4 documents found, page 1 of 1
Dismantling Brazil's science threatens global biodiversity heritage
Fernandes, G. Wilson; Vale, M. M.; Overbeck, Gerhard Ernst; Bustamante, Mercedes M.C.; Grelle, Carlos Eduardo V.Viveiros; Bergallo, H. G.In the middle of a political and fiscal crisis, the Brazilian government is applying successive budget cuts, including in science funding. Recent cuts radically affect research programs on biodiversity that are crucial components for the design and monitoring of public policies for nature conservation and sustainable development. We analyze the consequences of such cuts on the Research Program on Biodiversity (...
Phylogenetic composition and structure of tree communities shed light on histor...
Carlucci, Marcos Bergmann; Seger, Guilherme Dubal dos Santos; Sheil, Douglas; Amaral, Iêda Leão do; Chuyong, George Bindeh; Ferreira, Leandro ValleThe Neotropics, Afrotropics and Madagascar have different histories which have influenced their respective patterns of diversity. Based on current knowledge of these histories, we developed the following predictions about the phylogenetic structure and composition of rainforest tree communities: (Hypothesis 1) isolation of Gondwanan biotas generated differences in phylogenetic composition among biogeographical ...
Effects of Brazil's political crisis on the science needed for biodiversity con...
Magnusson, William Ernest; Grelle, Carlos Eduardo V.Viveiros; Marques, Márcia Cristina Mendes; Rocha, Carlos Frederico D. daThe effects of Brazil's political crisis on science funding necessary for biodiversity conservation are likely to be global. Brazil is not only the world's most biodiverse nation, it is responsible for the greater part of the Amazon forest, which regulates the climate and provides rain to much of southern South America. Brazil was a world leader in satellite monitoring of land-use change, in-situ biodiversity m...
Phytoplankton associations of a coastal lagoon in south of Brazil
Torgan, Lezilda Carvalho; Pillar, Valério de Patta; Niencheski, Luis Felipe HaxSubmitted by Thainã Moraes (thainabm79@hotmail.com) on 2012-07-10T22:58:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Phytoplankton Associations of a Coastal Lagoon in South of Brazil.pdf: 215652 bytes, checksum: 63d0a0b545ac01939176de4a68432180 (MD5); Approved for entry into archive by Sabrina Andrade(sabrinabeatriz@ibest.com.br) on 2012-11-08T18:53:57Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Phytoplankton Associations of a Coastal Lagoon in S...