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Biodiversity in the neotropics: ecological, economic and social values [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2008
Biodiversity in the neotropical region is of enormous importance, specially related to the future exploitation of this natural resource for food production, medical applications and restoration ecology and technology.
JG. Tundisi, T. Matsumura-Tundisi
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Amazonia is the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2018
The American tropics (the Neotropics) are the most species-rich realm on Earth, and for centuries, scientists have attempted to understand the origins and evolution of their biodiversity.
Antonelli A, Zizka A, Carvalho FA, Scharn R, Bacon CD, Silvestro D, Condamine FL.   +6 more
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Conceptual and empirical advances in Neotropical biodiversity research [PDF]

PeerJ, 2022
The outstanding biodiversity found in the American tropics (the Neotropics) has attracted the attention of naturalists for centuries. Despite major advances in the generation of biodiversity data, many questions remain to be answered.
Lohmann L, Zizka A, Tejedor M, Faurby S, Matos-Maraví P, Tuomisto H, Bacon C, Edwards S., Andermann T, Azevedo J, ter Steege H, Ariza M, Ritter C, Sanmartín I, Albert J, Werneck F, Guedes T, Antonelli A, Hoorn C, Silvestro D   +19 more
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The Neotropical Biodiversity Mapping Initiative: Transforming Venezuelan biodiversity monitoring and capacity building

Societal Impacts
Tropical Latin America is home to an enormous share of the world's biodiversity. Despite its immense natural wealth, the region faces a significant deficit of reliable biodiversity data and lacks the local capacity necessary to collect such data.
José R. Ferrer-Paris, Ada Sánchez-Mercado   +1 more
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Neotropical biodiversity: timing and potential drivers

Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2011
6 p., gráf.The origin of extant neotropical biodiversity has been a controversial topic since the time of Darwin. In this review, I discuss the timing of, and potential driving factors associated with, diversification using recent evidence from molecular
Rull, Valentí, Valentí Rull
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Editorial: Genetic resources and conservation strategies for neotropical plant biodiversity [PDF]

Frontiers in Plant Science
Eneas Ricardo Konzen, Miklós Maximiliano Bajay, Jorge C Berny Mier Y Terán   +2 more
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Biodiversity change in Neotropical freshwater systems

Freshwater taxa are amongst the most threatened on Earth due to multiple human-induced impacts on inland waters. There is particular concern about the integrity of the freshwater biota in the Neotropical region, which is one of the most biodiverse in the
Fontrodona Eslava, Ada
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Volcanoes, evolving landscapes, and biodiversity in Neotropical mountains [PDF]

Frontiers of Biogeography
The longstanding view of Neotropical mountain uplift as a promoter of species diversification has become commonplace in the last decades and could benefit from more specific Earth-Life evolution associations.
Cardona, Agustín, Céspedes Arias, Laura N., Sanín, María José, González-Arango, Catalina, Pardo, Natalia, Cadena, Carlos Daniel   +5 more
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Neotropical coastal lagoons: an appraisal of their biodiversity, functioning, threats and conservation management

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Neotropical coastal lagoons (NCL) are human-dominated ecosystems. Their distribution along densely populated coastal areas of developing countries makes these systems among the most threatened in the world.
FA. Esteves, A. Caliman, JM. Santangelo, RD. Guariento, VF. Farjalla, RL. Bozelli   +5 more
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The conservation of Neotropical Biodiversity: the road to sustainability [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2012
José Galizia Tundisi
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