Rescue Brazil’s burning Pantanal wetlands
Climate extremes, poor management and lax laws are making this World Heritage Site prone to fierce fires. Researchers and governments must develop a plan to manage these risks together. Climate extremes, poor management and lax laws are making this World Heritage Site prone to fierce fires.
Renata Libonati +2 more
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This study aims to examine the driving effects of climate change on the spatial distribution of altitude grassland vegetation along an altitudinal range above 400 m in Serra do Amolar and Morraria do Urucum, both inserted in the Pantanal ...
Dhonatan Diego Pessi +10 more
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Response of wild mammals to seasonal shrinking-and-expansion of habitats due to flooding regime of the Pantanal, Brazil [PDF]
The Pantanal is a large savanna wetland (138,183 km² in Brazil), important for its wildlife, fed by tributaries of the upper Paraguay River, center of South America (Brazil, touching Bolivia and Paraguay).
S. B. Mamede, C. J. R. Alho
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Kinosternon scorpioides scorpioides Linnaeus, 1766: range extension and first records in the upper Paraguay River basin and Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil [PDF]
The Scorpion mud turtle (Kinosternon scorpioides) is the chelonian species with the largest distribution range in the Neotropics. The species is reportedly distributed as two disjunct populations in South America: the Amazonian and the Chacoan ...
Walfrido Tomas +3 more
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The Carandilla Palm (Trithrinax schizophylla Drude, Arecaceae) is not extinct in Brazil: first primary records from the Chaco region of Mato Grosso do Sul [PDF]
We report the occurrence of several remnant stands of Trithrinax schizophylla Drude in Porto Murtinho municipality, southwestern Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Until recently, the species was considered as probably extinct in the country.
Walfrido Tomas +5 more
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Grau de intensidade de pastejo dos bovinos e incidência de focos de calor no Pantanal
 As paisagens do Pantanal têm sido moldadas pela atividade da pecuária de corte nos últimos dois séculos. Áreas sem gado geralmente são mais propensas a riscos de incêndio devido ao acúmulo de forrageiras (combustível), o que torna o gado conhecido ...
Balbina Maria Araujo Soriano +2 more
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Analysis of the influence of low-power HeNe laser on the healing of skin wounds in diabetic and non-diabetic rats [PDF]
PURPOSE: To study the influence of HeNe laser irradiation on the collagen percentage in surgically-induced skin wounds in rats with and without alloxan-induced diabetes, by morphometric analysis of collagen fibers. METHODS: 48 male Wistar rats were used,
Paulo de Tarso Camillo de Carvalho +4 more
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Serosurvey of Smooth Brucella, Leptospira spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in Free-Ranging Jaguars (Panthera onca) and Domestic Animals from Brazil. [PDF]
This study investigated the exposure of jaguar populations and domestic animals to smooth Brucella, Leptospira spp. and Toxoplasma gondii in the Cerrado, Pantanal and Amazon biomes of Brazil.
de Morais, Zenaide Maria +11 more
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O estudo objetiva relatar e analisar a experiência do ensino da arte circense para alunos de uma escola das águas no Pantanal, bem como ampliar o acervo cultural desses alunos, oportunizando vivências de atividades circenses a partir do projeto de extensão O circo vai a uma escola das águas, desenvolvido pela Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul (
Rogério Zaim-de-Melo +3 more
openaire +1 more source
Fungos micorrízicos arbusculares em fitofisionomias do Pantanal da Nhecolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul
O bioma Pantanal é reconhecido como uma das maiores extensões úmidas contínua do planeta, com fauna e flora de rara beleza e abundância. Estudos para acessar a diversidade de fungos micorrízicos arbusculares (FMA) nesse ambiente são inexistentes.
Plínio Henrique Oliveira Gomide +7 more
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