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Environmental Sciences
Ygor O. S. Rodrigues, Jose G. Dorea, P. M. B. Landim, Jose Vicente Elias Bernardi, Lucas Cabrera Monteiro, Joao Pedro Rudrigues de Souza, Lilian de Castro Moraes Pinto, Iara Oliveira Fernandes, Joao Victor Villela de Souza, Antonia Roberto Sousa, Juruna de Paula Sousa, Bruno Leandro Oliveira Maciel, Francisco Marcos dos Santos Delvico, Jurandir Rodrigues de Souza
Summary: Mercury, a persistent environmental pollutant, originates from anthropic activities such as fuel fossil emissions and industrial activities. In a study conducted in Central Brazil, it was found that road-traffic mercury emissions can lead to high mercury concentrations in soil, especially near the roadsides, gradually decreasing with distance.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2022)
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Biology
Kennedy Lewis, Fernanda de V. Barros, Peter W. Moonlight, Timothy C. Hill, Rafael S. Oliveira, Isabel B. Schmidt, Alexandre B. Sampaio, R. Toby Pennington, Lucy Rowland
Summary: There is a high potential for ecosystem restoration in tropical savannah-dominated regions. This study focuses on the Brazilian Cerrado as an example and evaluates the potential benefits of restoration in terms of biomass gains, plant species richness, and connectivity between restored and native vegetation. The results show that restoration can maximize biodiversity and carbon gains across all vegetation types in the heterogeneous tropical savannah-dominated regions.
PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(2023)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Nadinni Oliveira de Matos Sousa, Leonardo Esteves Lopes, Lilian Mariana Costa, Jose Carlos Motta-Junior, Guilherme Henrique Silva de Freitas, Tulio Dornas, Marcelo Ferreira de Vasconcelos, Wagner Nogueira, Vitor Carneiro de Magalhaes Tolentino, Crizanto Brito De-Carvalho, Marcelo Oliveira Barbosa, Flavio Kulaif Ubaid, Alessandro Pacheco Nunes, Gustavo Bernardino Malacco, Miguel Angelo Marini
Summary: The degree of habitat specificity influences how birds respond to land-use and climate change, with information on habitat-use, movement potential, and sensitivity to disturbance aiding in predictions of species responses. Most birds in the Cerrado domain primarily use one major natural habitat category, face challenges in movement through the landscape, and are highly sensitive to human disturbance.
BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
(2021)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Pilar Roncero, Olivia de Mendonca-Furtado, Patricia Izar
Summary: Changes in land use have led to biodiversity loss and could threaten animal cultures. The nut-cracking tradition in capuchin monkeys at Fazenda Boa Vista has been studied since 2005. The study investigates whether this tradition is threatened by habitat transformation. The results show a decrease in fruiting palm trees, time spent on the ground, and use of tools, confirming the hypothesis of a threatened tradition.
JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Daniel R. Lammel, Klaus Nusslein, Carlos Eduardo P. Cerri, Stavros D. Veresoglou, Matthias C. Rillig
Summary: The study found that land use change in southern Amazonia affects soil biota community structure, with different agricultural systems having varying effects on Archaea, Bacteria, and Protists. While agricultural fields showed increased soil biota richness, some taxa were suppressed by agriculture. The research highlights the importance of caution in land use change and the relevance of maintaining pristine vegetation areas to protect soil biodiversity.
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Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mayrene Guimarais, Adan Zuniga-Rios, Cesia J. Cruz-Ramirez, Valeria Chavez, Itxaso Oderiz, Brigitta I. van Tussenbroek, Rodolfo Silva
Summary: The study reveals a north-south increasing gradient in the preservation state of coastal ecosystems along the Mexican Caribbean coast, with the north facing high pressure from various stressors and chronic coastline erosion. Central and southern regions have more mature and healthier ecosystems, with the main stressor being reduced water quality. The north is also more susceptible to high-intensity hurricanes, which have increased in frequency in recent decades.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Luana Teixeira Silveira, Walter Santos de Araujo
Summary: Our study compared plant-insect networks of adult and immature insects in Neotropical savanna sites under different land-use intensification levels. Results showed that immature insect networks had lower insect abundance, generality, and nestedness compared to adult insect networks, while connectance was lower in adult networks.
JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION
(2021)
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Engineering, Civil
Arnaldo Jose Cambraia Neto, Lineu Neiva Rodrigues
Summary: This study evaluates the impact of land use and occupation changes on potential groundwater recharge in a Brazilian savannah watershed, concluding that the processes of land occupation in the watershed should be understood in order to minimize reductions in potential groundwater recharge. The results show that potential groundwater recharge is directly influenced by changing scenarios in the watershed, with different land use and occupation changes having a significant impact on the recharge potential.
WATER INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
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Ecology
Cesar M. A. Correa, Kalel Caetano da Silva, Pedro Lucas Moreira de Oliveira, Renato Portela Salomao
Summary: This study evaluated the effects of land use change on the physiological condition and body traits of dung beetles. The results showed that individuals collected in exotic pastures had lower dry mass and fat mass, but higher muscle mass, than those in conserved Cerrado.
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
(2023)
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Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Leila M. G. Fonseca, Thales S. Korting, Hugo do N. Bendini, Cesare D. Girolamo-Neto, Alana K. Neves, Anderson R. Soares, Evandro C. Taquary, Raian V. Maretto
Summary: The Brazilian Savannah, or Cerrado, has become increasingly important in discussions about sustainable land development due to the conversion of half of its natural vegetation. Over the past two decades, most agricultural expansion in Brazil has occurred in this biome, with technological improvements in agriculture and environmental compliance policies playing a key role. Remote sensing imagery, pattern recognition, and image processing techniques have been utilized to analyze and monitor land dynamics in the Cerrado region.
PATTERN RECOGNITION LETTERS
(2021)
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Ecology
Thais M. Rosan, Stephen Sitch, Lina M. Mercado, Viola Heinrich, Pierre Friedlingstein, Luiz E. O. C. Aragao
Summary: This study examines the relationship between landscape fragmentation, agricultural land, and burned area (BA) in the Amazonia and Cerrado biomes. The results show that there is an opposite relationship between BA fraction and landscape fragmentation and agricultural fraction in the two biomes. In the Amazonia, both landscape fragmentation and agricultural fraction increase BA fraction due to increased human ignition activities. In contrast, an increase in landscape fragmentation and agricultural fraction decreases BA fraction within the native vegetation in the Cerrado. Furthermore, the study finds that BA increases during drought years in both biomes, while the divergent trends driven by fragmentation in the two contrasting biomes are maintained.
FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE
(2022)
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Biodiversity Conservation
Bruno do Amaral Crispim, Juliana dos Santos Fernandes, Miklos Maximiliano Bajay, Maria Imaculada Zucchi, Carlos Eduardo de Aranjo Batista, Maria do Carmo Vieira, Alexeia Barufatti
Summary: The study showed no significant loss of genetic diversity in Campomanesia adamantium from 2011 to 2017. Positive inbreeding coefficients were observed in all populations. Significant Pearson correlations were found in 2017 between genetic diversity parameters and land use/cover, indicating potential impacts on the species' long-term survival due to inbreeding depression and population bottleneck.
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Jessica Pereira Barbosa, Marcos dos Santos Lima, Patricia Amaral Souza Tette
Summary: This study investigated the prebiotic potential of by-products from Puca and Gabiroba and found that they possess characteristics indicating their prebiotic potential, making them interesting components to increase the nutritional value of foods.
FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Zoology
Claysson de Aguiar Silva, Ricardo B. Machado, Mauricio Silveira, Ludmilla M. S. Aguiar
Summary: Surveying biodiversity using bioacoustics has become increasingly common worldwide, with a focus on temperate regions. This study assessed the diversity of bats in the cerrado region of Brazil using acoustic indices. The results showed that the Acoustic Complexity Index was the best predictor of functional morphological diversity, while the Entropy index was the best predictor of taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity.
BIOACOUSTICS-THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SOUND AND ITS RECORDING
(2023)
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Genetics & Heredity
Tatiana Souza do Amaral, Juliana Silveira dos Santos, Fernanda Fraga Rosa, Marcelo Bruno Pessoa, Lazaro Jose Chaves, Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Rosane Garcia Collevatti
Summary: This study investigated the effects of landscape features on genetic diversity and adaptive quantitative traits of plants, finding that landscapes with higher compositional heterogeneity may lead to lower evolutionary potential and higher genetic diversity. Additionally, agricultural landscapes with low quality mosaic may be more stressful for plant species.
FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
(2021)
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Ecology
Julie Teresa Shapiro, Thiago Mateus Rocha dos Santos, Clarice Rossato Marchetti, Aline Pedroso Lorenz-Lemke, Emilia Delarmelina, Marcelo Oscar Bordignon
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Biodiversity Conservation
Erich Fischer, Carolina Ferreira Santos, Luiz Felipe Alves da Cunha Carvalho, George Camargo, Nicolay Leme da Cunha, Mauricio Silveira, Marcelo Oscar Bordignon, Camila de Lima Silva
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Zoology
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IHERINGIA SERIE ZOOLOGIA
(2017)
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Zoology
Marcelo Oscar Bordignon, Julie Teresa Shapiro
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Zoology
Mauricio Silveira, Walfrido Moraes Tomas, Erich Fischer, Marcelo Oscar Bordignon
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Entomology
Erica Fernanda G. Gomes de Sa, Vinicius da Silva Rodrigues, Marcos Valerio Garcia, Namor Pinheiro Zimmermann, Vanessa do Nascimento Ramos, Isabella Maiumi Zaidan Blecha, Pamella de Oliveira Duarte, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Marcelo Oscar Bordignon, Renato Andreotti
SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED ACAROLOGY
(2018)
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Parasitology
Julie Teresa Shapiro, Manoel Sebastiao da Costa Lima Junior, Maria Elizabeth Cavalheiros Dorval, Adriana de Oliveira Franca, Maria de Fatima Cepa Matos, Marcelo Oscar Bordignon
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Zoology
Naira C. de Carvalho, Marcelo O. Bordignon, Julie T. Shapiro
IHERINGIA SERIE ZOOLOGIA
(2014)
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Zoology
Guilherme Douglas Piel Dornelles, Marcelo Oscar Bordignon, Gustavo Graciolli
STUDIES ON NEOTROPICAL FAUNA AND ENVIRONMENT
(2020)
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Parasitology
Eduardo de Castro Ferreira, Agnes Antonio Sampaio Pereirac, Mauricio Silveira, Carina Margonari, Glaucia Elisete Barbosa Marcon, Adriana de Oliveira Franca, Ludiele Souza Castro, Marcelo Oscar Bordignon, Erich Fischer, Walfrido Moraes Tomas, Maria Elizabeth Cavalheiros Dorval, Celia Maria Ferreira Gontijo
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Biodiversity Conservation
Marcelo Oscar Bordignon, Adriana de Oliveira Franca
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Zoology
Marcelo O. Bordignon
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ZOOLOGIA
(2006)
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Zoology
MO Bordignon
REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE ZOOLOGIA
(2006)
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Biodiversity Conservation
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