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Wildfires disproportionately affected jaguars in the Pantanal [PDF]

Communications Biology, 2022
Abstract The Pantanal wetland harbours the second largest population of jaguars in the world. Alongside climate and land-use changes, the recent mega-fires in the Pantanal may pose a threat to the jaguars’ long-term survival. To put these growing threats into perspective, we addressed the reach and intensity of fires that have ...
Alan De Barros, Ronaldo Morato, Christen Fleming, Renata Pardini, Luiz Gustavo Oliveira-Santos, Walfrido Tomas, Daniel Kantek, Fernando Tortato, Carlos Fragoso, Fernando Azevedo, Jeffrey Thompson, Paulo Inácio Prado   +11 more
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The 2020 Brazilian Pantanal fires [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021
As the world’s largest tropical wetland ( U N ESCO 2020), the Brazilian Pantanal covers an area of 150,355 km, approximately 62% of United Kingdom territory.
MIKHAELA A.J.S. PLETSCH, CELSO H.L. SILVA JUNIOR, THALES V. PENHA, THALES S. KÖRTING, MARIA E.S. SILVA, GABRIEL PEREIRA, LIANA O. ANDERSON, LUIZ E.O.C. ARAGÃO   +7 more
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Extreme Drought in the Brazilian Pantanal in 2019–2020: Characterization, Causes, and Impacts

Frontiers in Water, 2021
The Pantanal region in South America is one of the world's largest wetlands. Since 2019, the Pantanal has suffered a prolonged drought that has spelled disaster for the region, and subsequent fires have engulfed hundreds of thousands of hectares.
J. Marengo, A. P. Cunha, L. A. Cuartas, Karinne R. Deusdará Leal, E. Broedel, M. Seluchi, Camila Miranda Michelin, Cheila Flávia de Praga Baião, Eleazar Chuchón Angulo, Elton K. Almeida, Marcos L. Kazmierczak, Nelson P. A. Mateus, R. C. Silva, F. Bender   +13 more
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Assessing the role of compound drought and heatwave events on unprecedented 2020 wildfires in the Pantanal

Environmental Research Letters, 2021
The year 2020 had the most catastrophic fire season over the last two decades in the Pantanal, which led to outstanding environmental impacts. Indeed, much of the Pantanal has been affected by severe dry conditions since 2019, with evidence of the 2020’s
R. Libonati, J. Geirinhas, P. Silva, A. Russo, J. A. Rodrigues, Liz B C Belém, J. Nogueira, F. Roque, C. DaCamara, A. Nunes, J. Marengo, R. Trigo   +11 more
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Assessment of Burned Areas during the Pantanal Fire Crisis in 2020 Using Sentinel-2 Images

Fire, 2023
The Pantanal biome—a tropical wetland area—has been suffering a prolonged drought that started in 2019 and peaked in 2020. This favored the occurrence of natural disasters and led to the 2020 Pantanal fire crisis.
Y. Shimabukuro, Gabriel de Oliveira, G. Pereira, E. Arai, F. Cardozo, A. C. Dutra, G. Mataveli   +6 more
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Activity Against Pythium insidiosum and Isolated Constituents of Cordia insignis Roots. [PDF]

Chem Biodivers
This study investigates the roots of Cordia insignis in search of novel treatments for pythiosis, caused by the oomycete Pythium insidiosum. Seven compounds are isolated, including steroids, a saponin, a coumarin, a fatty acid, and a glycoside, the latter two are reported for the first time in the genus.
de Oliveira RC, Lopes KHDS, Gonçalves MRS, de Carvalho MG, da Silva YSAD, de Vasconcelos LG, Júnior PTS, Violante IMP, Ribeiro TAN.   +8 more
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Classificação dos Macrohabitat do Pantanal Brasileiro: Atualização para Políticas Públicas e Manejo de Áreas Protegidas

Biodiversidade Brasileira - BioBrasil, 2023
A área úmida do Pantanal tem sido objeto constante de pesquisas devido ao seu ecossistema complexo, com grande quantidade e diversidade de paisagens.
Cátia Nunes da Cunha, I. Bergier, W. M. Tomas, Geraldo Alves Damasceno-Júnior, S. Santos, V. A. Assunção, Â. L. B. Sartori, A. Pott, Érica Cezarine de Arruda, Á. Garcia, R. Nicola, W. J. Junk   +11 more
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Achieving conservation through cattle ranching: The case of the Brazilian Pantanal

Conservation Science and Practice, 2023
Cattle ranching in the ~140,000 km2 Brazilian Pantanal is considered one of the most important cases of sustainable use of natural resources in the global south.
R. Chiaravalloti, Walfrido Morais Tomas, Tom Akre, R. Morato, A. R. Camilo, Anthony J. Giordano, P. Leimgruber   +6 more
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Active Fire Mapping on Brazilian Pantanal Based on Deep Learning and CBERS 04A Imagery

Remote Sensing, 2022
Fire in Brazilian Pantanal represents a serious threat to biodiversity. The Brazilian National Institute of Spatial Research (INPE) has a program named Queimadas, which estimated from January 2020 to October 2020, a burned area in Pantanal of ...
Leandro Higa, J. M. Junior, Thiago Rodrigues, Pedro Zamboni, Rodrigo Silva, L. Almeida, V. Liesenberg, Fábio Roque, R. Libonati, W. Gonçalves, J. Silva   +10 more
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Microplastics in sediments of the Pantanal Wetlands, brazil

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
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Alan Lacerda Gomes Camargo, P. Girard, C. Sanz-Lázaro, A. Silva, É. de Faria, B. R. Figueiredo, D. S. Caixeta, M. Blettler   +7 more
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