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Ecological aspects of the casque-headed frog Aparasphenodon brunoi (Anura, Hylidae) in a Restinga habitat in southeastern Brazil [PDF]

Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology, 2004
We describe some aspects of the ecology of Aparasphenodon brunoi, a species associated with bromeliads. We comment on the relationships of this species with bromeliad size, microhabitat use, diet and sexual dimorphism.
Daniel Oliveira Mesquita, Gabriel Corrêa Costa2, Mariana G. Zatz   +2 more
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Ecosystem services provided by bromeliad plants: A systematic review

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
The unprecedented loss of biological diversity has negative impacts on ecosystems and the associated benefits which they provide to humans. Bromeliads have high diversity throughout the Neotropics, but they have been negatively affected by habitat loss ...
Geraldine Ladino, Fabiola Ospina‐Bautista, Jaime Estévez Varón, Lucie Jerabkova, Pavel Kratina   +4 more
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Bromeliad Society head

, 1979
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Adventitious shoots from nodule cluster cultures of Vriesea reitzii: an endemic and endangered bromeliad from atlantic forest Brotos adventícios a partir de culturas nodulares de Vriesea reitzii: uma bromélia endêmica e em extinção da Mata Atlântica

Ciência Rural, 2009
The Atlantic Forest is a biome with megadiversity and a number of bromeliads take part of it. This is the case of Vriesea reitzii, an endemic bromeliad threatened with extinction.
Arlindo Rech Filho, Lírio Luiz Dal Vesco, Miguel Pedro Guerra   +2 more
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Species-Specific Effects of Ant Inhabitants on Bromeliad Nutrition.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Predator activities may lead to the accumulation of nutrients in specific areas of terrestrial habitats where they dispose of prey carcasses. In their feeding sites, predators may increase nutrient availability in the soil and favor plant nutrition and ...
Ana Z Gonçalves, Rafael S Oliveira, Paulo S Oliveira, Gustavo Q Romero   +3 more
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First record of Pelmatosilpha villana Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 (Blattodea: Blattidae) associated with bromeliads in Campo Rupestre in Brazil

Actualidades Biológicas
This study provides the first record of the association between the cockroach Pelmatosilpha villana Saussure & Zehntner, 1893 (Blattodea: Blattidae) and three bromeliad species (Billbergia cf.
Gabriel Castro Jacques, Lucas Camargos Silva Araújo, Andressa Inacio Bernal, Edivar Heeren Oliveira, Marcos Magalhães Souza   +4 more
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Micropropagation enables the mass propagation and conservation of Dyckia distachya Hassler

Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology, 2005
The Atlantic Forest has a rich biological diversity and elevated levels of endemism in which bromeliads are frequent, but endangered. Tissue culture techniques raise high hopes for the rescue, mass propagation for commercial aims or the conservation of ...
Marcelo Francisco Pompelli, Miguel Pedro Guerra   +1 more
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The Bromeliad-Anopheles-Malaria Complex in Trinidad. I-The Bromeliad Flora [PDF]

Evolution, 1948
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Epífitas vasculares da Estação Ecológica Barreiro Rico, Anhembi, SP, Brasil: diversidade, abundância e estratificação vertical

Hoehnea
RESUMO A diversidade, abundância e estratificação vertical das epífitas vasculares foram estudadas na Estação Ecológica Barreiro Rico, área de floresta estacional semidecidual na região central de São Paulo, Brasil.
Fernando Antonio Bataghin, José Salatiel Rodrigues Pires, Fábio de Barros, Adelcio Müller   +3 more
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Floral Traits and Breeding Systems in Sincoraea (Bromeliaceae), an Endemic Genus of Brazilian Rupestrian Grasslands

Plants
Brazilian campos rupestres are a global center of plant endemism, but they are increasingly threatened by climate change and human activities. In this context, Sincoraea, an endemic genus of the Espinhaço Mountain Range, provides an important model for ...
Adelly Cardoso de Araujo Fagundes, Jamerson Souza da Costa, Alexsandro Bezerra-Silva, Maria Thereza Dantas Gomes, Mônica Lanzoni Rossi, Isabel Cristina Sobreira Machado, Everton Hilo de Souza, Ligia Silveira Funch, José Alves de Siqueira Filho   +8 more
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