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Estrutura morfológica do fígado de tambaqui Colossoma macropomum (Cuvier, 1818)

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2012
Este trabalho teve como objetivo descrever macro e microscopicamente o fígado do Tambaqui Colossoma macropomum, Teleósteo de água doce da Família Characidae, de grande interesse econômico da bacia Amazônica.
Gerlane de Medeiros Costa, Ricardo Claro Ortis, Mendelson Guerreiro de Lima, Juliana Barbosa Casals, Ana Rita de Lima, José Roberto Kfoury Jr   +5 more
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Towards Biocultural Conservation of Chilean Palm Landscapes: Expanding Perspectives from Historical Ecology

Land
The Chilean palm (Jubaea chilensis) is an endangered and culturally important species from central Chile. We studied the Ocoa palm landscape (OPL), which is currently part of a protected area that harbors the largest Chilean palm population where local ...
Constanza Urresty-Vargas, Emilia Catalán, Jorge Razeto, Fausto O. Sarmiento   +3 more
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The Relationship between Grinnellian and Eltonian Niche Characteristics and Passerine Distribution across a Latitudinal Gradient

Diversity
The degree to which Grinnellian and Eltonian niche characteristics influence species distribution may depend on latitude. Tropical regions are environmentally stable and resource-rich, whereas temperate regions are comparatively less environmentally ...
Erin E. Stukenholtz, Richard D. Stevens
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Annotated checklist of cladocerans from La Venturosa lagoon with first report of Leydigiopsis curvirostris for Colombia

Revista Peruana de Biología
Thirty-nine cladoceran species were recorded from La Venturosa lagoon in the Orinoquia region of Colombia. Of these, 17 species represent new records for the Meta Department, and Leydigiopsis curvirostris Sars, 1901 is reported for the first time in ...
Lourdes M.A. Elmoor-Loureiro, Jesús M. Vásquez-Ramos, Francisco Diogo R. Sousa, Andrés Julián Bonilla-Reyes, Juan M. Fuentes-Reinés, Pedro Eslava-Eljaiek   +5 more
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A revision of Peltariosilis Wittmer (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), a surprisingly diverse Amazonian radiation

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
PeltariosilisWittmer, 1952 is a South American Silinae genus characterised by the highly modified male pronotum and scutellum with a remarkable lamellar projection. Six species were previously recognised.
Gabriel Biffi, Michael Geiser
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Prey selection by two benthic fish species in a Mato Grosso stream, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2011
Key to understand predator choice is the relationship between predator and prey abundance. There are few studies related to prey selection and availability. Such an approach is still current, because the ability to predict aspects of the diet in response
Carla Ferreira Rezende, Rosana Mazzoni, Érica Pellegrini Caramaschi, Daniela Rodrigues, Maíra Moraes   +4 more
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A new species of Ummidia Thorell, 1875, from Útila Island, Honduras (Araneae: Halonoproctidae)

Acta Zoológica Lilloana
A new species of the charismatic mygalomorph genus Ummidia Thorell, 1875 is described from Utila Island, Honduras. Ummidia sukuhpaya sp. nov. represents the third species known from Honduras, and the first species known from Utila.
Alex M. Cubas-Rodríguez, Tom W. Brown, Danniella Sherwood   +2 more
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Description of the late- or last-instar larva of Ischyomius Chevrolat, with comments on the family placement of the genus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Pythidae)

Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
Study of recently collected larvae of two species of Ischyomius Chevrolat, 1871 from Napo and Pichincha, Ecuador, tentatively identified as I. denticollis Champion, 1916 and I. singularis Chevrolat, 1871 confirm the classification of the genus Ischyomius
Darren A. Pollock, Jim McClarin
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Redescription and validation of Bothriechis supraciliaris (Serpentes: Viperidae)

Revista de Biología Tropical, 1998
The populations of pit vipers from South West CostaRica, have traditionally been identified as Bothriechis schlegelii(Berthold). However, in 1954 E. H. Taylor described one specimen fromthe area as a new subspecies, B.
Alejandro Solórzano, Luis D. Gómez, Julián Monge-Nájera, Brian I. Crother   +3 more
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Threatened Neotropical Primates Harbor Genetically Diverse Hemoplasmas, Including Putative Novel Genotypes and Previously Unrecognized Host Associations. [PDF]

Microorganisms
Camêlo R, Silva TA, Pissinatti A, Moreira S, Ubiali D, Guimarães A, Baldani CD, Borsanelli AC, Dantas-Torres F, Krawczak F.   +9 more
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