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Soy expansion in Brazil's Cerrado [PDF]

Conservation Letters, 2019
AbstractThe Cerrado biome is Brazil's breadbasket and a major provider of ecosystem services, though these dual roles are increasingly at odds, in part because there are few mechanisms to protect remaining vegetation from large‐scale agricultural expansion.
Lisa L. Rausch, Holly K. Gibbs, Ian Schelly, Amintas Brandão, Douglas C. Morton, Arnaldo Carneiro Filho, Bernardo Strassburg, Nathalie Walker, Praveen Noojipady, Paulo Barreto, Daniel Meyer   +10 more
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Expanding the Soy Moratorium to Brazil’s Cerrado [PDF]

Science Advances, 2019
Expanding the Soy Moratorium to the Cerrado biome would prevent the direct conversion of 3.6 million ha of intact Cerrado to soy.
Leandro Baumgarten, Johannes Pirker, Johannes Pirker, Aline C. Soterroni, Aline C. Soterroni, Fernando M. Ramos, Pedro R. Andrade, Gilberto Câmara, Florian Kraxner, Stephen Polasky, Joseph Fargione, Aline Mosnier, Alexandre Xavier Ywata de Carvalho, Michael Obersteiner   +13 more
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Update on the occurrence and dispersion of the Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) snail within the Federal District, Brazil

Heringeriana, 2021
Achatina (Lissachatina) fulica is present in most Brazilian States. This paper aims at providing a diagnosis of the occurrence and dispersion of A. fulica in the Distrito Federal.
Lí­gia Cristina Cazarin-Oliveira, Leonardo Pereira Fraga, Manoela Volkweis Lombardi, Fabiana Sperb Volkweis, Maria Júlia Martins-Silva   +4 more
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Múltiplas fraturas de casco em tigre d’água (Trachemys dorbigni): Relato de caso

Pubvet, 2023
Trachemys dorbigni, conhecido popularmente como tigre d’água brasileiro, é distribuído principalmente no Uruguai, no nordeste da Argentina e no sul do Brasil, com maior incidência no Rio Grande do Sul e Santa Catarina.
Brenda Martins dos Santos , José Claudio Cavalcanti Siqueira Neto, Marcella Caixeta Rosa, Aline de Lima Silva, Augusto de Oliveira Costa, Maria Eduarda Oliveira França, Juliana Barbara Silva Souza, Nicolly Romão Barbosa, Angelica Aparecida Mariano, Marco Túlio, Elza Alice de Quadros   +10 more
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The value of private properties for the conservation of biodiversity in the Brazilian Cerrado

Science, 2023
Areas set aside for conservation within private lands may be key to enhancing biodiversity-friendly landscapes. This conservation strategy should be especially effective in highly threatened regions that are poorly protected by public lands, such as the ...
P. De Marco, Rodrigo A. de Souza, André F. A. Andrade, S. Villén‐Pérez, C. Nóbrega, Luiza Motta Campello, M. Caldas   +6 more
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First assessment of the orchid-bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae) at Parque Estadual do Rio Preto, a cerrado area in southeastern Brazil

Lundiana: International Journal of Biodiversity, 2023
Male euglossine bees were sampled with chemical attractants in September 2003 at five sites at Parque Estadual do Rio Preto, Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
A. Nemésio, L. Faria
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Perception of fungi by farmers in the Cerrado [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2022
Abstract Fungi are important in several aspects of human life. In particular, to agriculture, pathogenic fungi are of great importance, as they are responsible for production losses of the most diverse types. Because of this, knowledge about pathogenic fungus is of extreme importance for farmers and professionals working in agricultural areas.
F. J. S. Calaça, D. G. Sousa, J. S. Belém-Junior, R. C. P. Faquim, S. Xavier-Santos, C. M. Silva-Neto, M. M. O. Souza   +6 more
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Increased climate pressure on the agricultural frontier in the Eastern Amazonia–Cerrado transition zone

Scientific Reports, 2022
Several large-scale drivers of both anthropogenic and natural environmental changes are interacting nonlinearly in the transition zone between eastern Amazonia and the adjacent Cerrado, considered to be another Brazilian agricultural frontier.
J. Marengo, J. Jiménez, J. Espinoza, A. P. Cunha, L. Aragão   +4 more
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Serosurvey of Smooth Brucella, Leptospira spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in Free-Ranging Jaguars (Panthera onca) and Domestic Animals from Brazil. [PDF]

, 2015
This study investigated the exposure of jaguar populations and domestic animals to smooth Brucella, Leptospira spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in the Cerrado, Pantanal and Amazon biomes of Brazil.
de Morais, Zenaide Maria, de Souza, Gisele Oliveira, Ferreira Neto, José Soares, Furtado, Mariana Malzoni, Gennari, Solange Maria, Ikuta, Cassia Yumi, Jácomo, Anah Tereza de Almeida, Pena, Hilda Fátima de Jesus, Porfírio, Grasiela Edith de Oliveira, Silveira, Leandro, Sollmann, Rahel, Tôrres, Natália Mundim   +11 more
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Fragmentation-Driven Divergent Trends in Burned Area in Amazonia and Cerrado

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022
The two major Brazilian biomes, the Amazonia and the Cerrado (savanna), are increasingly exposed to fires. The Amazonian Forest is a fire sensitive ecosystem where fires are a typically rare disturbance while the Cerrado is naturally fire-dependent ...
T. Rosan, S. Sitch, L. Mercado, Viola H. A. Heinrich, P. Friedlingstein, L. Aragão   +5 more
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