Glanders is a disease that affects equidae and eventually other animal species, including humans, characterized by severe zoonosis. The Agricultural Defense of the State of Paraíba in the fulfillment of its attributions works in control applying the established in federal legislation. Thus, many animals are slaughtered and destroyed every year without the data obtained being used in order to characterize the di...
Caesalpinia ferrea Mart. (Caesalpinoideae), known as jucá or pau - ferro, is traditionally used in folk medicine due to its antifungal, antibacterial, antiulcerogenic, anti - inflammatory and analgesic activities. The objective of this study was to investigate the antibacterial effects subinhibitory concentrations of ethanolic and hydroalcoholic extracts from the bark of Caesalpinia ferrea Mart., on, on the bio...
The body size has been pointed as a potential variable that explains species abundance in different lineages and scales. Such information about the factors influencing both population density and habitat use could aid species conservation programs by choosing potential reintroduction sites, for example. We assessed the relationship between Psittacidae abundance, body size and habitat use in a semi-arid area wit...
Populations change through time as consequence of variations in the rates of deaths, births, and migration. Seasonal and inter-annual population fluctuations are associated with endogenous and climatic factors. In order to investigate the seasonality and the effect of endogenous and exogenous factors upon the population dynamics of small mammals, we used data from a capture-mark-recapture study about rodents an...
The effects of medium- and long-term smallholder farming systems in the Brazilian tropical seasonal dry forest that promote changes in the organic matter fractions (MOS) and in the physical attributes of Vertisols are unknown. Our aim here, was to evaluate the impact of different land uses on labile carbon, recalcitrant fractions of MOS and physical properties of Vertissolo under common bean – maize – fava bean...
The South America is the ichthyic richest area of the Neotropical region, the richest fish fauna in the world. The periphery of South America, however, is characterized by a low ichthyic richness, including the semi-arid regions of the continent, as the Caatinga’s domain. The Mamanguape River basin is part of this context, its headwaters and middle portion running in the Caatinga both wetter or drier, and its l...
Sea turtles are representative umbrella species in marine ecology and conservation. Prior knowledge about the species, from their distribution to population structure and dynamics of them start by individual monitoring. One of the recommended methods is the photo-identification, due to the low cost, high accuracy and non-invasive procedure. Photographic analyses are based on natural marks from animal body, and ...
Bauhinia and Schnella are representatives genres of Bauhiniinea subtribe in Brazil, where they have greater diversity. The genus Bauhinia is pantropical, with about 160 species, of which 57 occur in Brazil, of which 35 are endemic. Schnella is a neotropical group with 47 species, 33 found in Brazil, with 17 endemic. The species of these genera are popularly used in traditional medicine, especially against diabe...
In order to characterize the environmental quality and multitemporias changes Mamanguape River Estuary, remote sensing analyzes were performed (IVs) Vegetation Index and Rating and analysis of diatom community in sediments. Bordered by two protected areas, both federal liability management (CUs), the APA of the Mamanguape River Bar (APA Mamanguape) and ARIE Foz do Mamanguape River (ARIE Mamanguape), the estuary...
Changes in the equilibrium state of shallow lakes can be induced by in water level fluctuations, promoting changes in the trophic state, structure and dynamics of macrophytes and phytoplankton communities. From the temporal analysis of two shallow lakes with different equilibria, this study aimed to: i) evaluate the structure and dynamics of functional phytoplankton groups (FGs) over a macrophyte cover gradient...