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Using miniaturized laboratory equipment and DNA barcoding to improve conservation genetics training and identify illegally traded species. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract Illegal wildlife trade (IWT) is one of the largest global illegal activities, and it negatively affects biodiversity and sustainable development worldwide. DNA barcoding coupled with high‐throughput sequencing (i.e., metabarcoding) is useful in identifying taxa affected by IWT and has been used routinely for decades.
Ferreira da Silva MJ, Colmonero-Costeira I, Djaló SL, Camará T, Sá RM, Minhós T, Kiebler A, Grethlein M, Pikkarainen N, Prost S.   +9 more
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Representativeness of the Natura 2000 network for preserving plant biodiversity in the European Union. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract The Natura 2000 (N2K) network of protected areas is one of the main tools for area‐based conservation in the European Union (EU), yet its role in preserving plant biodiversity requires better understanding. We examined data kept in the European Vegetation Archive from over 1.2 million vegetation plots and obtained over 14.2 million plant ...
Di Musciano M, Zannini P, Testolin R, Sabatini FM, Santovito D, Jiménez-Alfaro B, Jansen F, Chytrý M, Ricci L, Agrillo E, Attorre F, Biurrun I, Bonari G, Bruun HH, Cao Pinna L, Čarni A, Carranza ML, Cazzolla Gatti R, Dengler J, De Sanctis M, Fitzpatrick Ú, Frattaroli AR, Garbolino E, Hennekens S, Jandt U, Jansen J, Kacki Z, Knollová I, Lenoir J, Moeslund JE, Peterka T, Pipenbaher N, Rocchini D, Ruprecht E, Rūsiņa S, Šilc U, Škornik S, Swacha G, Valachovič M, Vassilev K, Willner W, Chiarucci A.   +41 more
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Success of restoration strategies in preventing extirpation of 2 critically endangered coral species. [PDF]

Conserv Biol
Abstract An unprecedented marine heatwave in 2023 caused widespread coral bleaching and mortality throughout the Caribbean. In the Florida Keys (USA), 2 foundation species, elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) and staghorn coral (Acropora cervicornis), were severely affected.
Muller EM, Ladd MC, Karp R, Montoya-Maya PH, Kuffner IB, Baker AC, Bartels E, Bourque A, Clark AS, Cox N, D'Alessandro M, Daughtry B, Firchau B, Fix L, Gilliam D, Hesley D, Lewis C, Lirman D, Lustic C, Macauley K, Moore J, Nedimyer K, O'Neil K, Parsons KT, Smith KM, Spadaro J, Thomasson BC, Unsworth JD, Vaughan D, Miller MW.   +29 more
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Contribuição para o estudo dos Rhinotragini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).VII. O gênero Ischasioides

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2012
Eclipta brasiliensis (Fisher, 1947) é transferida para Ischasioides Tavakilian & Peñaherrera-Leiva, 2003 e sinonimizada com I. crassitarsis (Gounelle, 1911). Ischasia m. atrocephala Fuchs, 1956 e Ischasia m. nigrovittata Fuchs, 1956, embora sem status em
Ubirajara R. Martins, Antonio Santos-Silva, Robin O.S. Clarke   +2 more
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Polyporus indigenus I. Araujo & M. A. Sousa, nova espécie da Amazônia [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1981
Resumo Uma nova espécie de Polyporus, P. indigenus I. Araujo & M.A. Sousa, é descrita como nova para a Amazónia Brasileira. Esta nova espécie é muito distinta de suas afins, principalmente, na forma e tamanho do píleo e dos basidiosporos, na falta de ...
Izonete de Jesus Araujo Aguiar, Maria Alves de Sousa   +1 more
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Aleiphaquilon Martins (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Neocorini): novas ocorrências, nova espécie e chave [PDF]

, 2009
São apresentados novos registros para Aleiphaquilon plumanni e A. castaneum. Aleiphaquilon tasyba sp. nov. é descrita da Bolívia (Santa Cruz). Acrescenta-se chave para espécies com faixa clara, coplanar com o restante da superfície elitral.Aleiphaquilon ...
GALILEO, Maria Helena M., MARTINS, Ubirajara R.   +1 more
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Uma nova espécie de Aspidosperma da Amazônia [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 1972
Sinopse O autor apresenta neste trabalho a descrição de Aspidosperma williamsii A. P. Duarte, uma nova espécie de Apocynaceae da Flora Amazônica.
Apparicio Pereira Duarte
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A new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray of the genus Potamotrygon Garman, 1877 from the Río Madrede Díos, Peru (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae) [PDF]

, 2011
Potamotrygon tatianae sp. nov., is described from Río Madre de Díos, Peru, upper Rio Madeira basin. The new species is distinguished from all congeners by a unique combination of characters, including its dorsal color pattern formed by a relatively ...
CARVALHO, Marcelo R. de, SILVA, João Paulo C.B. da   +1 more
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TWO NEW SPECIES OF Syagrus MART.(ARECACEAE) FROM BRAZIL

Ciência Florestal, 2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/1980509810553Two new species of Syagrus Mart. (Arecaceae) from Brazil are described and illustrated in this article: the first one, Syagruspompeoi K.Soares& R.
Kelen Pureza Soares, Ricardo Soares Pimenta, Carlos Alex Guimarães   +2 more
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A new species of Pimelodus La Cépède, 1803 (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) from rio Ribeira de Iguape basin, Brazil [PDF]

, 2011
Pimelodus multicratifer, a new species, is described from the rio Ribeira de Iguape basin. The new species differs from the other Pimelodus species by the following features: 26 to 30 gill rakers on the first branchial arch; a combination of three to six
LUCENA, Carlos Alberto S. de, OYAKAWA, Osvaldo T, RIBEIRO, Frank Raynner V   +2 more
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