Search Results - "Ferreira, Vanda Lúcia"
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New insights into a poorly known parasite, Dero lutzi (Oligochaeta: Naididae), associated with tree frogs of the genus Scinax: morphological evaluation and genotypic data
Published in Revista brasileira de parasitologia veterinaria (01-01-2024)“…The oligochaete Dero lutzi follows a life strategy that alternates between free-living periods in aquatic environments and endoparasitic phases. Most…”
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Untangling the Defiant Taxonomy of Physaloptera (Nematoda: Chromadorea: Spirurida: Physalopteridae) Parasites in Reptiles: An Integrative Approach on the Enigmatic P. retusa Suggests Cryptic Speciation
Published in Taxonomy (Basel, Switzerland) (01-06-2024)“…(1) Background: Although Physaloptera retusa is one of the most widespread species infecting reptiles in the Americas, numerous taxonomic problems and little…”
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What Shapes the Phylogenetic Structure of Anuran Communities in a Seasonal Environment? The Influence of Determinism at Regional Scale to Stochasticity or Antagonistic Forces at Local Scale
Published in PloS one (23-06-2015)“…Ecological communities are structured by both deterministic and stochastic processes. We investigated phylogenetic patterns at regional and local scales to…”
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Evidence of stochasticity driving anuran metacommunity structure in the Pantanal wetlands
Published in Freshwater biology (01-11-2015)“…The association of species distribution and abundance patterns with environmental and spatial variables is often used to identify signatures of niche‐based and…”
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Trait-Environment Relationship of Aquatic Vegetation in a Tropical Pond Complex System
Published in Wetlands (Wilmington, N.C.) (01-04-2020)“…The relationship between organisms’ traits and the characteristics of their habitats has been a central theme in ecology. Using two complementary approaches to…”
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Multi-scale approach to disentangle the small mammal composition in a fragmented landscape in central Brazil
Published in Journal of mammalogy (05-12-2018)“…Habitat quality and its availability affect the structure of communities at a variety of different spatial and environmental scales, including habitat and…”
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Traits reveal how habitat‐quality gradients structure small mammal communities in a fragmented tropical landscape
Published in Austral ecology (01-02-2020)“…Understanding the relationships among community structure, vegetation structure and availability of food resources are a key to unravelling the ecological…”
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Snake diversity in floodplains of central South America: Is flood pulse the principal driver?
Published in Acta oecologica (Montrouge) (01-05-2019)“…Seasonal flood pulses drive important seasonal ecosystem changes, trigger ecological processes that control spatial and temporal distribution of organisms and…”
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Hepatozoon caimani Carini, 1909 (Adeleina: Hepatozoidae) in wild population of Caiman yacare Daudin, 1801 (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae), Pantanal, Brazil
Published in Parasitology research (1987) (01-07-2017)“…Previous studies showed infections of Hepatozoon caimani in wild populations of caimans in wide regions from Brazil; some of those demonstrated that trophic…”
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Diet of Leptodactylus fuscus (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) in the Pantanal of Miranda river, Brazil
Published in Biota neotropica (01-03-2012)“…Amphibians are usually generalist predators, and their diet is influenced by extrinsic (e.g. food availability) and intrinsic factors (e.g. body size and skull…”
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The Effect of Local Environmental Variables on the Helminth Parasite Communities of the Pointedbelly Frog Leptodactylus podicipinus from Ponds in the Pantanal Wetlands
Published in The Journal of parasitology (01-04-2012)“…Understanding the patterns of species distribution and abundance has been at the core of ecology. In general, these patterns are determined by species…”
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Anurans of a threatened savanna area in western Brazil
Published in Biota neotropica (01-03-2014)“…The Upper Paraguay River Basin is located in the center of South America and harbors one of the largest wetland in the world, known as Pantanal. This…”
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Helminth component community of the paradoxal frog Pseudis platensis Gallardo, 1961 (Anura: Hylidae) from south-eastern Pantanal, Brazil
Published in Parasitology research (1987) (01-02-2010)“…The importance of understanding the role of parasites in ecosystems and the structure of parasite communities was addressed by studying the helminth component…”
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Effects of altitude and vegetation on small-mammal distribution in the Urucum Mountains, western Brazil
Published in Journal of tropical ecology (01-05-2011)“…We conducted a study on small-mammal composition, abundance and diversity across altitudinal and vegetational gradients in the Urucum Mountains (from 150 to…”
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NEW SPECIES OF HAPLOMETROIDES (DIGENEA: PLAGIORCHIIDAE) FROM PHALOTRIS NASUTUS (GOMES, 1915) (SERPENTES, COLUBRIDAE)
Published in The Journal of parasitology (01-08-2007)“…A new species of Haplometroides (Digenea, Plagiorchiidae) is described from a specimen of Phalotris nasutus (Gomes, 1915) (Serpentes, Colubridae). The host…”
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Répteis do Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil
Published in Iheringia: Série Zoologia“…RESUMO Informações sobre riqueza e composição de répteis pela primeira vez são apresentadas para o Mato Grosso do Sul (MS). A compilação de dados foi baseada…”
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Reproductive Biology and Feeding Habits of Stenocercus caducus (Iguanidae) in Semideciduous Forest in Central Brazil
Published in South American Journal of Herpetology (01-08-2008)Get full text
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Dataset of occurrences and ecological traits of amphibians from Upper Paraguay River Basin, central South America
Published in Nature Conservation (02-09-2020)“…There are many gaps in our biodiversity knowledge, especially in highly diverse regions such as the Neotropics. Basic information on species occurrence and…”
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New species of Haplometroides (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae) from Phalotris nasutus (Gomes, 1915) (Serpentes, Colubridae)
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