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Litterfall and Nutrient Dynamics in a Mature Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil [PDF]

Floresta e Ambiente, 2017
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, Marques, Renato, Bianchin, Jonas, Blum, Hilbert, Donha, Cristine, Silveira, Fabiana, Capretz, Robson   +6 more
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First record of Gymnosiphon tenellus (Benth.) Urb. (Burmanniaceae) in Paraná state and southern Brazil [PDF]

Check List, 2019
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, Christopher Thomas Blum, Marcelo Leandro Brotto   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

ASSESSMENT OF FIRE RISK IN THE VALE DO PARAÍBA REGION, SOUTHEAST ATLANTIC RAINFOREST, BRAZIL

Environmental Smoke, 2023
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, Caio Wesley Borges, Cheila Flávia de Praga Baião, Geane Lopes Monteiro, Klécia Gili Massi   +4 more
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FOREST COVERAGE AND STREAMFLOW OF WATERSHEDS IN THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC RAINFOREST [PDF]

Revista Árvore, 2018
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, Cecílio, Roberto Avelino, Zanetti, Sidney Sara   +2 more
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A new species of Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with monkeys and passerines of the Atlantic rainforest biome, Southeastern Brazil.

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2019
Recent studies have reported several larvae of an unidentified Amblyomma species on passerine birds in Atlantic rainforest fragments in southeastern Brazil. These larvae yielded a unique 16S rRNA haplotype designated as Amblyomma sp.
T. F. Martins, H. R. Luz, S. Muñoz-Leal, D. Ramirez, L. Milanelo, S. Marques, T. Sanches, V. Onofrio, Igor da C L Acosta, H. R. Benatti, R. Maturano, Philipe B. de Oliveira, G. R. Albuquerque, A. Marcili, Walter Flausino, L. F. Silveira, D. McIntosh, J. L. Faccini, M. Labruna   +18 more
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The importance of Serra do Mar State Park for liverworts conservation in the Atlantic Rainforest

Rodriguésia, 2020
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, Zélia Rodrigues de Mello, Denise Pinheiro da Costa   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seed size-number trade-off in Euterpe edulis in plant communities of the Atlantic Forest

Scientia Agricola, 2014
Investigations of seed size and number differences among plant populations growing in contrasting habitats can provide relevant information about ecological strategies that optimize reproductive effort.
Pedro Henrique Santin Brancalion, Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Fate of native and introduced seeds consumed by captive white-lipped and collared peccaries (Tayassu pecari, Link 1795 and Pecari tajacu, Linnaeus 1758) in the Atlantic rainforest, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology
We studied the role of white-lipped and collared peccaries (Tayassu pecari and Pecari tajacu) as seed predators and dispersers in the Atlantic rainforest of Brazil.
L. Lazure, M. Bachand, C. Ansseau, JS. Almeida-Cortez   +3 more
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Two common species dominate the species-rich Euglossine bee fauna of an Atlantic Rainforest remnant in Pernambuco, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Nowadays, the northern part of the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil is largely destroyed and forest remnants rarely exceed 100 ha. In a 118 ha forest fragment within a state nature reserve of Pernambuco (Reserva Ecológica Gurjaú), we surveyed the orchid bee
R. Oliveira, C. E. Pinto, C. Schlindwein
doaj   +1 more source

Diet and endoparasites of the lizard Gymnodactylus darwinii (Gekkota, Phyllodactylidae) from an Atlantic Rainforest area in southeastern Brazil

Biotemas, 2011
In this study we provide information on diet and endoparasites of individuals of the species Gymnodactylus darwinii in an Atlantic Rainforest area in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Mauricio Almeida-Gomes, Davor Vrcibradic, Thiago Maia-Carneiro, Carlos Frederico Duarte Rocha   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source