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Using ecological niche modelling to prioritise areas for conservation of the critically endangered Buffy-Headed marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps). [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Prioritising areas for conservation of the least studied marmoset species (Callithrix flaviceps), a critically endangered primate endemic from the Atlantic Forest, southeast Brazil. Considering both climate and landscape variables, and generating maps of future projections for habitat suitability in 2050 and 2070.
Bataillard L, Eriksen A, de Melo FR, Milagres AP, Devineau O, Vital OV.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

First record of Dipsas variegata (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) (Serpentes, Dipsadidae) from the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [PDF]

Check List, 2020
We present the first record of Dipsas variegata (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) from the state of Rio de Janeiro. We collected this species on 25 July 2018 in Pedra Branca State Park, municipality of Rio de Janeiro.
Luiz Eduardo Mendonça Regio, Jorge Antônio Lourenço Pontes   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Assessment of agricultural biomass residues to replace fossil fuel and hydroelectric power energy: A spatial approach. [PDF]

Energy Sci Eng, 2019
Assessment of agriculture biomass residues to replace fossil fuels and hydroelectric power energy – A spatial approach. Abstract Despite the recent discoveries of considerable fossil fuel reserves, Brazil is one of the only great economic and industrial powers with very high amounts of renewable energy in its electricity matrix.
Romero CWDS, Berni MD, Figueiredo GKDA, Franco TT, Lamparelli RAC.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Vegetation and Palynological Record in Sediments of the Camorim Dam, Pedra Branca State Park, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 2023
Pedra Branca State Park is situated near urban areas of Rio de Janeiro city. Several rivers descend towards the Atlantic Ocean and the damming of some ones, by the end of the 19th century, aimed to provide drinking water to the population. To the present day, Camorim dam is in operation and since its inception in 1908, the surrounding humid tropical ...
Ortrud Monika Barth, Cynthia Fernandes Pinto da Luz, Marcia Aguiar de Barros, Shana Yuri Misumi, Edson Farias Mello   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Taxonomic Novelties in Senna ser. Bacillares (Leguminosae, Cassieae)

Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2023, Issue 9, September 2023., 2023
Senna ser. Bacillares (Leguminosae, Cassieae) is the largest of the American Senna series, with approximately 50 species. Several taxa are still poorly known or with problematic delimitation. Based on extensive fieldwork and collection‐based research for our ongoing taxonomic studies on Senna ser. Bacillares, we identified two new species which we here
Alexandre Gibau de Lima, Marcelo Trovó, Christine D. Bacon, Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz, Vinicius Castro Souza, Vidal de Freitas Mansano   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reassessment of generic boundaries in Neotropical Chrysophylloideae (Sapotaceae): Eleven reinstated genera and narrowed circumscriptions of Chrysophyllum and Pouteria

TAXON, Volume 72, Issue 2, Page 307-359, April 2023., 2023
Abstract Classifications of the pantropical plant family Sapotaceae based solely on morphology have historically recognized between 125 and 53 genera. Phylogenetic analyses using molecular data have repeatedly demonstrated that broad concepts of two large genera belonging to subfamily Chrysophylloideae, Chrysophyllum and Pouteria, are untenable and ...
Ulf Swenson, Brendan Lepschi, Porter P. Lowry II, Mário Henrique Terra‐Araujo, Karin Santos, Stephan Nylinder, Anderson Alves‐Araújo   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

“All is Normal”: Sports Mega Events, Favela Territory, and the Afterlives of Public Security Interventions in Rio de Janeiro

City &Society, Volume 33, Issue 2, Page 382-402, August 2021., 2021
Abstract This article discusses the changes in Visionário, a favela located near the affluent neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, to assess the effects of the Sports Mega Events (SMEs) on the political and economic conditions in the favela. Following Harvey’s (2005) description of “accumulation by dispossession,” several authors have highlighted that the ...
Martijn Oosterbaan
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity and origins of giant guitarfish and wedgefish products in Singapore

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 31, Issue 7, Page 1636-1649, July 2021., 2021
Abstract Giant guitarfishes (Glaucostegidae) and wedgefishes (Rhinidae) are some of the most threatened marine taxa in the world, with 15 of the 16 known species exhibiting global population declines and categorized as Critically Endangered according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. The recent
Min Yi Choo, Christina Pei Pei Choy, Yin Cheong Aden Ip, Madhu Rao, Danwei Huang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local Knowledge and Use of Medicinal Plants in a Rural Community in the Agreste of Paraíba, Northeast Brazil

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
The use of medicinal plants is an important source of therapeutic resources in rural communities and the wide versatility of some species may attract interest for prospecting studies. The aim of this study was to record and analyze local knowledge and the use of medicinal plants in the rural community of Malícia, municipality of Araçagi, Paraíba State,
Ezequiel da Costa Ferreira, Maria da Glória Vieira Anselmo, Natan Medeiros Guerra, Camilla Marques de Lucena, Cattleya do Monte Pessoa Felix, Rainer W. Bussmann, Narel Y Paniagua-Zambrana, Reinaldo Farias Paiva de Lucena, Maan B. Rokaya   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Endangered flora in protected areas of Rio de Janeiro municipality – Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences, 2023
This study presents a qualitative analysis of endangered species occurrences in conservation units of Rio de Janeiro, one of the largest Brazilian municipalities in population size.
Carem Cristina Araújo Valente, Fernanda da Cunha Gonçalves Ferreira, Yan Rodrigues de Oliveira, João Paulo de Souza Dias, Mariana Bessa Braga , Daniel Medina Corrêa Santos   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source