Keystone communities can rescue aquatic metacommunities influenced by pesticide contamination. [PDF]
Ecol ApplAbstract Pesticide contamination in freshwater habitats is a major global issue, affecting water quality, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. Uncontaminated habitats embedded in agricultural landscapes might act as keystone communities, with the ability to restore diversity and ecological processes in contaminated sites through dispersal.
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From diagnosis to conservation: the state of the art of biodiversity conservation in the BIOTA/FAPESP program [PDF]
, 2006 O principal objetivo deste estudo foi de avaliar a contribuição do Programa BIOTA/FAPESP, um dos maiores programas do Brasil voltados para o estudo da biodiversidade, em questões relacionadas com a conservação da biodiversidade, em particular no ...
Metzger, Jean Paul +4 more
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Nephtyidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) do Estado de São Paulo, Brasil, incluindo um novo registro para a costa brasileira [PDF]
, 2015 In the present study, four species of Nephtyidae, Aglaophamus juvenalis (Kinberg 1866), Nephtys acrochaeta Hartman 1950, Nephtys californiensis Hartman 1938 and Nephtys squamosa Ehlers 1887, were found from the intertidal zone to the shallow sublittoral (
Rizzo, Alexandra Elaine +1 more
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, 2022 The variability of the organisms living in a given area constitute what is referred to as biodiversity, one of nature’s fundamental properties, responsible for the balance and stability of ecosystems. The loss of biodiversity has been of great concern to
Lamas, Carlos J.E. +6 more
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Peixes da Baía da Medalha, Pantanal Sul, Brasil: Uma revisão de 20 anos [PDF]
, 2015 Located in the Pantanal of Miranda-Abobral, the Baía da Medalha is the largest pond close to the Base de Estudos do Pantanal of the Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul.
Costa-Pereira, Raul [UNESP] +8 more
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Predation of the Buffy-fronted Seedeater Sporophila frontalis (Aves: Emberizidae) on Merostachys neesii (Poaceae: Babusoideae) seeds during a masting event in the Atlantic forest [PDF]
, 2011 The Buffy-fronted Seedeater Sporophila frontalis (Verreaux, 1869) is frequently found foraging on seeds during ephemeral masting events of bamboos in the Atlantic forest. In the present study, we analyzed the predation activity of S.
Bernardi, Claudio Joao [UNESP] +5 more
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Biota-MS: Montando o quebra-cabeça da biodiversidade de Mato Grosso do Sul
, 2017 RESUMO. Trata da apresentação do Iheringia, Série Zoologia, suplemento Biota-MS, constituído de 56 artigos sobre a biodiversidade de Mato Grosso do Sul (elaborados por 174 pesquisadores de 41 instituições brasileiras e internacionais), em que são ...
Fabio de Oliveira Roque +4 more
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Phyllanthaceae na Mata Atlântica do Nordeste brasileiro
, 2022 The taxonomy of Phyllanthaceae Martinov in the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil was updated through the analysis of approximately 200 specimens deposited in regional herbaria as well as field observations.
Athiê-Souza, Sarah Maria +3 more
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An important biological area, but still poorly known: the Morro Grande Forest Reserve [PDF]
, 2006 A Reserva Florestal do Morro Grande (RFMG, 10.870 ha) é um dos maiores remanescentes florestais do Planalto Atlântico paulista, região que foi submetida a fortes pressões de desmatamento tanto para a agricultura quanto para a exploração da lenha e do ...
Goulart,William +12 more
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Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.Abstract This study evaluated the effects of the controlled flood pulse on diet composition, trophic niche breadth and feeding intensity of Archolaemus janeae, an electric knifefish species with a restricted distribution in the Amazon Basin. Monthly samples were collected from December 2020 to November 2021 in the Volta Grande stretch of the Xingu ...
Ana F. V. N. M. Costa +8 more
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