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Are fungivorous Scarabaeidae less specialist?
Ecología Austral, 2005 In a tropical forest patch of Southeastern Brazil, adult Scarabaeidae beetles were used to test the hypothesis that fungivorous guilds have a higher proportion of generalist species than either frugivorous, necrophagous or coprophagous ones.
Silvia A. Falqueto +2 more
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Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Ouratea cidiana (Ochnaceae) is a microendemic shrub species from the Brazilian Amazonia, occurring along the banks of the Trombetas River and restricted to the Cachoeira Porteira region, in western Pará State. Since the original collection nearly forty years ago, no additional records have been made, which is concerning given the continuous decline in ...
Clebiana de Sá Nunes +4 more
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Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2015 The implementation of the Petrochemical Complex of Rio de Janeiro – COMPERJ in the city of Itaboraí-RJ, tends to generate social and environmental impacts on the surrounding protected areas, within the Atlantic Forest Central Fluminense Mosaic (MCF ...
Breno Herrera da Silva Coelho +3 more
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Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Urbanization is expected to influence food transitions, resulting in a shift from wild foods to more domesticated foods. Concomitantly, food insecurity and urban demand for natural resources, including wildlife, are expected to increase overall, even when the per capita consumption is expected to decrease.
Willandia A. Chaves +7 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Pastoral practices remain a widespread economic activity across European mountain regions. However, the viability of this activity may be threatened by the recovery of large wild vertebrates associated with passive rewilding, leading to the so‐called human–wildlife conflicts.
P. Acebes +4 more
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Eclecticismo en la intervención con adolescentes en conflicto con la ley
Cuadernos de Trabajo Social, 2014 El Trabajo Social, como disciplina científica, se dota de marcos conceptuales que derivan de otras ciencias sociales, que legitiman y avalan su práctica profesional.
María de las Mercedes Botija Yagüe
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Human‐wildlife conflicts (HWCs) are one of the most critical conservation challenges worldwide. Large carnivores are frequently at the centre of these conflicts because of the perceived and real threats they pose to livestock and human safety.
Esperanza C. Iranzo +10 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Private land conservation (PLC) can contribute to sustainability by improving biodiversity and human well‐being but can also result in negative outcomes for people and nature if poorly designed. Informing PLC design to achieve objectives for joint biodiversity and well‐being is challenging because most evaluations assess ecological and social ...
Erica Cseko Nolasco +6 more
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Revista Biológico Agropecuaria Tuxpan, 2018 La valoración de los servicios ecosistémicos (SE) es un tema controversial al existir diferentes ópticas. En general, se han usado cuatro criterios: el valor intrínseco (por el simple hecho de existir), el valor instrumental (económico), el valor ...
Jessica Bravo Cadena, Numa P. Pavón
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