Birds of the Caatinga revisited: The problem of enclaves within, but not of, the Caatinga

RD Lima - Journal of Arid Environments, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The Caatinga of northeastern Brazil is the largest nucleus of the seasonally dry
tropical forest biome. Number of bird species in lists of the Caatinga often are quite different …

Biogeographical districts of the Caatinga dominion: a proposal based on geomorphology and endemism

MF Moro, VO Amorim, LP de Queiroz… - The Botanical …, 2024‏ - Springer
Abstract The Caatinga Dominion in Northeastern Brazil represents the largest semiarid
phytogeographical area in South America. It was understudied during the twentieth century …

Amazonian colonization from the Atlantic Forest: new perspectives on the connections of South American tropical forests

F Bocalini, SD Bolívar‐Leguizamón… - Molecular …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
An open and dry vegetation belt separates Amazonia (AM) and the Atlantic Forest (AF).
Evidence from palaeoclimatic and phylogenetic studies suggests past connections between …

Systematics of the genus Euryoryzomys Weksler et al., 2006 (Rodentia: Cricetidae): integrative analysis reveals a new species from north-eastern Brazil

AR Percequillo, M Weksler - Zoological Journal of the Linnean …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
The genus Euryoryzomys encompasses six species found across Cis-Andean lowland and
montane rainforests in South America. One of the most enigmatic forms of the genus is found …

 Caddisflies (Trichoptera) checklist and a new species of Helicopsyche von Siebold, 1856, from the Brejo de Altitude de Triunfo, a relict rainforest within the Caatinga …

A Cavalcante-Silva, R Pereira, AR Calor - ZooKeys, 2022‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Brejos de Altitude are evergreen seasonal forests, associated with plateau regions in the
middle of the Caatinga domain in Northeast Brazil, which possibly acted as biological …

How agricultural land use affects the abundance and prevalence of monoxenous and heteroxenous helminths in the generalist lizard Tropidurus hispidus

AC Brasileiro, EFF de Carvalho - Journal of Helminthology, 2023‏ - cambridge.org
Among the forms of anthropogenic disturbance, agricultural land use is one of the main
threats to biodiversity. Understanding how interactions between parasites and hosts are …

Knowledge leads to protection: anuran composition and conservation of the 'Brejos de altitude'of Northeastern Brazil

KC Araújo, E Barroso de Andrade… - … on Neotropical Fauna …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
The 'Brejos de altitude'(BA) are mountains that harbor rich biodiversity, including endemic
and threatened species. However, some of them remain understudied, suffering high …

Historical biogeography of earwigs

S Fattorini - Biology, 2022‏ - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Earwigs (Dermaptera) have their highest diversity in the tropical areas of
the southern hemisphere, whereas the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere have …

[PDF][PDF] An unexpected record of the Green Jararaca Bothrops bilineatus (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) in the state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil (Serpentes: Viperidae)

T Cavalcante, R Freire Filho, JA Andrade-Oliveira… - Herpetology …, 2022‏ - biotaxa.org
The snake was an adult female (snout–vent length 674 mm, tail length 116 mm; Fig. 2), and
the specimen is now housed in the Herpetological Collection of the Museu de História …

[PDF][PDF] Parasitic infection patterns in Coleodactylus meridionalis (Squamata: Sphaerodactylidae) from Atlantic Forest fragments, northeast of the Neotropical Region

AAM Teixeira, NKS Sampaio, JA Araujo-Filho… - Helminthologia, 2021‏ - sciendo.com
Studies that seek to understand which factors influence the patterns of infection in the lizard
Coleodactylus meridionalis are non-existent. In this way, we recorded the infection rates for …