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Phylogenetic diversity and conservation of crop wild relatives in Colombia
Evolutionary Applications, 2021 Crop wild relatives (CWR) are an important agricultural resource as they contain genetic traits not found in cultivated species due to localized adaptation to unique environmental and climatic conditions.
Carlos E. González‐Orozco +3 more
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Changes in the carbon balance of tropical forest: evidence from long-term plots [PDF]
, 1998 The role of the world’s forests as a “sink” for atmospheric carbon dioxide is the subject of active debate. Long-term monitoring of plots in mature humid tropical forests concentrated in South America revealed that biomass gain by tree growth exceeded ...
Brown, S. +10 more
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In euglossine we trust as ecological indicators: a reply to Añino et al. (2019)
Sociobiology, 2021 Orchid bees have been considered as good ecological indicators of habitat disturbances but recently Añino et al. (2019. Sociobiology, 66: 194-197) highlighted reasons why Euglossini role as indicators should be reevaluated.
Rodrigo Barbosa Gonçalves +1 more
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Synopsis of Anomobryum and Bryum (Bryaceae, Bryophyta) in Brazil
Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2022 Bryaceae is a species-rich moss family comprising ten genera and 660 species, with four genera and 54 species occurring in Brazil. Bryum is the largest genus, with 440 cosmopolitan species, while Anomobryum comprises 47 cosmopolitan species.
Bianca Kalinowski Canestraro +1 more
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Plant dispersal across the tropical Atlantic by wind and sea currents [PDF]
, 2004 This review brings together evidence on the monophyly and ages of angiosperm lineages ranging across the tropical Atlantic with data on the direction, strength, and speed of sea currents and wind jets across that ocean. Mainly for pragmatic reasons (data
Renner, Susanne S.
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Plant and Fungal Systematics, 2018 Revision of lichen herbarium specimens at DUKE revealed a species of thelotremoid Graphidaceae new to science. Clandestinotrema carbonera sp. nov. is characterized by an olive-green thallus, dense cortex, the absence of a columella, ascospores 15–24 × 5 ...
Ian D. Medeiros
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A new Megatheriinae skull (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) from the pliocene of northern venezuela – Implications for a giant sloth dispersal to central and North America [PDF]
, 2018 A skull of a ground sloth from the Pliocene San Gregorio Formation documents a northern neotropical occurrence of a megatheriine that addresses issues on intraspecific variation and biogeography. The new specimen is broadly similar in size and morphology
Brandoni, Diego +3 more
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A revision of the Neotropical genus Chespiritos (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae)
European Journal of Entomology, 2020 The genus Chespiritos Marshall, 2000 (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) is revised, including C. sindecimus Marshall, 2000, C. pervadens Roháček and Buck, 2003 and 19 new species.
Gregory K. KUWAHARA, Stephen A. MARSHALL
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Entomological Communications, 2019 In this work a new record for Triplocania rosae Silva-Neto, García Aldrete & Rafael, 2016 in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais was made, and also a propose for a new species group in Triplocania, with an identification key to the species in it.
Alberto M. Silva-Neto +1 more
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Starch reserves in Neotropical species of Marattia (Marattiaceae-Pteridophytes)
Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid, 2007 Starch grains found within the parenchymatous tissues of the rhizomes of seven Neotropical species of Marattia Sw. (M. alata Sw., M. cicutifolia Kaulf., M. excavata Underw., M. interposita Christ, M. laevis Sm., M. laxa Kunze and M. weinmanniifolia Liebm.
María del Carmen Lavalle +1 more
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