Sympatric occurrence of two species of Pseudopaludicola (Anura: Leptodactylidae) and first record of Pseudopaludicola jaredi Andrade, Magalhães, Nunes-de-Almeida, Veiga-Menoncello, Santana, Garda, Loebmann, Recco-Pimentel, Giaretta & Toledo, 2016 in the state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Here, we document the sympatric occurrence of Pseudopaludicola canga and P. jaredi. We also provide the first record of P. jaredi in the state of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil, expanding this species’ distribution by about 610 km southwestward from Serra
Etielle Andrade +4 more
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Harnessing the Medicinal Potential of Enset (<i>Ensete ventricosum</i>) in Ethiopian Traditional Medicine: A Synthesis of Current Knowledge. [PDF]
This study provides the first national‐level synthesis of medical Enset (Ensete ventricosum) in Ethiopia. Over 600 Enset landraces were identified, with 16.7% documented from 15 major Enset growing areas, where corn and bulla are the primary medical parts used to treat bone and back ailments.
Muanenda M, Fereja WM, Dauda WP.
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Our objective was to evaluate the floristic and structural relationships between Canga tree communities and other vegetation types inserted in the physiognomic units set, in order to test the hypothesis that these communities have unique characteristics ...
Cléber Rodrigo de Souza +8 more
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Alberto Lista’s El Espectador sevillano (1809): an example of revolutionary discourse? [PDF]
El Espectador sevillano, redactado por Alberto Lista, se publicó en Sevilla del 2 de octubre de 1809 al 29 de enero de 1810. Aunque se trata de uno de los periódicos más importantes del momento, se le ha estudiado poco.
Morange, Claude
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Influência das propriedades do solo sobre a abundância das espécies vegetais em campos ferruginosos no sudeste do Brasil [PDF]
Ferruginous "campos rupestres" are a particular type of vegetation growing on iron-rich primary soils. We investigated the influence of soil properties on plant species abundance at two sites of ferruginous "campos rupestres" and one site of quartzitic ...
MEGURO, Marico +1 more
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Plant Biodiversity Drivers in Brazilian Campos Rupestres: Insights from Phylogenetic Structure
Old, climate-buffered infertile landscapes (Ocbils) have attracted increasing levels of interest in recent years because of their exceptionally diverse plant communities.
Daniela C. Zappi +4 more
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FLORISTIC MOSAICS OF THE THREATENED BRAZILIAN CAMPO RUPESTRE
The increase in rates of habitat loss requires an understanding of how biodiversity is distributed. Campo rupestre is an old, climatically buffered, and infertile landscape located in Brazil.
Dario Caminha-Paiva +7 more
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Climate change has impacted biodiversity, affecting species and altering their geographical distribution. Besides understanding the impact in the species, it has been advocated that answering if different traits will be differently impacted could allow ...
Tereza Cristina Giannini +15 more
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Amazon comprises a vast variety of ecosystems, including savannah-like Canga barrens that evolved on iron-lateritic rock plateaus of the Carajás Mountain range.
Elena Babiychuk +11 more
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Topsoil depth influences the recovery of rupestrian grasslands degraded by mining
Close association of iron mining and ferruginous rupestrian grassland places this ecosystem in a special condition of vulnerability, with a large number of degraded areas requiring restoration.
Lina Andrade Lobo Rezende +4 more
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