Amazon Biome

densely populated semiarids in the world. Yet this region, traditionally considered poverty stricken and socially underdeveloped, is actually rich with natural assets and captivating scenery. Flowers of the Caatinga tours the one-of-a-kind Caatinga Biome, presenting information about the local flora that will enhance readers' understanding of little known and rarely cultivated species. This region's great potential can and should be harnessed through appropriate exploration and…

Agency of Cooperation, and the Brazilian Council of Research (CNPq). The goal of this document was to provide a first profile of the current knowledge on vertebrate diversity in Brazil. The main aspects considered were species richness (by taxa and biomes), collections, specialists, and literature available, and also priorities for the near future. In this synthesis, we discussed aspects of the known fraction of vertebrate diversity of the country and we tried to indicate ways to…

role in generating genetic differentiation and phylogeographical structure of the species. The phylogeographical pattern suggests at least two diversification centers for the group, one in the Guiana shield, comprising species ranging north of the Amazon river, and another in the Brazilian shield, comprising M. glirina and M. domestica. vii . INTRODUÇÃO Os marsupiais da família Didelphidae pertencem à ordem Didelphimorphia e formam um grupo monofilético (Jansa…

the Andes at Amazon 1 CORRESPONDENCE: e-mail, ppassos@mn.ufrj.br 1 Forest from Venezuela south to Bolivia, eastern to French Guyana, and southeastern to Brazil; E. c. maurus Gray occurring in the Savannas or Dry Forest of the Nicaragua to northern Brazil; E. c. crassus Cope occurring in the open formations from Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina; E. c. barbouri Stull occurring ´ in the Savannas from Marajo Island at ´ Brazilian state of Para; E. c. gaigei Stull occurring in the Amazon…

Departamento de Psicobiologia da Universidade Federal de São Paulo. Abstract The present work registered, by means of an ethnopharmacologic search, the plants used in ritual contexts by a quilombola group, who occupy a transition area between the biomes: cerrado and the pantanal of Poconé, in Mato Grosso State, Brazil. The two years of field work were guided by methods of the anthropology and botany. The local therapeutic practice involves the combination of healing rituals and the…

broadcasted to all ends of the earth by the natural actions of the primary goddesses transformed into a universal acoustic phenomenon . The story even states that the sermon described was inspired by the futuristic observations, in which the Roraimense, Amazon, Latin and universal myth, Makunaima, was anticipating the human behavior and disregarded the future of humanity in relation to all nature and would put life at risk of early extinction, including humanity itself. Good…

criteria; correpondingly the northeastern caatinga biome was also ranked as the worst known. The western region was ranked second lowest as to knowledge and collecting effort for most invertebrate groups; accordingly the Pantanal and the Cerrados have been classified as badly known by most specialists. The Northern region of Brazil appeared in an intermediate position as some of the investigated groups can be considered reasonably well known in the Amazon. As for Southern Brazil,…

C6-C3-C6 present in vegetables. In foods, they are astringent, act as anti-nutritional factor and are poorly absorbed by humans. This study aimed to optimize the acid cleavage of proanthocyanidins present in hydroalcoholic extracts from plants of the Amazon biome: Byrsonima crassifolia (BC), Euterpe oleracea (EO) and Inga edulis (IE) by Response Surface Methodology (RSM). It was used the rotational central composite design with four replicates at the central point, and evaluated the…

2007. LOMBORG, B. Imagining the Future. IUCN – World Conservation. Gland, Suíça. (11). 2002. LUIS, W. in: FOLGATO, M. Exigências Ambientais Barram Obras em Estradas. O Estado de São Paulo. 04/05/2003. LUIZÃO, F.J. Nutrient Cycling in the Amazon Region: natural and altered systems. National Institute for Amazonian Research – INPA. LBA Project – Regional Coordinator, Central Office. Simpósio Brasileiro de Mudanças Ambientais Globais. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. 2007.…

Global Biodiversity, Status of the Eearth’s Living Resources. London: Chapman & Hall, p. 17-39. Hopkins, M.J.G. 2005. Flora da Reserva Ducke. Rodriguésia 56(86): 9-25. Hopkins, M.J.G. 2007. Modelling the Known and Unknown Plant Biodiversity of the Amazon Basin. Journal of Biogeography, 34: 1400-1411. Kier, G.; Mutke, J.; Dinerstein, Ricketts, T.H.; Küper, W.; Kreft, H. & Barthlott, W. 2005. Global Patterns of Plant Diversity and Floristic Knowledge. Journal of Biogeography 32: 1107-1116.…