Legal reserves ensure alpha and beta ant diversity in highly modified agricultural landscapes

Autor: Kelley Rita Przybyszewski, Ricardo Eduardo Vicente, José Victor Alves Ferreira, Mônica Josene Barbosa Pereira, Thiago Junqueira Izzo, Danielle Storck-Tonon

Publikováno v: Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, Vol 20, Iss 4, Pp 330-337 (2022)

To preserve biodiversity, the Brazilian law postulates that rural properties must keep a percentage of native vegetation cover, denominated as “Legal Reserve” (LR). Recent political efforts are being made to disoblige the farmer to keep the LRs.

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The Program for Biodiversity Research in Brazil: The role of regional networks for biodiversity knowledge, dissemination, and conservation

Autor: CLARISSA ROSA, FABRICIO BACCARO, CECILIA CRONEMBERGER, JULIANA HIPÓLITO, CLAUDIA FRANCA BARROS, DOMINGOS DE JESUS RODRIGUES, SELVINO NECKEL-OLIVEIRA, GERHARD E. OVERBECK, ELISANDRO RICARDO DRECHSLER-SANTOS, MARCELO RODRIGUES DOS ANJOS, ÁTILLA C. FERREGUETTI, ALBERTO AKAMA, MARLÚCIA BONIFÁCIO MARTINS, WALFRIDO MORAES TOMAS, SANDRA APARECIDA SANTOS, VANDA LÚCIA FERREIRA, CATIA NUNES DA CUNHA, JERRY PENHA, JOÃO BATISTA DE PINHO, SUZANA MARIA SALIS, CAROLINA RODRIGUES DA COSTA DORIA, VALÉRIO D. PILLAR, LUCIANA R. PODGAISKI, MARCELO MENIN, NARCÍSIO COSTA BÍGIO, SUSAN ARAGÓN, ANGELO GILBERTO MANZATTO, EDUARDO VÉLEZ-MARTIN, ANA CAROLINA BORGES LINS E SILVA, THIAGO JUNQUEIRA IZZO, AMANDA FREDERICO MORTATI, LEANDRO LACERDA GIACOMIN, THAÍS ELIAS ALMEIDA, THIAGO ANDRÉ, MARIA AUREA PINHEIRO DE ALMEIDA SILVEIRA, ANTÔNIO LAFFAYETE PIRES DA SILVEIRA, MARILUCE REZENDE MESSIAS, MARCIA C.M. MARQUES, ANDRE ANDRIAN PADIAL, RENATO MARQUES, YOUSZEF O.C. BITAR, MARCOS SILVEIRA, ELDER FERREIRA MORATO, RUBIANI DE CÁSSIA PAGOTTO, CHRISTINE STRUSSMANN, RICARDO BOMFIM MACHADO, LUDMILLA MOURA DE SOUZA AGUIAR, GERALDO WILSON FERNANDES, YUMI OKI, SAMUEL NOVAIS, GUILHERME BRAGA FERREIRA, FLÁVIA RODRIGUES BARBOSA, ANA C. OCHOA, ANTONIO M. MANGIONE, AILIN GATICA, MARÍA CELINA CARRIZO, LUCÍA MARTINEZ RETTA, LAURA E. JOFRÉ, LUCIANA L. CASTILLO, ANDREA M. NEME, CARLA RUEDA, JOSÉ JULIO DE TOLEDO, CARLOS EDUARDO VIVEIROS GRELLE, MARIANA M. VALE, MARCUS VINICIUS VIEIRA, RUI CERQUEIRA, EMÍLIO MANABU HIGASHIKAWA, FERNANDO PEREIRA DE MENDONÇA, QUÊZIA LEANDRO DE MOURA GUERREIRO, AUREO BANHOS, JEAN-MARC HERO, RODRIGO KOBLITZ, ROSANE GARCIA COLLEVATTI, LUÍS FÁBIO SILVEIRA, HERALDO L. VASCONCELOS, CECÍLIA RODRIGUES VIEIRA, GUARINO RINALDI COLLI, SONIA ZANINI CECHIN, TIAGO GOMES DOS SANTOS, CARLA S. FONTANA, JOÃO A. JARENKOW, LUIZ R. MALABARBA, MARTA P. RUEDA, PUBLIO A. ARAUJO, LUCAS PALOMO, MARTA C. ITURRE, HELENA GODOY BERGALLO, WILLIAM E. MAGNUSSON

Publikováno v: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, Vol 93, Iss 2 (2021)

Abstract The Program for Biodiversity Research (PPBio) is an innovative program designed to integrate all biodiversity research stakeholders. Operating since 2004, it has installed long-term ecological research sites throughout Brazil and its logic h

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Defining Habitat Use by the Parabiotic Ants Camponotus femoratus (Fabricius, 1804) and Crematogaster levior Longino, 2003

Autor: Ricardo Eduardo Vicente, Thiago Junqueira Izzo

Publikováno v: Sociobiology, Vol 64, Iss 4 (2017)

Ant-garden ants have a strong relationship with epiphytes that need light to grow, for these reason, it has been previously documented in forest gaps. Moreover, larger gaps have more available area for nesting and habitats for use as forage. Thus we

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/7672cacf2f8542c0ba39f8d79c162ffb

New record of a very specialized interaction: myrcidris epicharis Ward 1990 (Pseudomyrmecinae) and its myrmecophyte host Myrcia madida McVaugh (Myrtaceae) in Brazilian Meridional Amazon Novo registro de uma interação altamente especializada: myrcidris epicharis Ward 1990 (Pseudomyrmecinae) e sua mirmecófita hospedeira Myrcia madida McVaugh (Myrtaceae) na Amazônia Meridional brasileira

Autor: Ricardo Eduardo Vicente, Wesley Dáttilo, Thiago Junqueira Izzo

Publikováno v: Acta Amazonica, Vol 42, Iss 4, Pp 567-570 (2012)

In this study we present a new record of a plant-animal interaction: the mutualistic relationship between the specialist plant-ant Myrcidris epicharis Ward, 1990 (Pseudomyrmecinae) and its myrmecophyte host Myrcia madida McVaugh (Myrtaceae). We obser

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Mansonella ozzardi in Brazil: prevalence of infection in riverine communities in the Purus region, in the state of Amazonas

Autor: Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Victor Py-Daniel, Ulysses Carvalho Barbosa, Thiago Junqueira Izzo

Publikováno v: Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 104, Iss 1, Pp 74-80 (2009)

This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of Mansonella ozzardi infection and to estimate the parasitic infection rate (PIR) in simuliid black flies in the municipality of Pauini, Amazonas, Brazil. We used thick blood films to examine 9

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/3452087a2a874172a26fc4b427746611