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Trials and tribulations of Neotropical plant taxonomy: Pace of tree species description

Plants, People, Planet
Societal Impact Statement Given the current unprecedented concerns for global biodiversity loss, it is critical to identify best practices for describing new species more efficiently so we can complete the inventory of the Neotropical flora and implement
Manuel Luján, Rosalinda Medina Lemos, Eve Lucas, Fabián A. Michelangeli, Ghillean T. Prance, Terry D. Pennington, Jerzy Rzedowski, Daniel Santamaría‐Aguilar, Ella Serpell, Cynthia A. Sothers, Alexandre R. Zuntini   +10 more
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How wildlife respond to tropical cyclones: short‐term tactics and long‐term impacts

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From butterflies to lizards and from sharks to seabirds, wildlife exhibit tactics to survive the impacts of tropical cyclones, also known as hurricanes, cyclones, or typhoons depending on where they occur. Some species seek refuge during the storm by moving, some remain in place and ride it out, and others move longer distances, avoiding the ...
Erin L. Koen, Mohamed Khalil Meliane, Zachery B. Holmes, Karl E. Miller, William J. Barichivich, Emilie Dedeban, Alex Furst, Miranda Imeri, Peyton E. Niebanck, Samantha Nunn, Kailee Pearson, Nicole Rita, Brier Ryver, Dakotah Shaffer, Susan C. Walls, E. Hance Ellington   +15 more
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Taxonomic study of Oxalis section Thamnoxys (Oxalidaceae) in Brazil [PDF]

Rodriguésia
Oxalis comprises ca. 500 species and has a tropical and subtropical distribution. This genus contains four subgenera and Oxalis subg. Thamnoxys is the most diverse in Brazil.
Maria Carolina de Abreu, Ykaro Richard Oliveira, Juliana Silva dos Santos, Reginaldo Carvalho, Marcos José da Silva, Margareth Ferreira de Sales   +5 more
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Flight of the dragons: a global review of migration in Odonata

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Insects are the most abundant and ecologically important animal migrants. Yet, we know relatively little about the patterns and processes underlying insect migration. Dragonflies (Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) comprise the ancient insect order Odonata, whose ancestors were the first organisms to fly on Earth.
Johanna S.U. Hedlund, Myles Menz, Jason W. Chapman, Alexander Hayward   +3 more
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Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has become a critical threat to wildlife, shifting from a seasonal epizootic to a persistent, year‐round panzootic with global consequences. Here, we summarise the origin, evolutionary mechanisms, and expanding host range of the current H5N1 virus (clade 2.3.4.4b) and assess its impact on wildlife. Over
Ulrich Knief, Sandra Bouwhuis, Anja Globig, Anne Günther, Wouter Courtens   +4 more
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Evidence for adaptive explanations of semelparity in animals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Semelparity, the reproductive strategy of reproducing once, is widespread but uncommon in animals. Classes of models to explain the evolution of semelparity are based either on age structure and mortality schedules – demographic models in which high post‐reproductive mortality risk favours high reproductive effort and semelparity results from ...
Diana O. Fisher, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +1 more
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Flora of Espírito Santo: Commelinaceae

Rodriguésia, 2022
This work is a part of the Flora do Espírito Santo project. The aim was to morphologically characterize the species of Commelinaceae occurring in the state of Espírito Santo and provide data on their geographical distribution, phenology, and comments ...
Quélita dos Santos Moraes, Marco Octávio de Oliveira Pellegrini, Anderson Alves-Araújo   +2 more
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Fire‐induced shifts in activity patterns of predators and prey in the Brazilian Pantanal

The Journal of Wildlife Management, EarlyView.
Using camera trap data, we observed that 5 of 6 prey species showed statistically significant changes in temporal activity patterns, while jaguars were the only predator species to adjust activity when comparing pre‐fire and post‐fire periods in an isolated rocky formation in the Pantanal region.
Sergio Eduardo Barreto de Aguiar, Grasiela Edith Oliveira de Porfirio, Leonardo França do Nascimento, Josiel de Oliveira Coelho, Mariana Alves Carvalho Queiroz, Geovani Vinco Tonolli, Wener Hugo Arruda Moreno, Diego Francis Passos Viana, Rocío Bardales, Matthew Hyde, Ricardo Daniel Ortiz‐Hoyos, Nayara Yoshie Sano, Filipe Martins Santos   +12 more
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Paper floras: how long will they last? a review of FLOWERING PLANTS OF THE NEOTROPICS [PDF]

American Journal of Botany, 2004
Flowering Plants of the Neotropics compiled and edited by a team of leading botanists at the New York Botanical Garden (Smith et al., 2004) is magnificently illustrated and rich in authoritative data about the 284 native families of tropical angiosperms currently found in the Western Hemisphere.
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Underground Lag: Fungal Community and Edaphic Legacies After Disturbance

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Páramos are neotropical mountain ecosystems that regulate water and store large amounts of carbon, but are increasingly degraded by agriculture and grazing. Although native vegetation often recolonizes after abandonment, belowground recovery remains poorly understood.
Wilmer Dajhan Navarrete‐López, Arantzazu Molins, María Elena Solarte, Camila Enriquez‐Paz, Joshua Borràs, Josefina Bota, Elena Baraza   +6 more
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