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Comparison of diet and use of bromeliads between a bromelicolous and a bromeligenous anuran at an inselberg in the southeastern of brazil [PDF]

, 2010
Anurans from an inselberg in southeastern Brazil were studied using a sample ofsixty tank of bromeliads Alcantharea sp. We found 153 tadpoles of S. arduous, 21adults of S. arduous, 30 adults of T.
Pertel, Weslei, Texeira, Rogeiro, Ferreira, Rodrigo   +2 more
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Appendix A. The size distribution of surveyed bromeliads in relation to insect occurrences.

, 2016
The size distribution of surveyed bromeliads in relation to insect ...
Sarah L. Amundrud (2929560), Diane S. Srivastava (135453)   +1 more
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An arboreal spider protects its offspring by diving into the water of tank bromeliads

, 2018
Cupiennius salei (Ctenidae) individuals frequently live in association with tank bromeliads, including Aechmea bracteata, in Quintana Roo (Mexico). Whereas C.
Yann Hénaut, Olivier Dézerald, Alain Dejean, Bruno Corbara, Hénaut, Yann, Céréghino, Régis, Dézerald, Olivier, Corbara, Bruno, Frédéric Azémar, Dejean, Alain, Régis Céréghino, Azémar, Frédéric   +11 more
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Bromeliad-Associated Reductions in Host Herbivory; Do Epiphytic Bromeliads act as Commensalists or Mutualists?

, 2014
Many members of the family Bromeliacae are able to adopt epiphytic lifestyles and colonize trees throughout the Neotropics. Bromeliacaedo not extract nutrients from their hosts and confer relatively minor costs on their host plants.
Diane S. Srivastava, Paloma Corvalan, Edd Hammill, Hammill, Edd, Corvalan, Paloma, Srivastava, Diane S.   +5 more
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Ornamental bromeliads of Miami-Dade County, Florida are important breeding sites for Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

, 2018
Background A major public health concern is the emergence and geographical spread of vector-borne diseases such as Zika and yellow fever. Ornamental bromeliads retaining water in their leaf axils represent potential breeding sites for mosquitoes.
Mauriello, Paul J, André B. B. Wilke, John C. Beier, Vasquez, Chalmers, Chalmers Vasquez, Wilke, André B. B, Paul J. Mauriello, Beier, John C   +7 more
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Does native bromeliads represent important breeding sites for Aedes aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae) in urbanized areas?

, 2011
This study evaluates the importance of native bromeliads growing on rocky outcrops interspersed with urbanized areas as breeding sites for the Aedes aegypti (L.) in Vitória, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Santos,CB, CB Santos, A Falqueto, GR Leite, Leite,GR, Falqueto,A   +5 more
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Bromeliads: traditional plant food in Latin America since prehispanic times

, 2011
Bromeliads are monocots that have been consumed by natives in Latin America since pre-Hispanic times. The principal ways bromeliads are used as food sources include the whole fruit or another part of the plant.
Hornung Leoni, Claudia T.
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How Tank Bromeliads Respond to Changing Tank Conditions

, 2010
Bromeliads, particularly those with a water-holding tank formed by leaves, act as amplifiers of biodiversity in their tropical forest ecosystem. The tanks play host to a wide diversity of life forms, and provide the bromeliad with almost all of its water
Tribelhorn, Rebecca
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Evaluating bromeliads as environmental reservoirs for <i>Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis</i> and amphibian disease dynamics in equatorial forests. [PDF]

R Soc Open Sci
Moretta-Urdiales M, McCracken S, Guayasamin JM, Lynch RL, Tenorio M, Neely WJ, Rodriguez D.   +6 more
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Phytotelm and anthropogenic mosquitoes: community structure in natural and artificial habitats in an Atlantic Forest agroforestry system, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [PDF]

Naturwissenschaften
de Mello CF, Müller GA, de Alcantara Azevedo WT, Gil-Santana HR, Araújo TR, Pimentel R, Alencar J.   +6 more
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