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New species of Szelenyiopria Fabritius and description of the male of Szelenyiopria distinguenda (Loiácono) (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae)

EntomoBrasilis, 2019
. Here are described and ilustrated Szelenyiopria loiaconae sp. nov., Szelenyiopria jataiensis sp. nov., and the male of Szelenyiopria distinguenda (Loiácono) (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae).
Emerson Fraga Comério, Ana Lígia Santos Oliveira, Nelson Wanderley Periotto, Rogéria Inês Rosa Lara   +3 more
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Operating Capacity, Pricing and Supply Elasticity in Container Shipping Markets

International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the channels through which changes in operating capacity influence freight rates in the container shipping market using a novel dataset to create an operating capacity index at the shipping‐route level. Our analysis reveals that when supply elasticity is low, an increase in operating capacity tends to drive freight rates upward,
Cong Sui, Shang Wang, Jingmin Liang, Nikos K. Nomikos   +3 more
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Perceptions, challenges and determinants of management strategy choices for combating fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) infestation in Ghana

Pest Management Science, EarlyView.
Despite high awareness of fall armyworm, a significant gap remains in the use of sustainable and effective control measures. Farmers predominantly perceive synthetic pesticides as ideal despite studies highlighting botanical and traditional methods as more sustainable.
Richard Adabah, Robert Aidoo, Bright Owusu Asante, Amos Mensah, Seth Etuah, Gifty Boakye Appiah, Jonas Osei‐Adu   +6 more
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New records of tick-associated spotted fever group Rickettsia in an Amazon-Savannah ecotone, Brazil. [PDF]

, 2018
Human rickettsiosis has been recorded in the Amazon Biome. However, the epidemiological cycle of causative rickettsiae has not been fully accounted for in the Amazon region. This study investigates the presence of spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia spp.
ANDREOTTI, R., A.A.R. Aguirre, RODRIGUES, V. da S., MEDEIROS, J. F., CSORDAS, B. G., Renato Andreotti, Bárbara Guimarães Csordas, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Vinícius da Silva Rodrigues, Ivaneide Nunes da Costa, AGUIRREA, A. A. R. e, Marcos Valério Garcia, COSTA, I. N. da, GARCIA, M. V.   +13 more
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Ant Fauna Diversity in an Area Degraded by Diamond Mining in the State of Mato Grosso,Brazil

Revista Brasileira Multidisciplinar - ReBraM /Brazilian Multidisciplinay Journal, 2014
This study aimed at sampling the diversity of ants in environments influenced by diamond mining activities in the Brazilian savannah, providing information on the ant fauna in this region of Mato Grosso.The study was carried out in the city of Poxoréu-MT,
Jorge João Aparecido Nahra, Zildo Gallo, Flávia Cristina Sossae, Katia Aparecida Baptista   +3 more
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A Geo-historical Analysis of Expanding Soybean Frontiers in the Brazilian Cerrado

Historia Ambiental Latinoamericana y Caribeña, 2022
Until the 1970s, the Brazilian Cerrado was considered an unsuitable agricultural territory. Logistic and infrastructural issues, combined with soil acidity, made the Cerrado a marginal biome for crop production. However, since the Brazilian Agricultural
Cassiano Brito Rocha, Claudio de Majo, Sandro Dutra e Silva   +2 more
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Deep learning‐based ecological analysis of camera trap images is impacted by training data quality and quantity

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Machine learning image classifiers are increasingly being used to automate camera trap image labelling, but we don't know how much ML model accuracy matters for downstream ecological analyses. Using two large data sets from an African savannah and an Asian dry forest ecosystem, we compared human labelled data with predictions from deep‐learning models ...
Peggy A. Bevan, Omiros Pantazis, Holly A.I. Pringle, Guilherme Braga Ferreira, Daniel J. Ingram, Emily K. Madsen, Liam Thomas, Dol Raj Thanet, Thakur Silwal, Santosh Rayamajhi, Gabriel J. Brostow, Oisin Mac Aodha, Kate E. Jones   +12 more
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Axima nordestina (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae), a new stalk-eyed wasp from Brazilian savannah

, 2015
A new stalk-eyed wasp Axima nordestina sp. n. is described from the Northeastern Brazilian savannah. Axima nordestina is the fourth species of stalk-eyed wasps (A. noyesi species group) and the second one known from Brazil.
Azevedo,Celso O., Krogmann,Lars, Krogmann, Lars, Azevedo, C. O., Azevedo, Celso O., Barbosa, Dilosa Carvalho de Alencar,, Barbosa,Diego N., Barbosa, Diego N.   +7 more
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Persistent Alarms Confronting New Priorities: Protestants in Africa in Italian and French Catholic Magazines (1945–1962)

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Anti‐Protestantism was one of the reasons for the revival of missions during the interwar period. By the 1960s, however, Protestants were less and less often mentioned as a threat to missionary efforts, and the decline in inter‐confessional tensions was increasingly considered a relic of the past.
Giacomo Canepa
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Darkness in the Seasonal Savannah: The Brazilian Cerrado in Stories by Hugo de Carvalho Ramos

eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2022
This article analyzes the feelings that emerge in savannah landscapes, specifically in the Brazilian savannah (Cerrado), through the short stories Dias de Chuva and Gente da Gleba, by the writer Hugo de Carvalho Ramos (1895—1921). The two stories, which
André Vasques Vital, Sandro Dutra e Silva   +1 more
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