Article
Forestry
Thiago Floriani Stepka, Patricia Povoa de Mattos, Afonso Figueiredo Filho, Evaldo Munoz Braz, Sebastitao do Amaral Machado
Summary: This study investigated and characterized the growth patterns of different tree species in Araucaria Forest in southern Brazil, finding that the age and diameter classes of trees can affect growth independently of forest stock conditions. Differences in diameter growth among species may be attributed to variations in environmental conditions, although forest structure is suspected to have a greater influence.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Charline Zangalli, Guilherme Diego Fockink, Bruno Rafael Silva de Almeida, Emanoeli de Oliveira, Mayara Pereira de Goes, Marcos Felipe Nicoletti, Mireli Moura Pitz Floriani, Maria Raquel Kanieski
Summary: Assessing and monitoring seed rain and litterfall are important ecological indicators for evaluating the passive forest restoration process in riparian forests. This study evaluated the floristic composition of seed rain and litter supply at different restoration stages and found that both indicators were effective in monitoring the restoration trajectory due to their sensitivity and seasonal differences.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Cesar Augusto Guimaraes Finger, Emanuel Arnoni Costa, Andre Felipe Hess, Veraldo Liesenberg, Polyanna da Conceicao Bispo
Summary: Brazilian pine, a significant tree species in Brazil, is endangered due to uncontrolled exploitation and requires sustainable cultivation and conservation research.
Article
Forestry
Andres Fuentes-Ramirez, Leonardo Almonacid-Munoz, Nayadeth Munoz-Gomez, Kirk A. Moloney
Summary: Forest fires can have significant impacts on soil nutrient availability and plant diversity, especially in ecosystems where fires are infrequent. After a fire, the availability of nitrogen (N) increases in the first year but rapidly decreases in the following years, particularly in areas of high fire severity. However, phosphorus (P), potassium (K), and soil organic matter (SOM) are less affected and remain relatively stable over time. In the short term, plant species richness and diversity decrease in severely burned areas, but they gradually recover and become similar to those of unburned forests over time.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jessika Priscila Costa da Silva, Paulo Henrique Goncalves, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Rafael Ricardo Vasconcelos da Silva, Patricia Muniz de Medeiros
Summary: The study reveals that the medicinal use of certain plant species can protect them from harmful wood uses. Perceived availability and efficiency are important variables in determining wood uses. Therefore, maintaining the medicinal importance of plants can be a strategy to protect them from misuse.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mario M. Tagliari, Juliano A. Bogoni, Graziela D. Blanco, Aline P. Cruz, Nivaldo Peroni
Summary: This study evaluated the potential impacts of climate change on a socio-ecological system in southeastern Brazil. The findings suggest that protecting traditional ecological knowledge holders, safeguarding historical socio-ecological interactions, and implementing integrated measures are crucial for maintaining the resilience of the Araucaria Forests to future disturbances.
Article
Forestry
Rafael H. Roque, Alexandre M. Sebbenn, David H. Boshier, Afonso F. Filho, Evandro V. Tambarussi
Summary: Araucaria angustifolia, an endangered species, has the majority of its natural populations extinct. Selective logging is restricted, but political pressure for its return has emerged. This study investigated the impact of selective logging on genetic diversity, spatial genetic structure, effective population size, and dispersal of pollen and seed in A. angustifolia, concluding that selective logging is not suitable and new rules for sustainable logging and genetic studies are needed.
Article
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Naara Ferreira da Silva, Pia Parolin, Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade, Aline Lopes
Summary: This study investigated the effects of ecological interactions on the biomass of two native tree species in wetlands. The results support the stress-gradient hypothesis, showing that species with low flood tolerance are favored by the presence of other species in flooded environments.
Article
Forestry
Zhenhua Sun, Nujaree Prachanun, Arunkamon Sonsuthi, Wirong Chanthorn, Warren Y. Brockelman, Anuttara Nathalang, Luxiang Lin, Frans Bongers
Summary: Lianas are predicted to outperform trees during seasonal drought in tropical forests. We compared the traits of lianas and trees in a tropical forest in Thailand and classified them based on their trait similarities. Lianas had higher specific leaf areas and specific stem lengths, indicating a more resource-acquisitive strategy. Lianas and trees showed a high overlap on the resource acquisition continuum.
Article
Agronomy
Kaikang Chen, Bo Zhao, Liming Zhou, Yongjun Zheng
Summary: This study aims to develop an artificial neural network (ANN) ant colony algorithm (ACA)-based system for accurately recognizing plant factory seedling phenotypes in real-time. It utilizes multiple cameras to collect images of seedlings and constructs 3D images, analyzes the phenotypes using the mask region convolutional neural networks (MRCNN) algorithm, and optimizes the process timing using ACA. The system achieves high accuracy and low energy consumption, providing valuable insights for future intelligent recognition systems in plant factories.
Article
Forestry
G. N. Bustamante, M. E. Arena, M. R. Mosquera, R. M. Soler
Summary: Fire and grazing in forest ecosystems modify plant communities, favoring colonization by sprouting shrubs. This study evaluated the performance of Nothofagus antarctica seedlings under the influence of Berberis microphylla shrubs in burned forests with different grazing intensities. Results showed that the shrubs created favorable conditions for seedling growth, with lower soil density and temperatures but higher humidity and vegetation cover.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Ana Lucia Hanisch, Raquel R. B. Negrelle, Alda L. Gomes Monteiro, Andre E. Biscaia Lacerda, Ligia C. A. Pinotti
Summary: Caivas, an agroforestry system in Southern Brazil, play an important role in the region, but are being replaced by high-yield agricultural crops. This study tested two alternative strategies to increase pasture yield while maintaining forest regeneration potential. The results show positive impacts on soil and no negative effects on forest regeneration.
AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Yong Shen, Maria Natalia Umana, Wenbin Li, Miao Fang, Yuxin Chen, Huanping Lu, Shixiao Yu
Summary: Investigating the link between plant growth rates, traits and local environmental heterogeneity is essential for understanding forest dynamics and community assembly. While aboveground traits play a key role in determining organism performance, belowground traits also have a significant impact. Shifts in belowground traits in response to soil fertility can affect plant performance. Community-level traits tend to be multidimensional, with species exhibiting acquisitive leaf traits showing higher growth rates. However, root traits are weak predictors of growth, and only significantly correlated with specific soil nutrient gradients. Ultimately, the study emphasizes the importance of considering multidimensional trait variations and the need to link other resource uptake processes of roots to plant performances.
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Laryssa Demetrio, Andre Felipe Hess, Alex Nascimento de Sousa, Emanuel Arnoni Costa, Veraldo Liesenberg, Mauricio Jean Freisleben, Marcos Benedito Schimalski, Cesar Augusto Guimaraes Finger, Noe dos Santos Ananias Hofico, Polyanna da Conceicao Bispo
Summary: Understanding the correlation between reproductive structures and dendro/morphometric variables of Araucaria angustifolia tree species is crucial for its conservation and sustainable forest management. By visually counting and measuring variables, it was found that the morphometric variables are correlated with male strobili production, indicating the importance of vitality, dimension, density, growth space, and position of the tree in the forest.
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Kang Xue, Kejie Gao, Fuming Kuang, Shun Zhang, Juan Liao, Dequan Zhu
Summary: The working conditions in the mechanical transplanting process of rice seedlings are complex, making it difficult to measure certain parameters. The lack of powerful analysis methods has resulted in unclear interactions between machinery, seedlings, and paddy soil, hindering the improvement of seedling transplantation quality. A dynamics model of the machinery-plant-paddy soil coupling system was established using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) method to analyze the transplanting process. The reliability and accuracy of the numerical model were verified through a soil bin test, and the results showed the main cause of stem damage and the factors affecting the maximum working load of the seedling needle.
COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Joice Iamara-Nogueira, Natalia Targhetta, Gina Allain, Adriano Gambarini, Alessandra R. Pinto, Ana Maria Rui, Andrea C. Araujo, Ariadna Lopes, Brenda Pereira-Silva, Bruna Bertagni de Camargo, Caio Graco Machado, Caio Missagia, Carolina Scultori, Danilo Boscolo, Erich Fischer, Evellyn Silva Araujo-Oliveira, Henrique Gava, Hipolito Ferreira Paulino-Neto, Isabel Cristina Machado, Isabela Galarda Varassin, Ivan Sazima, Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni, Jessica Luiza Sousa Silva, Julia de Oliveira Ferreira, Juliana Narita, Juliana Silveira dos Santos, Kayna Agostini, Leandro Freitas, Luciano Elsinor Lopes, Ludimila Juliele Carvalho-Leite, Marcelo Tabarelli, Marcia Alexandra Rocca, Marcia Luzia Malanotte, Maria Alice S. Alves, Maria Bernadete F. Canela, Maria Rosa Darrigo, Marina Muniz Moreira, Marina Wolowski, Marlies Sazima, Mauro Galetti, Milton Cesar Ribeiro, Milton Groppo, Miriam Kaehler, Milson dos Anjos Batista, Oswaldo Cruz Neto, Patricia Alves Ferreira, Pedro J. Bergamo, Pietro K. Maruyama, Raquel O. Bueno, Roberta L. B. Leal, Rogerio Rodrigues Faria, Simone Bazarian, Tiago Malucelli, Silvana Buzato
Summary: The interaction between flowering plants and nectar-feeding vertebrates in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest is diverse and important. This dataset provides detailed information on the interactions between 515 species of flowering plants and 129 species of potential pollinators. It also includes information on the characteristics of both plants and vertebrates that are relevant to their interactions.
Article
Ecology
Allan Mauricio Sanches Baptista de Alvarenga, Marcelo Eduardo Borges, Leonardo Re Jorge, Isabela Galarda Varassin, Sabrina Borges Lino Araujo
Summary: Individual behavior and local context play a crucial role in influencing the evolution of ecological interactions and network structure. Consumers can increase their fitness by actively choosing resources in trophic interactions, and mathematical modeling is often used to understand coevolutionary dynamics. Active consumer choice behavior is shown to be important in structuring interacting communities.
JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hernani F. M. Oliveira, Rafael Barros Pereira Pinheiro, Isabela Galarda Varassin, Bernal Rodriguez-Herrera, Maria Kuzmina, Stephen J. Rossiter, Elizabeth L. Clare
Summary: The structure of bat-plant networks in tropical forests is affected by precipitation levels, with higher precipitation leading to more modular and less nested networks. Contrary to expectations, drier conditions result in lower nestedness and higher modularity. The network structures are similar between El Nino and non-El Nino years in dry forests and rainforests.
Article
Ecology
Danilo Boscolo, Barbara Nobrega Rodrigues, Patricia Alves Ferreira, Luciano Elsinor Lopes, Vinicius Rodrigues Tonetti, Isabela Cristhina Reis dos Santos, Juliana Akemi Hiruma-Lima, Laura Nery, Karoline Baptista de Lima, Jessica Perozi, Andre Victor Lucci Freitas, Blandina Felipe Viana, Caio Antunes-Carvalho, Dalton de Souza Amorim, Favizia Freitas de Oliveira, Milton Groppo, Maria Lucia Absy, Renata Jimenez de Almeida-Scabbia, Anderson Alves-Araujo, Felipe Wanderley de Amorim, Pablo Augusto Poleto Antiqueira, Yasmine Antonini, Camila Aoki, Daniele dos Santos Aragao, Tais Cristina Teixeira Balbino, Michele da Silva Ferreira Bandeira, Bruno Correa Barbosa, Maria Regina de Vasconcellos Barbosa, Gudryan Jackson Baronio, Levi Oliveira Barros, Mariana Beal-Neves, Victor Martins Bertollo, Antonio Diego de Melo Bezerra, Cristiano Roberto Buzatto, Liedson Tavares Carneiro, Edilson Caron, Camila Silva Carpim, Emanuela Simoura Carvalho, Tuane Leticia Carvalho, Ludimila Juliele Carvalho-Leite, Mainara Figueiredo Cascaes, Flavio Siqueira de Castro, Adriano Cavalleri, Eliana Cazetta, Monise Terra Cerezini, Luis Francisco Mello Coelho, Renato Colares, Guaraci Duran Cordeiro, Juliana Hipolito, Angela Maria da Silva Correa, Fernanda Vieira da Costa, Cleber Covre, Renata Drummond Marinho Cruz, Oswaldo Cruz-Neto, Leo Correia-da-Rocha-Filho, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Marcos da Costa Dorea, Viviany Teixeira do-Nascimento, Jean Miguel Alves dos-Santos, Marcelo Duarte, Marilia Cristina Duarte, Olivia Maria Pereira Duarte, Julie Henriette Antoinette Dutilh, Betina Pereira Emerick, Gabrielly dos Santos Fabiano, Fernando Henrique Antoniolli Farache, Ana Paula Gelli de Faria, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, Pedro Maria Abreu Ferreira, Maria Juliana Ferreira-Caliman, Livia Maria Negrini Ferreira, Tulio Freitas Filgueira de Sa, Edivani Villaron Franceschinelli, Greice Ayra Franco-Assis, Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Breno Magalhaes Freitas, Joelcio Freitas, Natalia Arias Galastri, Leonardo Galetto, Caroline Tito Garcia, Maria Teresa Amela Garcia, Nicole Luize Garcia, Carlos Alberto Garofalo, Irene Gelvez-Zuniga, Camila da Silva Goldas, Tadeu Jose Guerra, Tania Mara Guerra, Birgit Harter-Marques, Juliana Hipolito, Rafael Martins, Ricardo Pablo Klein, Elmo Borges de Azevedo Koch, Paulo Landgref-Filho, Sebastiao Laroca, Cristiane Martins Leandro, Reinanda Lima, Taysla Roberta Almeida de Lima, Luiz Wilson Lima-Verde, Elton John de Lirio, Ariadna Valentina Lopes, Andrea Pereira Luizi-Ponzo, Isabel Cristina Sobreira Machado, Tatiana Machado, Fabricio Severo Magalhaes, Thiago Mahlmann, Clea dos Santos Ferreira Mariano, Thamy Evellini Dias Marques, Felipe Martello, Celso Feitosa Martins, Mauricio Nogueira Martins, Rafael Martins, Andre Luiz Santos Mascarenhas, Geovana de Assis Mendes, Milton de Souza Mendonca, Luiz Menini Neto, Michaele Alvim Milward-de-Azevedo, Adrianne Oliveira Miranda, Paula Maria Montoya-Pfeiffer, Andreza Magro Moraes, Bruna Borges Moraes, Eduardo Freitas Moreira, Maria Santina Morini, Diego Moure-Oliveira, Leticia Fabri De Nadai, Victor Hideki Nagatani, Michelle Helena Nervo, Frederico de Siqueira Neves, Jailson Santos de Novais, Evellyn Silva Araujo-Oliveira, Joao Henrique Figueredo de Oliveira, Alipio Jose de Souza Pacheco-Filho, Luciano Palmieri, Martin Pareja, Marcella de Almeida Passarella, Nayra da Mata Passos, Hipolito Ferreira Paulino-Neto, Ariane Luna Peixoto, Luciana Carvalho Pereira, Rodrigo Augusto Santinelo Pereira, Brenda Pereira-Silva, Jimmy Pincheira-Ulbrich, Mardiore Pinheiro, Augusto Joao Piratelli, Luciana Regina Podgaiski, Diego Santos Polizello, Livia Pires do Prado, Fabio Prezoto, Franciele Rosset de Quadros, Elisa Pereira Queiroz, Zelma Glebya Maciel Quirino, Ananza Mara Rabello, Gabriela Beatriz Pereira Rabeschini, Monna Myrnna Mangueira Ramalho, Flavio Nunes Ramos, Ludmila Rattis, Luiz Henrique Goncalves de Rezende, Caroline Ribeiro, Lizandra Jaqueline Robe, Ely Marley de Souza Ribeiro Rocha, Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues, Gustavo Quevedo Romero, Nadia Roque, William de Oliveira Sabino, Paulo Takeo Sano, Patricia da Silva Santana Reis, Fernando Silva dos Santos, Isabel Alves dos Santos, Francisco de Assis Ribeiro dos Santos, Igor Silva dos Santos, Ricardo Sartorello, Hermes Jose Schmitz, Maria Rosangela Sigrist, Juvenal Cordeiro Silva Junior, Ana Carolina Granero e Silva, Carolina Veronese Correa da Silva, Beatriz Symara Alves Vieira Silva, Bruna Leticia de Freitas Silva, Claudia Ines Silva, Fabiana Oliveira da Silva, Jessica Luiza Souza e Silva, Nathalia Sampaio Silva, Otavio Guilherme Morais da Silva, Carlos de Melo e Silva Neto, Edito Romao Silva Neto, Denise Silveira, Maxwell Souza Silveira, Rodrigo Bustos Singer, Leiza Aparecida Souza Serafim Soares, Evelise Marcia Locatelli de Souza, Jana Magaly Tesserolli de Souza, Josefina Steiner, Mara Cristina Teixeira-Gamarra, Bruno Alves Trentin, Isabela Galarda Varassin, Gabriel Vila-Verde, Vania Nobuko Yoshikawa, Elisabete Maria Zanin, Mauro Galetti, Milton Cezar Ribeiro
Summary: Encounters between flowers and invertebrates play a crucial role in tropical forest ecosystems. This study aims to provide a comprehensive database of flower-invertebrate interactions in the Atlantic Forest. The dataset includes over 18,000 interaction records forming 482 networks, involving 641 plant genera and 581 invertebrate genera. The study highlights the knowledge gap in canopy flower-invertebrate interactions and the need for further research in remote forested areas.
Article
Ecology
Luisa Fernanda Lievano-Latorre, Isabela G. Varassin, Thais B. Zanata
Summary: This study explores the effects of climate seasonality, plant and bat richness, morphological traits, and phylogenetic distance on the niche overlap of Neotropical bat-plant pollination networks. The results indicate that climate seasonality and bat evolutionary history are important drivers of niche overlap in these interactions.
Article
Ecology
Miguel Verdu, Jose L. Garrido, Julio M. Alcantara, Alicia Montesinos-Navarro, Salomon Aguilar, Marcelo A. Aizen, Ali A. Al-Namazi, Mohamed Alifriqui, David Allen, Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira, Cristina Armas, Jesus M. Bastida, Tono Bellido, Giuliano Bonanomi, Gustavo B. Paterno, Herbert Briceno, Ricardo A. C. de Oliveira, Josefina G. Campoy, Ghassen Chaieb, Chengjin Chu, Sarah E. Collins, Richard Condit, Elena Constantinou, Cihan U. Degirmenci, Leo Delalandre, Milen Duarte, Michel Faife, Fatih Fazlioglu, Edwino S. Fernando, Joel Flores, Hilda Flores-Olvera, Ecaterina Fodor, Gislene Ganade, Maria Begona Garcia, Patricio Garcia-Fayos, Sabrina S. Gavini, Marta Goberna, Lorena Gomez-Aparicio, Enrique Gonzalez-Pendas, Ana Gonzalez-Robles, Stephen P. Hubbell, Kahraman Ipekdal, Maria J. Jorquera, Zaal Kikvidze, Pinar Kutkut, Alicia Ledo, Sandra Lendinez, Buhang Li, Hanlun Liu, Francisco Lloret, Ramiro P. Lopez, Alvaro Lopez-Garcia, Christopher J. Lortie, Gianalberto Losapio, James A. Lutz, Arantzazu L. Luzuriaga, Frantisek Malis, Esteban Manrique, Antonio J. Manzaneda, Vinicius Marcilio-Silva, Richard Michalet, Rafael Molina-Venegas, Jose Antonio Navarro-Cano, Vojtech Novotny, Jens M. Olesen, Juan P. Ortiz-Brunel, Maria Pajares-Murgo, Nikolas Parissis, Geoffrey Parker, Antonio J. Perea, Vidal Perez-Hernandez, Maria Angeles Perez-Navarro, Nuria Piston, Elisa Pizarro-Carbonell, Ivan Prieto, Jorge Prieto-Rubio, Francisco Pugnaire, Nelson Ramirez, Ruben Retuerto, Pedro J. Rey, Daniel A. Rodriguez Ginart, Mariana Rodriguez-Sanchez, Ricardo Sanchez-Martin, Christian Schob, Cagatay Tavsanoglu, Giorgi Tedoradze, Amanda Tercero-Araque, Katja Tielboerger, Blaise Touzard, Irem Tufekcioglu, Sevda Turkis, Francisco M. Usero, Nurbahar Usta, Alfonso Valiente-Banuet, Alexia Vargas-Colin, Ioannis Vogiatzakis, Regino Zamora
Summary: Plant recruitment interactions shape plant community composition, diversity, and structure. Modeling and analyzing the community-level structure of plant recruitment interactions as a complex network can provide relevant information on ecological and evolutionary processes. This data set includes 143 plant recruitment networks across five continents, providing valuable information for testing ecological, biogeographical, and evolutionary hypotheses related to plant recruitment interactions.
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Adriana da Silva Santos, Inti de Souza, Jana Magaly Tesserolli de Souza, Valter Roberto Schaffrath, Franklin Galvao, Rafael Bohn Reckziegel
Summary: The assessment of urban forest remnants is crucial for tree diversity in cities. This study evaluated the composition and structure of forest remnants in four urban parks in Curitiba, Brazil. The research findings highlight the need for specific management measures considering climate change and historical anthropisation.
Article
Ecology
Andrea Nieto, Rafael O. Wuest, Catherine H. Graham, Isabela G. Varassin
Summary: Niche partitioning is crucial for species coexistence. However, the diel niche partitioning in mutualistic interactions has been overlooked. Through a study of a plant-hummingbird network in the Brazilian Atlantic forest, we found that diel partitioning was not observed for hummingbirds or plants. Instead, hummingbirds specialized in different plant species, suggesting trophic niche partitioning due to competition, while co-flowering plant species shared hummingbird visits during similar times, indicating facilitation. Our findings suggest that plants and hummingbirds have different strategies for promoting coexistence.
Article
Plant Sciences
Anali Bustos, Rafael O. Wuest, Catherine H. Graham, Isabela G. Varassin
Summary: This study examined the relationship between fitness and interaction selectivity at both the species and individual level in 14 hummingbird-pollinated plant species in the Atlantic Forest. At the species level, there was no relationship between plant fitness and centrality or interaction selectivity, but there was a positive relationship between plant fitness and trait-matching between bill and corolla lengths. At the individual level, individuals with higher centrality values produced fewer seeds likely due to lower pollen deposition quality, while individuals with lower interaction selectivity produced more seeds probably due to higher conspecific pollen flow.
Letter
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Caroline Ribeiro, Renata Ruaro, Jana Magaly Tesserolli de Souza, Thomaz Aurelio Pagioro, Isabela Galarda Varassin, Marcia Cristina Mendes Marques, Carlos Eduardo de Viveiros Grelle
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Pedro J. Bergamo, Katia F. Rito, Blandina F. Viana, Edenise Garcia, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Marcia M. Maues, AndreR. Rech, Felipe D. S. Silva, Isabela G. Varassin, Kayna Agostini, Marcia C. M. Marques, Pietro K. Maruyama, Nirvia Ravena, Lucas A. Garibaldi, Tiffany M. Knight, Paulo E. A. M. Oliveira, Alberto K. Oppata, Antonio M. Saraiva, Leandro R. Tambosi, Rodrigo Y. Tsukahara, Leandro Freitas, Marina Wolowski
Summary: Human activities threaten nature and ecosystem services, such as pollination. Ecological restoration provides opportunities for biodiversity conservation and sustainable agriculture. However, stakeholders' interactions and power access in social arenas are often overlooked in sustainable agriculture frameworks. This perspective integrates pollination services, ecological restoration, and public engagement for biodiversity conservation and agricultural production to enhance sustainable practices at different scales.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fernando Jeronimo, Isabela G. Varassin
Summary: This paper investigates how landscape structure can influence coffee production at different scales, and evaluates the predictive utility of landscape metrics. The study finds that the composition of the landscape surrounding coffee farms helps predict production in a spatially explicit approach, but these metrics cannot detect the impact of the landscape in an aspatial approach. The findings highlight the importance of landscape spatial structure in the stability of coffee production.
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT
(2023)
Review
Biology
Jose A. Salim, Antonio M. Saraiva, Paula F. Zermoglio, Kayna Agostini, Marina Wolowski, Debora P. Drucker, Filipi M. Soares, Pedro J. Bergamo, Isabela G. Varassin, Leandro Freitas, Marcia M. Maues, Andre R. Rech, Allan K. Veiga, Andre L. Acosta, Andrea C. Araujo, Anselmo Nogueira, Betina Blochtein, Breno M. Freitas, Bruno C. Albertini, Camila Maia-Silva, Carlos E. P. Nunes, Carmen S. S. Pires, Charles F. dos Santos, Elisa P. Queiroz, Etienne A. Cartolano, Favizia F. de Oliveira, Felipe W. Amorim, Francisco E. Fonturbel, Gleycon da Silva, Helder Consolaro, Isabel Alves-dos-Santos, Isabel C. Machado, Juliana S. Silva, Katia P. Aleixo, Luisa G. Carvalheiro, Marcia A. Rocca, Mardiore Pinheiro, Michael Hrncir, Nathalia S. Streher, Patricia A. Ferreira, Patricia M. C. de Albuquerque, Pietro K. Maruyama, Rafael C. Borges, Tereza C. Giannini, Vinicius L. G. Brito
Summary: This article presents a vocabulary and data model for sharing plant-pollinator interactions data based on the Darwin Core standard. It aims to fill data and knowledge gaps, enabling scientific research on the ecology and evolution of plant-pollinator communities, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, and the development of public policies.
Article
Ecology
Marina Correa Scalon, Amabily Bohn, Geraldo Ceni Coelho, Luana Meister, Rangel de Freitas Alves, Rubia Tatiana Secco, Victor P. Zwiener, Vinicius Marcilio-Silva, Weverton C. F. Trindade, Marcia C. M. Marques
Summary: The study found that tree architecture, leaf traits, and reproductive traits significantly influence growth trajectories along tree ontogeny. However, objectively grouping species based on growth-trajectories parameters is ineffective in highly diverse secondary subtropical forests undergoing regeneration, indicating the complex relationship between species functional traits and growth trajectories.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2022)