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Assessing the evolutionary distinctiveness of a highly threatened plant group: The urgency to preserve a unique lineage of evolution in Brazil

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Brazil's diverse flora is under several threats, with many unique lineages facing extinction, particularly in biodiverse regions like the Cerrado and campo rupestre. This study sheds light on the conservation needs of Cambessedesia (Melastomataceae), an endemic genus with 95% of its species endangered, using an approach to rank and prioritise species ...
Najla Bastos Scheidegger, Raquel C. Pizzardo, Bruno Vilela, Thuane Bochorny, Juliana Gastaldello Rando   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digitising biological collections to advance National Species Inventories: A case study from the flora of Chile

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
In response to Chile's public policy to establish a national biodiversity inventory and monitoring system, we launched the HerbarioDigital.cl portal. We have digitised over 120,000 specimens representing more than 3,900 species from two Chilean herbaria, integrating them through a curated local taxonomic index.
Ricardo A. Segovia, Juan M. Sáez, Francisco A. Squeo, Alicia E. Marticorena, Julián Caro, Pablo C. Guerrero   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new sympatric record of two species of the genus Parapsammodius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Colombia

Acta Zoológica Lilloana
The genus Parapsammodius Verdú, Stebnicka & Galante, 2006 consists of four species distributed in the Americas and the West Indies, and only two of them are present in northern South America.
Karla Bueno López, Julián Clavijo-Bustos   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detecting extirpation: A localized approach to a global problem

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The global biodiversity crisis stems from a cascading series of extirpations driving species toward extinction. Addressing this crisis requires methods for early detection of extinction at local scales, where communities can mobilize conservation efforts.
Andrew D. F. Simon, Antranig Basman, R. Adam Martin, Caitlin Robinson, Quentin Cronk   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Balancing tracks and trees: Assessing railroad impact on Brazilian biodiversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The Brazilian West–East Integration Railway (FIOL) aims to boost the national economy by improving commodity transport; however, it crosses three of Brazil's most biodiverse and fragile regions: the Caatinga, Cerrado and Atlantic Forest. Using digitised plant records and land‐use analyses, our study reveals significant vegetation loss within the ...
Ana Luiza Silva Rocha, Anselmo Nogueira, Matheus Colli‐Silva, Juliana Gastaldello Rando   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Primatas do Parque Nacional do Viruá, Roraima, Brasil

Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2018
Este trabalho apresenta o inventário consolidado de primatas do Parque Nacional do Viruá, Roraima, feito a partir da revisão da literatura e consulta ao material tombado nas coleções do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia e do Museu Paraense ...
Renata Bocorny de Azevedo, Marcos de Souza Fialho, Marcelo Derzi Vidal, Rafael Suertegaray Rossato, Ricardo Sampaio, Fábio Röhe   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Combining Policy Instruments and Local Measures to Promote Agrobiodiversity Combiner instruments de politique et mesures locales pour promouvoir l'agrobiodiversité Kombination von politischen Instrumenten und lokalen Maßnahmen zur Förderung der Agrobiodiversität

EuroChoices, EarlyView.
Summary Agrobiodiversity is in decline. While the literature highlights the role of public policy in this process, a research gap remains concerning how policies can help reverse this trend by providing economic support to farms that value crop and varietal diversity. Based on desk research and expert interviews, this article first provides an overview
Yuna Chiffoleau, Géraldine Colombé, Paolo Prosperi, Francesca Galli, Dalia Mattioni, Luca Colombo, Paola Hernandez, Dominique Desclaux   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

FITOQUÍMICA Y ACTIVIDADES BIOLÓGICAS DE PLANTAS DE IMPORTANCIA EN LA MEDICINA TRADICIONAL DEL VALLE DE TEHUACÁN-CUICATLÁN

TIP Revista Especializada en Ciencias Químico-Biológicas, 2015
En este trabajo, se presenta una revisión acerca de los estudios realizados por nuestro grupo de trabajo, enfocados a la generación de conocimiento sobre la fitoquímica y diferentes actividades biológicas de 10 especies vegetales empleadas en la ...
Tzasná Hernández, Ana M. García-Bores, Rocío Serrano, Guillermo Ávila, Patricia Dávila, Héctor Cervantes, Ignacio Peñalosa, César M. Flores-Ortiz, Rafael Lira   +8 more
doaj  

Composição e distribuição de macrófitas aquáticas na lagoa da Restinga do Massiambu, Área de Proteção Ambiental Entorno Costeiro, SC

Rodriguésia
Resumo Pesquisas com macrófitas aquáticas têm avançado significativamente no Brasil. Contudo, ainda é reconhecida a necessidade de estudos florísticos, particularmente relacionados à dinâmica da distribuição em lagoas costeiras. O presente estudo avaliou
Jonatha Alexandre Andrade Alves, Aldaléa Sprada Tavares, Rafael Trevisan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mammal Responses to Habitat Degradation Induced by Cashew Expansion in West Africa

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
Relationships between (a) estimated mammal species richness, (b) overall mammal species photographic rate, (c) carnivore photographic rate, (d) insectivore photographic rate, (e) omnivore photographic rate and (f) herbivore photographic rate and the local habitat characteristics as denoted by the scores of the first component of the Principal Component
Daniel Na Mone, Isnaba Nhassé, João Soares, Raquel de Oliveira, Manuel Lopes‐Lima, Luís Palma, Ana Filipa Palmeirim   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source