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Assessing responses of reef island seabirds to environmental and anthropogenic drivers

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Tropical insular ecosystems face escalating, cumulative impacts of land‐ and sea‐based ecological threats that jeopardize the long‐term sustainability of their native communities. This joint vulnerability is epitomized by reef island seabirds, which are exposed to reef decline and coastal erosion driven by climate change, reduction in prey ...
Tristan Berr, Alexandre Millon, Pascal Dumas, Poetea Guehenneuc, Fany Perez, Hélène De Méringo, Julien Baudat‐Franceschi, Éric Vidal   +7 more
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Identifying hotspots of faunal data deficiency to direct urgent research and monitoring

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Data deficiency is a substantial challenge for extinction risk assessments because incomplete data means we cannot accurately identify priority protected areas for conservation. Here, we use the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) distributions of amphibians, sharks and rays, fish, mammals, birds, and reptiles to identify ...
Matt W. Hayward, Danielle Verdon‐Kidd, K. Colyvas, Ellen Saxon, Andrea S. Griffin   +4 more
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CORRELAÇÃO DO INDICE OCEANICO NIÑO COM A PROFUNDIDADE DO NÍVEL D'ÁGUA EM AQUIFERO NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL

Revista Águas Subterrâneas, 2012
Para um adequado planejamento e gestão de águas subterrâneas no longo prazo é necessário lançar mão de estudos de sua correlação com a sazonalidade das chuvas e de fatores climáticos que influenciam a recarga.
FRANCISCO FERNANDO NORONHA MARCUZZO, GUILHERME CASAROTTO TROIAN, MARCELO GOFFERMANN   +2 more
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Caracterização dos Diferentes Tipos de El Niño e seus Impactos na América do Sul a Partir de Dados Observados e Modelados

Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia
Resumo Estudos recentes têm apontado para a existência de dois tipos de eventos de El Niño (EN): EN do Pacífico oriental ou Canônico (EP, sigla em inglês) e EN do Pacífico Central ou Modoki (CP, sigla em inglês).
Juarez Viegas, Rita Valéria Andreoli, Mary Toshie Kayano, Luiz Antonio Candido, Rodrigo Augusto Ferreira de Souza, Denisi Holanda Hall, Aline Corrêa de Souza, Samia Regina Garcia, Gleice Guerreiro Temoteo, Wanda Isabella Diógenes Valentin   +9 more
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Tudor England and Stewart Scotland Through Spanish Eyes: A Complete Transcription and Translation of Pedro de Ayala's Letter of 1498 to King Ferdinand of Castile and Queen Isabella of Aragon

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Pedro de Ayala served as a diplomat for King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile at the courts of Henry VII, King of England, and James IV, King of Scots. In July 1498, he wrote a letter, partly in cipher, to report to his king and queen on such matters as Spain's interests in international diplomacy; the characters and ...
Adrian William Jaime, Valeria Tapia Cruz, Mairi Cowan   +2 more
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Extent, characteristics and policy applications of Key Biodiversity Areas

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 4, Page 1735-1759, August 2026.
ABSTRACT A global standard for the identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) was published 10 years ago to provide a unified set of criteria for identifying ‘sites of significance for the global persistence of biodiversity’. We review the initiative's origins, the KBA identification process, characteristics of the current network, threats, policy
Stuart H. M. Butchart, Olivia Crowe, Tom Scott, Andrew J. Plumptre, Megan Eldred, Ellen McKee, Zoltan Waliczky, Ibrahim Al Hasani, Adrián B. Azpiroz, Daniele Baisero, Fred Barasa, Alison E. Beresford, Bezeng S. Bezeng, Charlotte Boyd, Thomas M. Brooks, Graeme Buchanan, Gill Bunting, Sofia Capellan, Neil Cox, Tim R. B. Davenport, Tammy E. Davies, Gina Della Togna, Wendy Elliott, Matt Foster, Jo Gilbert, Jonathan M. Handley, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Victoria R. Jones, Naomi Kingston, Jeannot Kivono, John Lamoreux, Penny F. Langhammer, James Lewis, Bruce Liggitt, Daniel Marnewick, Paul Matiku, Erin McCreless, Rachel A. Neugarten, Catherine Numa, Mark O'Brien, Madhu Rao, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Justina C. Ray, Samridhi Rijal, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Jurgis Sapijanskas, Wes Sechrest, Martin Sneary, Andrew Snyder, Konstantina Spiliopoulou, Thomas Starnes, Cecilia Tobar, Gautam Surya, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Andrew W. Tordoff, Maria G. Toscano, Yongyut Trisurat, Amy Upgren   +57 more
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Steviol Glycosides (E960) From Stevia rebaudiana: Technological Innovations, Safety Assessment, Regulatory Aspects and Their Role in Sustainable Food Systems

Food Science &Nutrition, Volume 14, Issue 7, July 2026.
Steviol Glycosides (E960) from Stevia rebaudiana: Technological Innovations, Safety Assessment, Regulatory Aspects and their Role in Sustainable Food Systems. ABSTRACT Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) is a small perennial herb widely recognized as a natural sweetener.
Aswin Sakthivel Manoharan, Ramesh Kumar Selvan   +1 more
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Relação dos sistemas de monção com as variabilidades tropical interanual e multi-decenal Relations of the monsoon systems to the tropical multi-decadal and interannual variabilities

Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia, 2009
A variabilidade da circulação tropical, com ênfase nos sistemas monçônicos, é examinada usando diversas variáveis para o período de 1948-1999. A componente monçônica do potencial de velocidade em 200 hPa (χ-transiente), o desvio da média anual do ...
Sâmia Regina Garcia, Mary Toshie Kayano
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Assessing the evolutionary distinctiveness of a highly threatened plant group: The urgency to preserve a unique lineage of evolution in Brazil

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1223-1237, July 2026.
Brazil's diverse flora is under several threats, with many unique lineages facing extinction, particularly in biodiverse regions like the Cerrado and campo rupestre. This study sheds light on the conservation needs of Cambessedesia (Melastomataceae), an endemic genus with 95% of its species endangered, using an approach to rank and prioritise species ...
Najla Bastos Scheidegger, Raquel C. Pizzardo, Bruno Vilela, Thuane Bochorny, Juliana Gastaldello Rando   +4 more
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Evolução das inundações no sul do Brasil: o caso da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio do Peixe

Investigaciones Geográficas, 2016
Os desastres sócio-ambientais são muito recorrentes no estado de Santa Catarina, região do sul do Brasil, principalmente os que são relacionados com geomorfologia e pluviosidade como, deslizamentos, enxurradas, inundações e estiagens.
Elaine Cristina dos Santos, Márcio de França Santos   +1 more
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