Uncertainties in biomass estimates in Amazonian forests result in a broad range of possible
magnitude for the emissions of carbon from deforestation and other land-use changes. This …

A análise multivariada é um vasto campo, no qual até os estatísticos experientes movem-se
cuidadosamente, devido esta ser uma área recente da ciência, pois já se descobriu muito …

Studies leading to decision-making for environmental licensing often fail to provide accurate
estimates of diversity. Measures of snake diversity are regularly obtained to assess …

In Amazonia, nothing is known about the distribution of the invertebrates on a medium-
spatial scale pattern. In a trail system of 64 km² at Ducke Reserve, we sampled 72 transects …

Nutrient recycling in the forest is linked to the production and decomposition of litter, which
are essential processes for forest maintenance, especially in regions of nutritionally poor …

A community of Ferns and Lycophytes was investigated by comparing the occurrence of
species on different slopes of a paleoisland in Southeastern Brazil. Our goal was to evaluate …

Detailed studies of the population structure of most species of turtles in the Amazon Basin
are lacking throughout their range. We estimated sex ratio, size structure, relative …

A contentious aspect in dendrobatoid frog behaviour is the recognition of the predominant
factor—if any—driving male mating success. This is probably related to an extensive …

A fim de se compreender como varia a diversidade de pteridófitas em função do aumento
da elevação do terreno e quais os potenciais mecanismos responsáveis pelas mudanças …

One of the must forensic importance insect families is Calliphoridae (Diptera) and different
species of this family were used to demonstrate the efficiency of the experimental model …