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Vitex oreadica and V. umbellata (Lamiaceae): two new species from Cerrado and Atlantic forest of Brazil

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Vitex L. is a pantropical genus of Lamiaceae comprising 209 taxa. Brazil harbors 35 species, representing nearly 50% of the genus richness in the Neotropics, with the Amazon showing the highest richness, followed by the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado domains. Nevertheless, most taxonomic studies of the genus have been conducted in Africa and Asia.
Thaís Teixeira Conegiro, Guilherme Medeiros Antar, Carla Poleselli Bruniera   +2 more
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Deforestation and human proximity influence Trypanosoma cruzi infection in palm-dwelling triatomines. [PDF]

PLoS One
Laporta GZ, Ramos LJ, Santana CM, Abreu WU, Ilacqua RC, Nolan MS, Brilhante AF, Madeira FP, Meneguetti DUO, Galvis-Ovallos F, Prist PR, Valle D, Sperança MA.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Novelty for the flora of Espírito Santo, Brazil: a new species of Ouratea Aubl. (Ochnaceae)

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Here, we describe and illustrate the new species Ouratea oberdanii Fraga & Deccache, which is named after Dr Oberdan José Pereira. This new species is found in the mountainous regions of the evergreen Atlantic Forest in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. Ouratea oberdanii is similar to O. linearis (A.Gray) Sastre & Offroy and O.
Lara Serpa Jaegge Deccache, Sabrina Vasconcelos Caram, Karen Lúcia Gama De Toni, Leandro Lacerda Giacomin, Claudio Nicoletti de Fraga   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate change and tropical medicine in the Amazon: contributions from a research center, gaps and future priorities. [PDF]

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
Almeida-Val F, Fernandes Silva-Junior E, Silva-Neto AV, Silva BM, Braga FNS, Gomes EO, Castro DB, Fabbri C, Lima LS, Murta FLG, Cruz-Neto RMA, Almeida TVR, Sampaio VS, Arêas GPT, Monteiro WM.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Cybianthus anthuriophyllus (Primulaceae), a new record for the flora of Colombia: distribution modeling and conservation assessment

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Cybianthus anthuriophyllus (Primulaceae) was previously known from eastern Ecuador and northern Peru. Here we document the first confirmed occurrences of this species in Colombia and develop a distribution model based on collections from the Andean–Amazonian foothills of Caquetá, Cauca, and Putumayo departments, in order to clarify its conservation ...
David Hoyos, Juan Sebastián Moreno, Jorge Luis Contreras, Edwin Trujillo‐ Trujillo, David Sanín   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Denial and Misconceptions about Tropical Deforestation. [PDF]

Bioscience
Chapman CA, Peres CA.
europepmc   +1 more source

Habitat loss reshuffles ecological and evolutionary interactions in a seed dispersal network

Oikos, EarlyView.
In tropical forests, habitat loss reshapes species composition, favoring generalists and recently emerged lineages while specialists and older evolutionary lineages are lost. However, how changes in species ecological attributes and evolutionary history affect ecological processes is poorly explored.
Fernando César Gonçalves Bonfim, Mauro Galetti, Elaine Rios, Cynthia Oliveira, Milena Gama, Ketlen Bona, Geanne Carla Novais‐ Pereira, Thiago de Castro Ribeiro, Eliana Cazetta   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Partial recovery of large seed arrival following ecological restoration in fragmented tropical rainforests

Oikos, EarlyView.
Forest restoration success depends crucially on the reinitiation of ecological processes such as seed arrival that drive natural regeneration. We know little about whether, by increasing and diversifying local seed sources to alleviate seed limitation, and attracting animal frugivores to alleviate dispersal limitation, restoration could shift seed ...
Aparna Krishnan, Jyotsna Nag, S. Arun, Divya Mudappa, T. R. Shankar Raman, Mahesh Sankaran, Anand M. Osuri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retraction: Population growth poses a significant threat to forest ecosystems: A case study from the Hindukush-Himalayas of Pakistan. [PDF]

PLoS One
PLOS One Editors.
europepmc   +1 more source

The disruption of seed dispersal networks: disentangling the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation

Oikos, EarlyView.
Seed dispersal by frugivores is a central process linking plant reproduction, animal foraging, population persistence, and ecosystem resilience. Currently, the spatial template sustaining these interactions is rapidly reconfigured by habitat loss and fragmentation promoted by human activity.
Eliana Cazetta, Paulo R. Guimarães Jr
wiley   +1 more source