Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2009 Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Kuntze is a dioecious conifer species native of Brazil. The rare occurrence of monoiceous specimens have been attributed to pathogenic infections or other injuries in adult trees.
Valdir M. Stefenon +1 more
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Sensitivity of brazilian-pine (Araucária angustifolia) embryos to desiccation and temperature
, 2004 O comportamento “recalcitrante” das sementes de Araucaria angustifolia (Bertoloni.) Otto Kuntze (pinheiro-brasileiro) limita a conservação ex-situ dos recursos genéticos dessa importante espécie, em bancos de sementes. A interação entre o conteúdo de água e temperatura sobre a sobrevivência do embrião foi estudada como ponto de partida para o ...
Medeiros, Antonio Carlos de Souza +2 more
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Conservation of the Cerrado from the valorization of socio-biodiversity products: the importance of production chains and local marketing channels [PDF]
, 2019 The Cerrado occupies an area of about 20 million km2 (approximately 20% of the Brazilian territory), being the second largest national biome and the richest savanna in biodiversity of the planet. Although it covers three regions of the country (Northeast,
Afonso, Sandra +2 more
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Journal of Agricultural Science, 2018 Silvicultural interventions are necessary to control the competition and to maintain the forest structure. Thus, this work aimed to know the interactions between dendro/morphometric variables to indicate density interventions in Brazilian pine Forest. Dendrometric and morphometric variables were measured from 186 individual trees of this species, which
André Felipe Hess +8 more
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Chemical Engineering Transactions, 2019 In this work a new biodegradable film was developed, and bioactive compounds from Acca sellowiana were incorporated. Film packaging production was carried out from an aqueous filmogenic solution, with a blend of Brazilian pine seeds starch, citric pectin,
William Gustavo Sganzerla +6 more
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The Emergence of New and Successful Export Activities in Brazil: Four Case Studies from the Manufacturing and the Agricultural Sector [PDF]
This paper investigates the emergence of new successful export activities in Brazil through the analysis of four industry case studies: furniture, swimwear, soybeans and grapes.
Alexandre Darze +3 more
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Marked decline in forest-dependent small mammals following habitat loss and fragmentation in an Amazonian deforestation frontier [PDF]
, 2020 Agricultural frontier expansion into the Amazon over the last four decades has created million hectares of fragmented forests. While many species undergo local extinctions within remaining forest patches, this may be compensated by native species from ...
Palmeirim, Ana Filipa +2 more
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Differentiation of argentine propolis from different species of bees and geographical origins by UV spectroscopy and chemometric analysis [PDF]
, 2018 Bees collect vegetal resins that they mix with their wax and mechanical impurities to elaborate propolis, whose chemical composition is complex and variable depending on botanical/geographical origin, type of bee, time of year when it was produced and ...
Borelli, Romina +7 more
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Demonstration of wetland vegetation mapping in Florida from computer-processed satellite and aircraft multispectral scanner data [PDF]
The success of remotely mapping wetland vegetation of the southwestern coast of Florida is examined. A computerized technique to process aircraft and LANDSAT multispectral scanner data into vegetation classification maps was used.
Butera, M. K.
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Help Protect Florida’s Natural Areas from Invasive Plants
EDIS, 2018 This document addresses the pressing issue of invasive plants in Florida's natural areas, threatening native habitats and biodiversity. With over half of Florida's land developed for agriculture or urban use, preserving remaining natural areas is ...
S.F. Enloe, K.A. Langeland
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