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Molecules, 2014 The structural chemistry of proanthocyanidin molecules has been investigated in temperate zone plants, but few studies have been done with plants of the Amazonian lowland tropical wet forests where herbivore pressure is more extensive and diverse.
Alex Van Huynh, John M. Bevington
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Acta Amazonica, 2009 A fragmentação do ambiente é intensa na amazônia matogrossense e é esperado como consequência, além do desaparecimento da vegetação original, que a flora dos fragmentos seja transicional, com elementos de floresta amazônica e de cerrado e que já ...
Rosalia de Aguiar Araujo +5 more
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Sociobiology, 2014 A total of 16 geopropolis samples from Brazil, Bolivia and Venezuela were analysed in the present study. Samples were submitted to the standard procedure used to obtain pollen grains and additional structured elements.
Ortrud Monika Barth
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Entomological CommunicationsSpecies in the genus Cecropia Loefl. (Urticaceae) are important food sources for a handful of species belonging to the insect orders Orthoptera (grasshoppers), Lepidoptera (caterpillars), Hymenoptera (leafcutter ants), and Coleoptera (beetles).
Daniel P. P. Aguiar, Matheus Bento
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Brazilian Dental Science, 2014 Objective: Oral candidiasis is the most common fungal infection of the oral cavity, and Candida albicans is the most frequently isolated species. Material and Methods: In this study, the potential antifungal effect of extracts from Gossypium hirsutum L.,
Roberta Carvalho Sthel Balliana +3 more
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Molecules, 2021 Promising research over the past decades has shown that some types of pentacyclic triterpenes (PTs) are associated with the prevention of type 2 diabetes (T2D), especially those found in foods.
Gustavo Gutiérrez +8 more
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Herbivores just need a calm place to feed: Ants cannot help them
Entomological Communications, 2020 Why do herbivores, like Coelomera sp., seek to consume leaf tissue of Cecropia pachystachya colonized by Azteca alfari Emery, 1893 if they are at risk of being attacked by these ants?
Antônio C. M. Queiroz +2 more
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Bird-plant interactions on the edge of a forest fragment in southwestern Brazilian Amazonia
Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2020 Seed dispersal is one of the principal ecological processes that determine the richness and distribution of plants in tropical forests. Birds play an important role in the zoochoric dispersal of seeds in these forests.
Luana Alencar, Edson Guilherme
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Fruit use and fruit processing by euphonias, specialized avian frugivores
Oikos, EarlyView.Euphonias (Neotropical passerines in the genera Euphonia and Chlorophonia) form the quintessential example of a specialized avian frugivore, combining a high reliance on fruit as food and the restriction of fruit taxa exploited. To understand their specialization, we explored the integration of fruit morphological and nutritional traits with their ...
Marco A. Pizo +3 more
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Life is in the air: An expedition into the Amazonian atmosphere
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Biological particles suspended in the atmosphere have a crucial role in the dynamics of the biosphere underneath. Although much attention is paid for the chemical and physical properties of these particles, their biological taxonomic identity, which is ...
Sylvia Mota de Oliveira +15 more
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