[PDF] Top 20 Ecology and diversity of a lizard community in the semiarid region of Brazil

... spite of lizards being considered model organisms for ecological studies, being easily handled animals and because they are more abundant and frequent to find than other reptiles (Rocha 1994), for a ... See full document

... distribution of phytoplanktonic species in tropical regions responds quickly to the physicochemical factors of water with ecophysiological changes and ...for the changes ... See full document

... Abstract: The present study describes the community diversity and gives a seasonal distribution of an intertidal macroalgal assemblage at Prainha Beach, Arraial do Cabo City ... See full document

... areas of endemism of amphibians along the Jequitinhonha River Valley are in a transition region (a mosaic of vegetation types: cerrado, campo cerrado, caatinga, high-altitude ... See full document

... analysis of species abundance and diversity measures (just ~ 0.5% of total ...considered in the total number of individuals (N) and the number of ... See full document

... obtain the «expected» number of species according to the number of sampled individuals (Ramalho & Sil- va ...2002). The first order Jackknife procedure is one of the ... See full document

... (Use and knowledge of aroeira (Myracrodruon urundeuva) by traditional communities in the semiarid region of Brazil) – In this study, the traditional ... See full document

... formed in mesocenozoic age occurring between the States of Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte, being target of several cientific researches, especially by environmental agencies promoved by ... See full document

... In the Chapada Diamantina region as a whole, we identified five types of bryophyte communities, in terms of the substrate colonized: corticolous, epixylous, rupicolous, ... See full document

... lack of understanding of the etiology of community ...investigate the etiology and severity of diarrheal diseases in chil- dren living in Brazil’s ... See full document

... guilds of tolerance to light intensity were classified based on Richards (1954); Gradstein (1992); Costa (1999); Gradstein & Costa (2003); Alvarenga & Pôrto (2007); Silva & Pôrto (2009) with the ... See full document

... to the literature, variations in plant establishment conditions (microhabitats) may favour increased species richness and changes in community composition and structure on a ... See full document

... out in the restinga of Jurubatiba, in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, more precisely at an area adjacent to the Cabiúnas lagoon (22º16’S; 41º41’W), corresponding to the open ... See full document

... number of species found in the Taperoá river may be related to the temporary regime of this river and its hierarchical level, which provide a longer water flow period than other ... See full document

... Despite the more beneficial physical environment promoted by SF, including greater soil moisture retention and reduced water loss by evaporation, the higher plant density in SF can lead to ... See full document

... time, the animals were put in a pen equipped with individual stalls ...receive the supplementation. The animals had free access to drinking water and the collective fountains ... See full document

... discusses the climatological aspects of the most severe drought ever recorded in the semiarid region Northeast ...recurrent in the region and ... See full document

... on the philosophy of this approach. The VSWI, which is an additive combination of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the thermal data (land surface ... See full document

... established in Brazil. In this paper we investigate some reproductive strategies adopted to minimize the costs of invariant clutch size to this invader species living in an ... See full document

... considerably in Brazil, Livestock still remains the main agricultural activity of animal production (SALTON et ...to the great territorial extension of the country ... See full document