Montane diversification as a mechanism of speciation in neotropical butterflies [PDF]
The mountains in the Atlantic Forest domain are environments that harbor a high biodiversity, including species adapted to colder climates that were probably influenced by the climatic variations of the Pleistocene.
Luiza deMoraes Magaldi +7 more
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Composition and natural history of the snakes from the Parque Estadual da Serra do Papagaio, southern Minas Gerais, Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil [PDF]
The Serra da Mantiqueira is one of the least inventoried physiographic areas of southeastern Brazil. There is great potential for detection of endemic species for which little or nothing is known about basic aspects of natural history.
Frederico de Alcântara Menezes +4 more
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Notes on the systematics of Cuscuta sect. Subulatae (subg. Grammica) with the description of Cuscuta mantiqueirana, a new species from Brazil [PDF]
Cuscuta mantiqueirana Costea, S.S. Silva & Sim.-Bianch. a new species from montane cloud forests of the Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil, is described and illustrated.
Mihai Costea +4 more
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Mentheae (Nepetoideae - Lamiaceae) from the Itatiaia National Park, Brazil [PDF]
This study details the floristic diversity of Mentheae (Lamiaceae - Nepetoideae) from the Itatiaia National Park, the first Protected Area in Brazil.
Aron Barbosa Oliveira +2 more
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Cunoniaceae from Caparaó National Park, Mantiqueira Mountain Range, Brazil
A floristic treatment is presented for Cunoniaceae in the Caparaó National Park (PNC), located in the Mantiqueira Mountain Range, on the border of the Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states.
Fernanda Santos-Silva +2 more
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Voluntary firefighter crews at the Mantiqueira conservation units mosaic
The Mantiqueira´s mountain range, known as Serra da Mantiqueira, is considered by the scientific community as one of the irreplaceable areas for the biodiversity conservation (LE SAOUT et al, 2013).
Virgilio Dias Ferraz +6 more
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Amphibia, Anura, Hylodes babax Heyer, 1982 (Hylodidae), Dendropsophus ruschii (Weygoldt and Peixoto, 1987) and Bokermannohyla ibitipoca (Caramaschi and Feio, 1990) (Hylidae): Distribution extension and geographic distribution map [PDF]
We report new records for the poorly known species Hylodes babax (fourth record), Dendropsophus ruschii (fourth record) and Bokermannohyla ibitipoca (fifth record), from an Atlantic Forest fragment in the eastern region of the Mantiqueira mountain range ...
Patrícia Santos +5 more
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New insights from low-temperature thermochronology into the tectonic and geomorphologic evolution of the south-eastern Brazilian highlands and passive margin [PDF]
The South Atlantic passive margin along the south-eastern Brazilian highlands exhibits a complex landscape, including a northern inselberg area and a southern elevated plateau, separated by the Doce River valley.
De Grave, Johan +4 more
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Using an integrative approach (morphology of the adult and larvae, bioacoustics, osteology, karyotype, and molecular data), we described a new tetraploid species of Odontophrynus to the Mantiqueira mountain range, in southeastern Brazil.
Matheus de Toledo Moroti +7 more
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A new species of Pleroma (Melastomataceae) from Mantiqueira Range, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Pleroma eglanduliferum, Justino & P.J.F. Guim. sp. nov. a new species of Melastomataceae (Melastomateae) from the Atlantic Forest of Minas Gerais State, Brazil, is described and illustrated, with their affinities and diagnostic characters discussed ...
Luciana Leitão Justino +3 more
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