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The Undisciplined Nature of Ecological Design [PDF]
The author evaluates the results of a participatory action research that takes place amidst a private design school located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Barbosa, Joao Carlos Lutz
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Insecta, Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Trachyderini: New state and country records from South America [PDF]
Based on the revision of the collections of the Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro andthe National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, the current work provides new localities for 32 speciesand two subspecies of ...
Botero R., J. P. +2 more
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Summary According to the enemy release hypothesis (ERH), the fitness of exotic plants and their capacity to become invasive in their area of introduction may partly be attributable to the loss of their natural enemies. Invasive species may also benefit from modifying soil attributes and thereby creating a positive soil–plant feedback.
Lynda S. C. Guerrero +3 more
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Resumo Apresenta-se um estudo taxonômico do clado Merianthera e das tribos Merianieae e Microlicieae (Melastomataceae) na Serra Negra, localizada no Complexo da Mantiqueira, região sul da Zona da Mata de Minas Gerais, Brasil.
Luciana Leitão Justino +3 more
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Forest cover significantly influences the wing shape of female Trypoxylon lactitarse. Females exhibit longer and narrower wings, linked to greater flight efficiency and dispersal. Sexual dimorphism indicates that females respond differently to ecological pressures, underscoring the role of forest cover in species persistence.
Alexsandra de Lima Klates +3 more
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ABSTRACT Aim Several mechanisms contribute to the plant biodiversity of the Neotropics, with the highlands of South America serving as important hotspots of diversity. In particular, the Brazilian highlands exhibit high biodiversity due to complex diversification dynamics and a mixture of contributions from different biomes.
Pedro H. Pezzi +3 more
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Hargreaves and other reduced-set methods for calculating evapotranspiration [PDF]
This edition of Evapotranspiration - Remote Sensing and Modeling contains 23 chapters related to the modeling and simulation of evapotranspiration (ET) and remote sensing-based energy balance determination of ET.
Haie, Naim +5 more
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Upper Cretaceous weakly to strongly silica-undersaturated alkaline dike series of the Mantiqueira Range, Serra do Mar alkaline province: Crustal assimilation processes and mantle source signatures [PDF]
ABSTRACT: Three series of alkaline dikes are characterized in a restricted area of the Mantiqueira Range: a weakly silica-undersaturated series (normative ne < 7), of potassic character, represented by basanite, tephrites, alkali basalts, basaltic trachyandesites, phonotephrites, tephriphonolites, and trachyandesites, an intermediate series (7 ...
Azzone, Rogério Guitarrari +6 more
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A dwarfish new species of Phylloicus (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae) from Southeastern Brazil
Phylloicus monneorum sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on specimens collected in the Mantiqueira mountain range, Itatiaia, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The new species is the smallest within the genus.
Leandro L. Dumas, Jorge L. Nessimian
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ABSTRACT Aim We aim to identify areas with greater favourability for bat occurrence in the Serra da Mantiqueira, southeastern Brazil, analyse gaps in bat distribution and evaluate the level of protection of areas with the greatest bat diversity. Location Serra da Mantiqueira, Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Taxon Bats.
William D. Carvalho +13 more
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