Background The Atlantic rainforest ecosystem, where bromeliads are abundant, provides an excellent environment for Kerteszia species, because these anophelines use the axils of those plants as larval habitat.
Sallum Maria AM +3 more
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Litterfall and Nutrient Dynamics in a Mature Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil [PDF]
ABSTRACT We assessed litterfall and nutrient cycling in an old-growth Atlantic rainforest in southern Brazil. Plant litter collected monthly was separated into: leaves, twigs, reproductive organs, and fragments, and dried, weighed, and ground. Determination of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and sodium contents of different
Sloboda, Bárbara +6 more
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Vegetative multiplication of the Atlantic Rainforest species Eugenia involucrata
Abstract The objective of this work was to evaluate air layering, cutting, and grafting, with different indolebutyric acid (IBA) rates, for the vegetative propagation of Eugenia involucrata. Air layering was carried out for two consecutive years with five different IBA rates.
Marcelo Brossi Santoro +6 more
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Observations and models suggest that the Amazon rainforest might transition to a savanna-like state in response to anthropogenic climate and land use change.
Da Nian +6 more
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Reptiles, Squamata, Parque Natural Municipal da Taquara, municipality of Duque de Caxias, state of Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil [PDF]
Herein we report a list of the reptiles from Parque Natural Municipal da Taquara, municipality of Duque deCaxias, state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, an area situated in the Atlantic Rainforest Domain.
Salles, R. O. L. +2 more
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First record of Gymnosiphon tenellus (Benth.) Urb. (Burmanniaceae) in Paraná state and southern Brazil [PDF]
Gymnosiphon tenellus (Bentham) Urban is recorded for the first time in the state of Paraná and in southern Brazil. Until now it has only been known to occur in Central America, the Amazonian Rainforest, and in the Atlantic Rainforest of the ...
Inti de Souza +2 more
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ASSESSMENT OF FIRE RISK IN THE VALE DO PARAÍBA REGION, SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC RAINFOREST, BRAZIL
In recent times, the area burned by wildfires in the Atlantic Rainforest, a biodiversity hotspot, has increased and its occurrence may threaten this biome.
Marcos Paulo Ferreira +4 more
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Bats from the Atlantic rainforest of southern Bahia, Brazil [PDF]
Data collected during 16 years of bat surveys (1986 to 2002) in southern Bahia, Brazil, is presented here. Bats were surveyed in 14 municipalities, in habitats that included residences, caves, forests and agricultural areas, resulting in a total of 6576 captures of 60 species from the bat families Emballonuridae (5 sp), Noctilionidae (1 sp ...
Faria, Deborah +2 more
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The importance of Serra do Mar State Park for liverworts conservation in the Atlantic Rainforest
Serra do Mar State Park (PESM) is located in southeastern São Paulo state, Brazil, and is the largest Atlantic Rainforest conservation area in the country.
Renato Xavier Araújo Prudêncio +2 more
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FOREST COVERAGE AND STREAMFLOW OF WATERSHEDS IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC RAINFOREST [PDF]
ABSTRACT The present study analyzed the average and minimum streamflow behavior of 11 watersheds located in the Atlantic Forest Biome, relating them to the changes in forest cover. The average minimum flow with seven days of duration (Q7), the average annual flow (Qave), the total annual precipitation (Pa) and the percentage of forest cover (FC) for ...
Mendes, Natalia Gomes de Souza +2 more
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