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A exposição dos animais na obra de Plínio o velho: exotismo e monstruosidade na Naturalis Historia

Classica, Revista Brasileira de Estudos Clássicos, 2017
A catalogação e exaltação das conquistas romanas ao longo dos tempos é um dos pontos centrais na obra pliniana, que se apoia sobre um caráter primordial do autor: a curiosidade. Animais domésticos ou selvagens são constantemente citados por Plínio em sua
Ana Thereza Basilio Vieira
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Body mass and sex estimation from lower carnassial tooth morphometry in the endangered Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus): An ecomorphological analysis of sexual size dimorphism

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) is an endangered subspecies characterized by highly fragmented populations and increasing human–carnivore conflict across the Iberian Peninsula. Although body mass strongly influences predator–prey dynamics and ecological performance, quantitative assessments of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) and body mass
Leonardo Cotts, Eduardo Rossener, Ricardo Moratelli, Maria da Luz Mathias, Oscar Rocha‐Barbosa   +4 more
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A imaginação antropológica: conhecimento conjetural e teleologia nos escritos de Kant sobre as raças

Cadernos de Filosofia Alemã, 2016
Trata-se de acompanhar a especificação do método adequado à história natural que ocorre nos três famosos ensaios de Kant sobre as raças à luz da discussão sobre as funções da faculdade de imaginação nas suas Preleções sobre Antropologia.
Leonardo Rennó Santos
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Minérios e outros objetos de história natural: Representações da fronteira no acervo e na criação do Museu Estadual de Goiás na década de 1940

Varia História, 2020
Resumo Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar a criação do Museu Estadual de Goiás e a sua relação com a divulgação da fronteira do Brasil Central como a região de potencialidades econômicas e de exploração dos seus recursos naturais.
Giovana Galvão TAVARES, Sandro DUTRA E SILVA   +1 more
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Redescription of †Eobrasilia coutoi (Metatheria: Polydolopimorphia), a unique sclerocarpophagous metatherian from the Palaeogene of South America: Systematic affinities, and paleoecological and evolutionary implications

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The ‘Palaeogene strata’ of the Itaboraí Basin (upper Paleocene‐lower Eocene), Southeastern Brazil, has preserved 29 genera and almost 50 species of metatherians (about 65% of its mammalian diversity). Among them, Eobrasilia coutoi Simpson, 1947 is the most enigmatic due to its quite fragmentary nature.
Leonardo M. Carneiro, Hugo Bampi, Ana C. Bernardes‐Dias, Lidiane Asevedo, João P. P. Araújo, Matheus R. Arêas, Alessandra S. Machado, Ricardo T. Lopes, Rafael C. Silva, Marina B. Soares, Gustavo R. Oliveira   +10 more
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Trophic relationships of the spinner dolphin at Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, SW Atlantic

Scientia Marina, 2007
We present an overview of predator-prey and other trophic relationships of spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) around Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, off northeastern Brazil, with use of original data and a brief review of data published elsewhere.
José Martins Silva-Jr, Flávio José de Lima Silva, Cristina Sazima, Iván Sazima   +3 more
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Efforts to Prevent the Neglect of Traditional Indigenous Medicine: Policy Insights From Bolivia

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traditional Indigenous medicine has existed for centuries, but only recently has it obtained international recognition. Some countries have been working on the integration of traditional Indigenous healing practices in their national health systems.
Carlos Rosas‐Jiménez, Roberto Tola, Melina Flores, Sonia Cruz, Gonzalo Huanca, Cynthia Lokker, Bonny Ibhawoh, Lisa Schwartz   +7 more
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Annual and Seasonal Rainfall Variability in Mozambique During the Nineteenth Century

International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.
This paper presents the first annually and seasonally resolved reconstructions of nineteenth‐century rainfall variability for Mozambique derived from the analysis of extensive documentary evidence. It reveals spatially heterogeneous rainfall patterns with recurrent multi‐year droughts, episodic extreme wet events, and a strong coherence between ...
David J. Nash, Matthew J. Hannaford, Bárbara Direito   +2 more
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A lizard acting as carrier of the amphibian-killing chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in southern Brazil

Acta Herpetologica, 2018
Fungal infections are causing widespread population declines and extinctions in all vertebrate classes. Among them, an important fungal disease chytridiomycosis, caused by the pathogenic chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd).
Mariana Pontes, Guilherme Augusto-Alves, Carolina Lambertini, Luís Toledo   +3 more
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Emergent media narratives on land conflicts in a global biocultural diversity hotspot

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Land conflicts (LCs) represent major challenges in regions where limited resources are contested by diverse actors. The triple frontier of the bioculturally diverse Alto Paraná Atlantic Forests (APAF) ecoregion concentrates some of the most intense LCs in South America.
Alberto Anticoli, Jonathan von Below, Ana Alice Eleuterio, Ritwik Kulkarni, Ahuvit Trumper, Aníbal Orué Pozzo, Enrico Di Minin, María Piquer‐Rodríguez   +7 more
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