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The making of pure quartzose sand in continental interiors: Paraná River (Brazil and Argentina)

Sedimentology, Volume 73, Issue 3, Page 802-837, April 2026.
ABSTRACT As part of a comprehensive project on sedimentary processes in South America, this study focuses on sediment generation in the intracratonic Paraná Basin and monitors the evolution of sand composition along the Paraná River from central Brazil to the Río de la Plata estuary in Argentina.
Eduardo Garzanti, Marta Barbarano, Mara Limonta, Guido Pastore, Pieter Vermeesch, Giovanni Vezzoli   +5 more
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Trends in Medicinal Uses of Edible Wild Vertebrates in Brazil

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
The use of food medicines is a widespread practice worldwide. In Brazil, such use is often associated with wild animals, mostly focusing on vertebrate species. Here we assessed taxonomic and ecological trends in traditional uses of wild edible vertebrates in the country, through an extensive ethnobiological database analysis. Our results showed that at
Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Tacyana Pereira Ribeiro Oliveira, Maria Franco Trindade Medeiros, Ghee T. Tan   +3 more
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Effect of ascorbic acid on food preference and consumption in captive capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2009
The aim of this work was to study the short and long term influences of ascorbic acid on Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, if supplemented in their food. No differences regarding food intake were observed in the absence of vitamin C.
Martín Roberto Alvarez, Fernando Osvaldo Kravetz   +1 more
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Perceptions of the landscape of Serra da Capivara-PI

, 2021
Neste artigo lançamos mão da geografia e da história para realizar um estudo da paisagem da Serra da Capivara. A revisão da literatura científica e de fontes documentais da UNESCO, IPHAN, reportagens impressas, audiovisuais e registros orais editados e publicados compõem um mosaico acerca das mudanças físicas e percepções da paisagem da Serra da ...
Figueiredo, Diva Maria Freire, Lopes, Myriam Bahia   +1 more
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Das escolas étnicas às escolas isoladas: a trajetória da escola isolada Rio Capivaras Alto

, 2023
The present work seeks to present, from a perspective of the history of education, the trajectory of the Escola Isolada Rio Capivaras Alto, located in the community of Rio Capivaras Alto, in Lauro Muller, in the south of Santa Catarina. In order to do so,
Rabelo, Giani, Bez Batti, Claudia Mara
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Taxonomic treatment, geographic distribution and preliminar conservation status of Croton sect. Barhamia subsect. Barhamia (Euphorbiaceae) in Brazil

Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2026, Issue 3, March 2026.
The genus Croton (Euphorbiaceae) is an exceptionally megadiverse genus, encompassing roughly 1200 species that are predominantly distributed across tropical regions globally. For the New World, the genus is organized into three subgenera (Adenophylli, Geiseleria and Quadrilobi) and 31 sections, with C. sect. Barhamia standing out with its approximately
Nicolas Giovanny Burilli, Amanda da Paixão Noronha Pereira, Maria Beatriz Rossi Caruzo   +2 more
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Carrapatos do gênero amblyomma (acari: ixodidae) e suas relações com os hospedeiros em área endêmica para febre maculosa no Estado de São Paulo Ticks of genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) and their relationship with hosts in endemic area for spotted fever in the state of São Paulo

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2008
Foram avaliadas 7 espécies da mastofauna e 36 da avifauna quanto à prevalência e intensidade de infestação por carrapatos na ESALQ/USP, no Município de Piracicaba, SP.
Carlos Alberto Perez, Álvaro Fernando de Almeida, Alexandre Almeida, Victor Hugo Barbosa de Carvalho, Daniele do Carmo Balestrin, Murilo Saraiva Guimarães, Julio C. Costa, Leonardo Adriano Ramos, Ana Dulce Arruda-Santos, Clarice Pinto Máximo-Espíndola, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti   +10 more
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A segmentação arterial do baço da capivara (Hydrochoerus hydrochoeris)

Brazilian Journal of Veterinary Research and Animal Science, 1997
Os autores estudaram, através do método da dissecação, a ramificação da artéria esplênica no baço de 28 capivaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochoeris), jovens e adultas, machos e fêmeas. O número de segmentos arteriais da capivara varia de 5 a 16, mais freqüentemente 10. O número de lobos no baço varia de 3 a 7. Existe uma correlação entre lobos e segmentos. Um
Ademir Germinaro, Erika Renata Branco, Maria Angélica Miglino, Liberato J.A. Didio, Wilson Machado de Souza   +4 more
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Características da carne de capivaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) de vida livre. [PDF]

, 2013
O estudo foi realizado com o objetivo de avaliar as características da carne de capivaras de vida livre. Para isto foram utilizadas cinco capivaras (2 machos e 3 fêmeas), com peso corporal médio/desvio-padrão de 63,4 kg/100 kg ± 10,25 kg, provenientes de
PIOVEZAN, U., CALDARA, F. R., GARCIA, R. G., PAZ, I. C. de L. A., LIMA, K. A. O., BELLONI, M., COSTA JUNIOR, R. G., ALVES, F. M. S., FELIX, G. A., SUNADA, N.   +9 more
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Social media videos highlight the impacts of the illegal use of snares on Brazilian biodiversity

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 11, Page 2811-2820, November 2025.
Abstract Snares are one of the most used types of non‐selective traps for hunting worldwide, though their use is prohibited in many countries, including Brazil. Indiscriminate and unmonitored use of snares can induce serious conservation problems, particularly in megadiverse countries where higher species richness and diversity mean that the ...
William Douglas Carvalho, Herbert O. B. Duarte, Thaís P. Alencar‐Silva, Karen Mustin, Cristina Harumi Adania, Luís Miguel Rosalino   +5 more
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