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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 13, Issue 4, April 2023., 2023 Briefly, we assess the impacts of forest conversion on the functional diversity of dung beetles in two different regions of Brazil, considering in particular intraspecific variation. To do this we conducted standardized surveys in seven forest fragments and adjacent pastures for every region and measured fourteen traits in individuals collected in each
Marcelo Bruno Pessôa +3 more
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People and Nature, Volume 4, Issue 2, Page 462-480, April 2022., 2022 Abstract Restoring the degraded Atlantic Forest is one of the biggest conservation challenges in Brazil. In a biome with high human presence, understanding the potential for restoration approaches, such as agroforestry, to provide benefits to smallholder farmers and biodiversity is essential in developing equitable restoration strategies.
Yara Shennan‐Farpón +3 more
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Applied and Environmental Soil Science, Volume 2022, Issue 1, 2022., 2022 Land use and soil physical quality are related. In this work, the S index was used to evaluate the physical quality of the soils of three rural settlement units located in the Brazilian Cerrado, with areas ranging from 700 to more than 4000 hectares, based on a novel method. To map the S index, a set of pedotransfer functions for water retention curves
Anderson Rodrigo Da Silva +3 more
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Functional Ecology, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 442-457, February 2020., 2020 A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article. Abstract Plant growth on harsh substrates (habitat specialization) requires specific traits to cope with stressful conditions. We tested whether traits related to nutrient acquisition (root colonization by fungal symbionts, and plant morphological and ...
Anna Abrahão +8 more
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Hygienisation, Gentrification, and Urban Displacement in Brazil
Antipode, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 124-144, January 2020., 2020 Abstract This article engages recent debates over gentrification and urban displacement in the global South. While researchers increasingly suggest that gentrification is becoming widespread in “Southern” cities, others argue that such analyses overlook important differences in empirical context and privilege EuroAmerican theoretical frameworks.
Jeff Garmany, Matthew A. Richmond
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Efeitos do Pronaf sobre a produção agrícola familiar dos municípios tocantinenses
Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural, 2014 Este artigo tem por objetivo avaliar a capacidade do Pronaf de contribuir para a redução do hiato entre o potencial produtivo e o produto efetivo da agropecuária tocantinense.
Eder Lucinda Pereira +1 more
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Territoriality and Animality: Human-animal Relations in Quilombola Communities of Brazil
eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2016 This article seeks to highlight the importance of the still incipient studies about the relationships between humans and animals in the remaining African-Brazilian Quilombola communities in tropical Brazil.
Luisa Fanaro
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O DESFILE DA RAÇA: IDENTIDADE E LUTA QUILOMBOLA EM SALVATERRA, ILHA DO MARAJÓ, PARÁ
Ambivalências, 2016 Este artigo evidencia como as comunidades quilombolas expressam sua identidade no Desfile Cívico Quilombola, realizado em comemoração da independência do Brasil, no município de Salvaterra, ilha do Marajó, estado do Pará, em 2013.
Petrônio Medeiros Lima Filho +2 more
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Environmental Costs of Government-Sponsored Agrarian Settlements in Brazilian Amazonia [PDF]
, 2015 Brazil has presided over the most comprehensive agrarian reform frontier colonization program on Earth, in which ~1.2 million settlers have been translocated by successive governments since the 1970's, mostly into forested hinterlands of Brazilian ...
A Brandão Jr +54 more
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Avaliação da precisão temática de composições de NDBI, NDVI, NDWI
Revista Brasileira de Geomática, 2016 Este artigo trata de experimentos usando composições de índices físicos NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index), NDWI (Normalized Difference Water Index), NDBI (Normalized Difference Built-Up Index), para avaliar a precisão temática do ...
Júlio Cezar Cotrim Moreira Filho +1 more
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