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Responses of leaf processing to impacts in streams in Atlantic rain Forest, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - a test of the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship? [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2003
The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has been intensely debated and researched in recent times. It is generally agreed that there is redundancy of species in ecosystems such that loss of species does not necessarily result in ...
T. P. Moulton, S. A. P. Magalhães
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Ticks parasitizing wild mammals in Atlantic Forest areas in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2018
Mammals captured in the Serra dos Órgãos National Park (PARNASO) and the Pedra Branca State Park (PBSP) between 2012 and 2015 were examined for the presence of ticks.
Hermes Ribeiro Luz, Sócrates Fraga da Costa Neto, Marcelo Weksler, Rosana Gentile, João Luiz Horacio Faccini   +4 more
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Parasitismo humano por carrapatos na Mata Atlântica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.

EntomoBrasilis, 2011
Entre janeiro de 1997 e dezembro de 2007 foi realizada uma investigação epidemiológica objetivando identificar casos de parasitismo por carrapatos em humanos na comunidade que invadiu e está ocupando Área de Proteção Ambiental – (APA), entre o “Parque ...
Nicolau Maués Serra-Freire, Laura Morena Mendes de Sena, Ana Beatriz Pais Borsoi   +2 more
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Zonas de amortecimento de Unidades de Conservação em ambientes urbanos sob a ótica territorial: reflexões, demandas e desafios

Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2015
This article aims the demands and challenges related to the Buffer Zones of Protected Areas in urban areas, through the historical and legal contextualization of this "tool" of territorial planning and management.
Helio Beiroz
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Creating outbred and inbred populations in haplodiploids to measure adaptive responses in the laboratory

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 10, Issue 14, Page 7291-7305, July 2020., 2020
Here, we detail methodologies to create outbred and inbred populations for laboratory studies in haplodiploids. Additionally, we provide an experimental evolution protocol, which allows reducing the risks of losing experimental populations. Finally, we outline the advantages of such methodologies and we emphasize that combining these biological ...
Diogo P. Godinho, Miguel A. Cruz, Maud Charlery de la Masselière, Jéssica Teodoro‐Paulo, Cátia Eira, Inês Fragata, Leonor R. Rodrigues, Flore Zélé, Sara Magalhães   +8 more
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Community structure and population dynamics of small mammals in an urban-sylvatic interface area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Zoologia (Curitiba), 2018
The Atlantic Forest is one of the most disturbed Brazilian biomes, with 183 out of 298 species of mammals occurring in the state of Rio de Janeiro. In this study, we aimed to characterize the diversity, community structure, and habitat use of small ...
Rosana Gentile, Thiago S. Cardoso, Sócrates F. Costa-Neto, Bernardo R. Teixeira, Paulo S. D’Andrea   +4 more
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Reproductive phenology and sharing of floral resource among hummingbirds (Trochilidae) in inflorescences of Dahlstedtia pinnata (Benth.) Malme. (Fabaceae) in the Atlantic forest

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate the reproductive phenology and sharing of floral resource (nectar) of Dahlstedtia pinnata (Benth.) Malme. (Fabaceae), endemic of Atlantic forest, among hummingbirds.
CAIO C.C. MISSAGIA, FÁBIO C. VERÇOZA, MARIA ALICE S. ALVES   +2 more
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DISTRIBUTION OF AQUATIC MACROINVERTEBRATES AND SURFACE WATER QUALITY IN PEDRA BRANCA STATE PARK

Interfaces Científicas - Saúde e Ambiente
A presença de organismos bioindicadores está diretamente associada à preservação dos ambientes aquáticos, pois podem ser sensíveis a poluentes orgânicos e inorgânicos e as alterações nas características limnológicas da água. Para realizar este trabalho, parâmetros de campo de dois rios do Parque Estadual da Pedra Branca, no Rio de Janeiro, Brasil ...
Christina De Albuquerque Ferreira, Tayanna Rodrigues da Costa, Ivete Ramos de Arruda Buffolo, Francisco Jácome Gurgel Júnior, Suzana Silva dos Santos, Andresa Nascimento Camara, Tainá Maria Miranda Souza-Martins, Ronaldo Figueiró, Ivyn Karla Lima-de-Sousa   +8 more
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Schools That Educate Students Who Transform Businesses and Change the World: The Transformative Role of Education for the Circular Economy

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The linear economic model continues to intensify environmental degradation and resource depletion, yet education for the circular economy (ECE) remains underdeveloped, particularly within basic education and in the Global South. This study evaluates the feasibility and effectiveness of an ECE Programme grounded in active learning methodologies,
Maiara Lais Marcon, Simone Sehnem
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Taxonomic reassessment of Tolpis (Asteraceae) in the Azores and Madeira archipelagos with description of new species

TAXON, Volume 75, Issue 4, August 2026.
Abstract Tolpis (Asteraceae) is a recently diversified genus of flowering plants, centered in the Macaronesian region, where it exhibits striking morphological variation and high levels of endemism. In this study, we focus on the archipelagos of Madeira and the Azores (Portugal).
Lurdes Borges Silva, Luís Silva, Miguel Menezes De Sequeira, Daniel J. Crawford, Mark E. Mort, Rui Bento Elias, Guilherme Roxo, Mónica Moura   +7 more
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