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Biogeography of the Greater Antillean mosses [PDF]
, 1990 The distinctions between dispersal and vicariance are discussed and shown how they relate to geological history. Postulated theories on the tectonic origins and history of the Greater Antilles are reviewed, as well as possible climatic events that would ...
Buck, William R.
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Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Seasonal environmental fluctuations profoundly influence ectothermic vertebrates, regulating their physiology, metabolism, and life cycles. This study investigated the metabolic and morphometric seasonal dynamics of the subtropical sand lizard Liolaemus arambarensis, an endangered species endemic to the coastal dunes of southern Brazil.
Artur Antunes Navarro Valgas +5 more
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Estado actual y perspectivas futuras del estudio de los musgos cubanos [PDF]
, 1992 Cuba is one of the Greater Antilles islands with a diverse moss flora (383 infrageneric taxa) that is mainly distributed toward the mountain areas. Although studies on phytochemistry and antibiosis have been initiated, those in taxonomy must be continued
Montoya, Deisi Reyes +2 more
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Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.A new species of Lentibulariaceae, Pinguicula brendae Rodríguez‐Ramírez, H.Shimai & A.R. Andrés‐Hernández, is described based on its unique morphological characteristics. This species is restricted to limestone rock walls in the San Bartolo Tutotepec municipality, central‐eastern Hidalgo, Mexico, where it inhabits a single locality on vertical, north ...
Ernesto C. Rodríguez‐ Ramírez +2 more
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Additions to the Bryophyte Flora of the Neotropics [PDF]
, 2004 New and remarkable records of bryophytes from Venezuela, Brazil, Costa Rica and Ecuador are reported. Diphyscium chiapense and Hedwigia ciliata var. leucophaea are new to South America.
Lüth, Michael, Schäfer-Verwimp, Alfons
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Migration and Ethnobotanical Practices: The Case of Tifey Among Haitian Immigrants in Cuba [PDF]
Ethnobotanical knowledge and practices are dynamic and they change as they are transferred and appropriated by people who are adapting to new surroundings and changing environments.
Beyra, A., Godinez, D., Volpato, G.
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A case of 'new Soviet internationalism' : relations between the USSR and Chile's Christian Democratic government, 1964–1970 [PDF]
, 2019 After Iosif Stalin's death in 1953, the Soviet Union emerged from its isolation and began to show an interest in traditionally marginalized foreign societies.
Pedemonte, Rafael
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On the botanical history and nomenclature of the New World genus Piscidia (Fabaceae)
Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Piscidia L. (Fabaceae) is a New World genus with nine recognized taxa (seven species and two varieties). The previous nomenclatural revisions, made in 1910 and in 1969, are revisited here. The names Derris grandifolia Heyde & Lux ex Donn.Sm. and P. cubensis Urb. required step II lectotypifications, with an epitype for the latter name.
Camila Sánchez‐ Vega +4 more
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Cuba’s Water Crisis: Coping With Water Scarcity in Havana and Santiago de Cuba [PDF]
, 2017 Based on nine weeks of original ethnographic research in Cuba, this article looks at how ordinary residents in Havana and Santiago respond to chronic water scarcity—a problem likely to intensify as the impacts of climate change advance in the Caribbean ...
Gilbert, Jacqueline
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Legacy effects of European colonialism on hotspots of biocultural diversity threat
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Patterns of biological diversity have been shaped by cultural practices in the past, while in turn, cultures and languages have evolved in close interaction with local species and ecosystems. However, in the Anthropocene, human activities are putting increasingly diverse pressures on ecosystems and cultures, resulting in accelerating threat ...
Bernd Lenzner +4 more
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