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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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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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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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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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The Use of Medicinal Plants in the Riverside Community of the Mazagão River in the Brazilian Amazon, Amapá, Brazil: Ethnobotanical and Ethnopharmacological Studies

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
The inhabitants of the floodplain of the Mazagão River in the State of Amapá in the Brazilian Amazon have inherited from indigenous African and Cabocla cultures indications for the use and forms of preparation of medicinal plants to cure diseases of the body and spirit. This study aimed to perform an ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants used
Rosângela do Socorro Ferreira Rodrigues Sarquis, Ícaro Rodrigues Sarquis, Iann Rodrigues Sarquis, Caio Pinho Fernandes, Gabriel Araújo da Silva, Raullyan Borja Lima e Silva, Mário Augusto Gonçalves Jardim, Brenda Lorena Sánchez-Ortíz, José Carlos Tavares Carvalho, Filippo Fratini   +9 more
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Local Knowledge and Conservation Priorities of Medicinal Plants near a Protected Area in Brazil

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019
We investigated the influence of socioeconomic factors (age, gender, and occupation) on the local knowledge of medicinal plants in the Araripe National Forest, Brazil, and the priority of conservation of the species as perceived by people. Additionally, priority species for in situ conservation were identified by calculating conservation priority (CP).
Noelia Ferreira da Silva, Natalia Hanazaki, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Juliana Loureiro Almeida Campos, Ivanilda Soares Feitosa, Elcida de Lima Araújo, Shan-Yu Su   +6 more
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Taxonomy and diversity of Marcgraviaceae, north of the São Francisco river, northeast Brazil

Nordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2026, Issue 4, April 2026.
This study provides a comprehensive assessment of Marcgraviaceae species diversity north of the São Francisco river in northeastern Brazil, analyzing species richness and distribution patterns across 384 000 km² of phytogeographic domains. Through field collections, herbarium studies (both physical and digital), and detailed morphological analyses, we ...
Thales Carvalho, D. Victor Souza e Silva, William Matzenauer, Yuri Couceiro, Marccus Alves   +4 more
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