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Ecological and functional effects of habitat conversion and seasons on fruit‐feeding butterfly assemblages in tropical dry forests Efeitos ecológicos e funcionais da conversão do habitat e da sazonalidade sobre assembleias de borboletas frugívoras em florestas tropicais secas

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
Land‐use change and seasonality shape the taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity of fruit‐feeding butterflies in tropical dry forests. Pastures reduce phylogenetic diversity and increase wing fluctuating asymmetry, while taxonomic and functional diversity is greater in the wet season than in the dry season.
João Rafael S. Macêdo, Gabriela A. Silva, Lourival S. Santos‐Jr, Marina V. Beirão, Geraldo B. Freire‐Jr, Bianca S. D. Nascimento, Uriel J. A. Pinto, Vini Gbami Silva Ferreira, Jhonathan O. Silva   +8 more
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Balancing tracks and trees: Assessing railroad impact on Brazilian biodiversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1345-1356, July 2026.
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
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Spectromicroscopy Analysis of Chicken Egg Shells

X-Ray Spectrometry, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 587-596, July/August 2026.
ABSTRACT Chicken egg shells, taken from farm and backyard eggs of different suppliers from different regions in Brazil were collected for chemical/structural analysis, in order to try to find if there is a relation between egg shells composition and the type of production (farm or backyard), the egg shell color and the region of production.
Mariana Muniz Delgado Lopes, Sandy Gonzalez Hernandez, Luana Estefani Knaul, Rodrigo Leonardo de Oliveira Basso, Marcelo G. Hönnicke   +4 more
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Challenges and Advances Driving Studies on Aquatic Insects of the Order Coleoptera

Freshwater Biology, Volume 71, Issue 7, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) are known for their high taxonomic and ecological diversity and their sensitivity to environmental changes, making them key bioindicators in ecological assessments. However, numerous knowledge gaps persist globally.
Everton Cruz da Silva, Mayerly Alexandra Guerrero‐Moreno, Fernando Abreu Oliveira, Iluany da Silva Costa, Eduarda Silva de Lima, Emilly Vieira Drosdosky, Karla Pereira Drosdosky, Matheus Fernandes de Freitas, Ana Caroline Leal‐Nascimento, Gabriel Santos da Silva, Adrielly Souza de Oliveira, Esiene da Costa Chaves, Ana Karina Moreyra, James Moura, Welington Ribeiro de Souza, Leandro Juen, José Max Barbosa Oliveira‐Junior, Karina Dias‐Silva   +17 more
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When invasions go unnoticed: Public perception of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii in Europe

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 6, Page 1957-1973, June 2026.
Abstract Biological invasions are a major driver of biodiversity loss, yet inconspicuous or “cryptic” species often escape detection and public awareness, limiting management responses. We investigated the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii, likely native to China and now present on six continents, through a 22‐month multilingual online survey
Guillaume Marchessaux, Kristína Slovák Švolíková, Barbora Števove, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Daniela Giannetto, Cristina Preda, Belma Kalamujić Stroil, Maciej K. Mańko, András Abonyi, Álmos Becz, Massimo Morpurgo, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Levan Mumladze, Mar Bosch‐Belmar, Aino Hosia, Patricia Ventura, Jamileh Javidpour, Florian Lüskow   +17 more
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Ecological Niche Divergence in an Invasive Non‐Native Shrub: Implications for Risk Assessments

Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 6, June 2026.
The worldwide spread invasive shrub Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco) underwent divergent niche shifts across two of its invaded regions. In the mediterranean region it presents high thermal seasonality and low thermal seasonality in the Caatinga (Brazil).
Fellipe Alves Ozorio do Nascimento, Matheus Silva Asth, Renato Garcia Rodrigues, Rafael Dudeque Zenni, Edson Gomes de Moura Júnior   +4 more
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Disentangling conservation asymmetries through socio‐economic transboundary factors across the Alto Paraná Atlantic Forest of South America

People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1328-1348, May 2026.
Abstract Ecoregions are often defined based on homogeneous biophysical and ecological conditions and are optimal spatial units for designing conservation strategies. However, transboundary ecoregions such as the Alto Paraná Atlantic Forest (APAF) experience asymmetrical conservation outcomes, understood here as cross‐border differences, resulting from ...
Lía Montti, N. Ignacio Gasparri, Ahuvit Trumper, Claudia Amicone, Alberto Anticoli, Sarah L. Burns, Sergio Casertano, Ana Eleuterio, Marie‐Joe Gennerich, Lukas Giessen, M. Virginia González, Manuel Santos Silva, Fabricio Vázquez, Santiago J. E. Velazco, Alberto Yanosky, Gustavo A. Zurita, María Piquer‐Rodríguez   +16 more
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Spatiotemporal Contaminant Occurrence and Risk Assessment in the Arroio Dourado River Under the Influence of Agriculture and a Deactivated Dumpsite

Water Environment Research, Volume 98, Issue 5, May 2026.
Integrated monitoring and risk assessment of an agricultural river influenced by a deactivated dumpsite. ABSTRACT This study evaluated the impacts of agricultural activities and a decommissioned landfill on the Arroio Dourado River and identified critical sampling periods and strategic monitoring locations.
Marcela Boroski, Sílvia Sônia da Silva, Lizandra Martins Soares, Kleber Gomes Ramirez, Fernanda Rubio, Jiam Pires Frigo, Luiz Henrique Garcia Pereira, Paula Fernandes de Aguiar, Carla Sirtori   +8 more
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A Bourdieusian Approach to the Demobilisation of Brazil's AIDS Movement

Sociology of Health &Illness, Volume 48, Issue 4, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This article offers a Bourdieusian analysis of the demobilization of Brazil's AIDS movement, once a globally celebrated force in shaping innovative, rights‐based public health responses. Drawing on extensive qualitative data, I argue that the movement's decline cannot be explained solely by institutional co‐optation, biomedicalisation, or ...
Helena de Moraes Achcar
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Desarticulação da integração regional na América do Sul: algumas considerações sobre a UNASUL

Revista Cerrados
No contexto geopolítico da América Latina, o Brasil teve um papel muito importante na integração regional com a formação do bloco econômico Mercado Comum do Sul (MERCOSUL), em 1991, e do bloco intergovernamental União das Nações Sul-Americanas (UNASUL ...
Luís Henrique Matos Ribeiro, Maria Terezinha Serafim Gomes   +1 more
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