversity in Atlantic forest. Parasitoids seem to be particularly susceptible to habitat fragmentation.
Elizalde, Luciana+1 more
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CHEMICAL ELEMENTS ANALYSIS OF THE SOIL AT AN URBANIZATION GRADIENT IN THE ATLANTIC FOREST [PDF]
The Atlantic Forest is home to the largest urban centers in Brazil, which modify various aspects of the natural quality of this forest. Soil chemical elements from three different sites in the Atlantic Forest in the state of Rio de Janeiro were analyzed:
Thaís Jorge de Vasconcellos+4 more
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The “Atlantis Forest hypothesis” does not explain Atlantic Forest phylogeography [PDF]
Leite et al. (1) conclude that isolation according to the forest refuge hypothesis (FRH) may have had a minor, if any, role on Atlantic Forest (AF) biotic evolution based on genetic data from five mammal species. Their evidence comes from signatures of population expansion during both glacial and interglacial periods, and fragmentation of reconstructed
Fabio Raposo do Amaral+7 more
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Testing a trapping protocol for generic surveillance of wood-boring beetles in heterogeneous landscapes [PDF]
Baited traps are a basic component of both specific and generic surveillance programs targeting wood-boring beetles at risk of introduction to new habitats because of global trade.
Giacomo Santoiemma+18 more
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Composition and Natural History of Snakes from Etá Farm region, Sete Barras, south-eastern Brazil [PDF]
Approximately 140 snake species are known to occur in the Atlantic Forest with nearly half being endemic to this ecoregion. However, the Atlantic forest is one of the most threatened tropical ecoregions, with only 16% of its original area remaining as ...
Bruno F. Fiorillo+4 more
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Wish you were here: How defaunated is the Atlantic Forest biome of its medium- to large-bodied mammal fauna? [PDF]
Mammals represent the largest-bodied elements of the world’s surviving megafauna and provide several key ecosystems services, yet their populations are often under steep decline throughout the tropics.
Bogoni, Juliano André+4 more
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Range extension of Lonchophylla peracchii (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) to Northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Lonchophylla peracchii was recently described from Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest samples previously assigned to either L. bokermanni Sazima, Vizotto & Taddei, 1978 or L. mordax Thomas, 1903.
Daniela Dias+2 more
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