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... consimilis was restricted to Paraguay, and therefore the present report constitutes the first record for the species in ...throughout the year. The highest and ... See full document

... to the high mountains of central Argentina, revealed similar survival for both ...it was almost three times higher than previously reported for the study area (MARCORA et ...boaria was ... See full document

... on the population structure, the endangered species Euterpe edulis, Geonoma gamiova and Geonoma schottiana showed a pattern of “inverse J”, which points toward a process of population growth because ... See full document

... performed, the present manuscript is the first of its kind carried out in the ...because the data were obtained from relatively few composite samples. Besides the DGGE bias already ... See full document

... INFO was used to process all necessary maps. The model was run using a DEM at a 30 meter ...resolution. The DEM was obtained from a contour line map at a 1:50000 scale, and ... See full document

... ing the breeding season of 2001. A map of the colonies was elabo- rated and each nest was plotted and received an identification ...in the colony tree where we were able ... See full document

... in the number of AIDS cases in the Paraná State, Brazil, and almost the totality of HIV/AIDS patients attended at the AIDS Reference Centers in Londrina and region during ... See full document

... ABSTRACT. The behavioral patterns of the estuarine dolphin, Sotalia guianensis ...along the Brazilian coast: Caravelas (Bahia), along the eastern coast, and Norte Bay (Santa Catarina), ... See full document

... in the SBNP and region, those specially surveyed by interviews, such as the Jaguar Panthera onca and Three-banded armadillo Tolypeutes matacus, which are threatened in Brazil (I BAMA 2003, I ... See full document

... is the most widespread neotropical canid, most commonly inhabiting forested ...activities. The aim of this study was to describe its diet through the stomach content analysis of 30 ... See full document

... (PBS) and screened at the 1:64 ...of the antigen slides, the slides were incubated, washed, then incubated with fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled goat anti-human IgG, goat anti- horse IgG, or ... See full document

... (AMF) was investigated in the rhizosphere of two fruit species in a terra firme (upland) ecosystem in Central ...grandiflorum and Paullinia cupana) and nine sampling months (August, September ... See full document

... wilting and had a brown discolouration of vascular vessels. The roots were cleaned, and cut into pieces that were 1 cm long using a sterile ...blade. The pieces were sterilized using ...water ... See full document

... that the growth rates in DBH vary significantly among and within populations, and also in relation to the season and microclimate conditions (SILVA et ...In the secondary forest ... See full document

... lect the best-fitting model is the lowest AIC (Akaike Information Criterion) ...value. The probability of detection in the line transect was assumed to be equal to 1 (g(0) = 1) in this ... See full document

... for the thermal degradation due to de action of the temperature, it is noticed a behavior similar to the contraction of wood when there is water ...loss. The tangential plane contracts more ... See full document

... it was surpassed in abun- dance by various other species, being only the eighth most ...enough, the most abun- dant Neotropical species was ...in the forested area, contrasting with a ... See full document

... following the classic species-area relationship (Ricklefs & Lovette, 1999; Benedick et ...relationship was found between frag- ment area and species richness of fruit-feeding but- terflies in ... See full document

... locate and enter the structure; fishway entry is therefore just as important as ...this study, proportions entering the fishway differed among species, but were generally low ...Mark-recapture ... See full document

... of the water column were taken at each plot, using a tape measure fixed to a pole, one at each point where the throw trap was ...launched. The depth of the water column in each plot ... See full document