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Multi-temporal ecological niche modeling for bird conservation in the face of climate change scenarios in Caatinga, Brazil [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
Background Global shifts in climatic patterns have been recorded over the last decades. Such modifications mainly correspond to increased temperatures and rainfall regime changes, which are becoming more variable and extreme. Methods We aimed to evaluate
Gabriela Silva Ribeiro Gonçalves, Pablo Vieira Cerqueira, Daniel Paiva Silva, Letícia Braga Gomes, Camila Ferreira Leão, André Felipe Alves de Andrade, Marcos Pérsio Dantas Santos   +6 more
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Abiotic drivers shape seed inputs and outputs in a tropical wetland on Croton trinitatis population

Ecological Processes, 2022
Background Predicting how natural and anthropogenic drivers shape different ecological indicators, such as plant populations along environmental gradients, can be a relevant tool for establishing management and conservation criteria of tropical wetlands.
Francielli Bao, Arnildo Pott, Pedro Manuel Villa   +2 more
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Adelmar Coimbra-Filho: primatologia, áreas protegidas e conservação da natureza no Brasil

História, 2022
RESUMO O presente artigo trata do papel desempenhado por Adelmar Coimbra-Filho no desenvolvimento da ciência da primatologia e da conservação da natureza no Brasil.
Alyne dos Santos Gonçalves, José Luiz de Andrade Franco   +1 more
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Monitoramento de borboletas: o papel de um indicador biológico na gestão de unidades de conservação

Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2016
Programas de monitoramento podem ser considerados boas estratégias para avaliação continuada da qualidade de habitats ao longo do tempo. Entretanto, para que seu emprego tenha êxito, é necessário um sistema capaz de gerir e administrar as atividades a ...
Jessie Pereira Santos, Onildo João Marini-Filho, André Victor Lucci Freitas, Márcio Uehara-Prado   +3 more
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Chironomus larvae (Chironomidae: Diptera) as water quality indicators along an environmental gradient in a neotropical urban stream

Revista Ambiente & Água, 2015
Anthropogenic interference in urban lotic systems is a factor affecting the biota of waterbodies. Aquatic macro invertebrates are an important food source for fish and are valuable indicators of water quality.
Nadja Gomes Machado, Danielle Christine Stenner Nassarden, Francyele dos Santos, Isabelle Christina Gonçalves Boaventura, Gregory Perrier, Fernanda Silveira Carvalho de Souza, Eucarlos de Lima Martins, Marcelo Sacardi Biudes   +7 more
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Helminth fauna of Passer domesticus (Passeriformes: Passeridae) in the southern extreme of Brazil

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2020
The objective of this study was to report helminth parasite species of Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) (sparrow) and to analyze infection rates in relation to total length, body mass and sexual gender of hosts.
Luciana Siqueira-Silveira dos Santos, Carolina Silveira-Mascarenhas, Paulo Roberto Silveira-dos Santos, Nara Amélia da Rosa-Farias   +3 more
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Crypsis by background matching and disruptive coloration as drivers of substrate occupation in sympatric Amazonian bark praying mantises

Scientific Reports, 2023
Background matching and disruptive coloration are common camouflage strategies in nature, but few studies have accurately measured their protective value in living organisms.
João Vitor de Alcantara Viana, Rafael Campos Duarte, Camila Vieira, Pablo Augusto Poleto Antiqueira, Andressa Bach, Gabriel de Mello, Lorhaine Silva, Camila Rabelo Oliveira Leal, Gustavo Quevedo Romero   +8 more
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Feeding habits define habitat use by bats in an agricultural landscape of the Atlantic Forest

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2020
Agricultural expansion and fragmentation of native habitats is considered to be the major cause of declining biodiversity worldwide, negatively impacting the provision and maintenance of nature’s contributions to people.
Rafael Souza Laurindo, Renan França Souza, Guilherme Oliveira Lemos, Naim Silva Teodoro, Leonardo Marin Bonilha, Fabiana Lucio Oliveira   +5 more
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Indigenous and Traditional Management Creates and Maintains the Diversity of Ecosystems of South American Tropical Savannas

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
The tropical South American savannas have been occupied and manipulated by humans since the late Pleistocene. Ecologists consider that soils, hydrology, and seasonal precipitation influence the structure and composition of plants and the fire-proneness ...
Maria Julia Ferreira, Carolina Levis, Leonardo Chaves, Leonardo Chaves, Charles Roland Clement, Gustavo Taboada Soldati, Gustavo Taboada Soldati   +6 more
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Fatores a serem observados na criação de Áreas Protegidas: o caso do Parque Nacional do Descobrimento (Prado/BA)

Sociedade & Natureza, 2020
A criação de áreas protegidas é um dos mecanismos encontrados para garantir a proteção da biodiversidade frente às constantes e crescentes ameaças.
Euripedes Junior Pontes, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Prudente Almeida Pereira Neto   +2 more
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