The frequency and importance of polyploidy in tropical rainforest tree radiations. [PDF]
Summary The presence of more than two copies of the genome in an organism, termed ‘polyploidy’, is a crucial force in plant evolution, generating genetic, phenotypic and ecological diversity. [Correction added on 22 January 2026, after first online publication: the preceding sentence has been corrected.] The Amazonian tree flora is the most species ...
Schley RJ +9 more
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Biology and systematics of the New World Phyllocnistis Zeller leafminers of the avocado genus Persea (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) [PDF]
Four New World species of Phyllocnistis Zeller are described from serpentine mines in Persea (Family Lauraceae). Phyllocnistis hyperpersea, new species, mines the upper leaf surfaces of avocado, Persea americana Mill., and red bay, Persea borbonia (L ...
Davis, Donald, Wagner, David
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Una Acustemología de la Selva Tropical
This text has the purpose of giving a voice to a sort of alternating reality, to a kind of resonant sensitivity I have found by way of anthropological research of the ecology of language, of music and acoustics. My hope is that when granting spaces to marginalized voices from where they can speak out, scream and sing, therefore anthropology could in ...
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Impactos en un bosque tropical ralo con paca en la selva amazónica sur del Perú
Debido a diversas actividades de extracción de recursos naturales, se generan impactos ambientales, en este caso el objetivo es analizar cuáles son estos impactos en un bosque tropical ralo con paca en la selva amazónica sur del Perú, los cuales pueden ser restaurados con medidas y procedimientos adecuados, lo cual parte de una metodología que ...
Marco Antonio Vásquez Flores +1 more
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Diversity and Abundance of Hymenopterous Parasitoids Associated with Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Native and Exotic Host Plants in Misiones, Northeastern Argentina [PDF]
Some Major host species used by the tephritid fruit flies Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiede-mann) and Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), including Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret, Campomanesia xanthocarpa O. Berg, Psidium guajava L.,
Aluja M. +22 more
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Productividad primaria neta en una selva tropical húmeda
Estudio realizado en la selva alta perennifolia de Los Tuxtlas, Veracruz, se estimó la producción primaria neta (PPN) a través del muestreo de la caída de hojarasca en una hectárea de selva, llevado a cabo durante tres años. La PPN fue de 10.6, 13.2 y 16.2 t ha -l año-1, respectivamente.
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Global analysis of threat status reveals higher extinction risk in tropical than in temperate bird sister species [PDF]
Given increasing pressures upon biodiversity, identification of species’ traits related to elevated extinction risk is useful for more efficient allocation of limited resources for nature conservation.
Reif, Jiří, Štěpánková, Klára
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Heidi Asbjornsen Associate Professor of Natural Resources, COLSA, travels to Costa Rica [PDF]
Experiential Student Learning and Collaborative Research: Understanding Tropical Ecosystem Response to Climate Change from Leaves to Landscapes. During January 2012, I traveled to Costa Rica to visit potential field sites for a future UNH J-term course ...
Asbjornsen, Heidi
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Despite growing investment in restoration, weak accountability and poor biodiversity monitoring mean many projects fail to achieve ecological recovery. The Global Biodiversity Standard (TGBS) offers a practical way to ensure that restoration finance delivers measurable gains for nature.
David Bartholomew +254 more
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Additions and corrections to the knowledge of the foliicolous lichen flora of Costa Rica : the genus Fellhanera, with notes on Bacidia pauciseptata [PDF]
This further contribution to the knowledge of the foliicolous lichen flora of Costa Rica provides a detailed account on the genus Fellhanera. In total, 25 species and five undescribed taxa are treated.
Lücking, Robert
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