Search Results - "Malhado, Ana C. M."
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Mapping ignorance: 300 years of collecting flowering plants in Africa
Published in Global ecology and biogeography (01-09-2016)“…Aim: Spatial and temporal biases in species-occurrence data can compromise broad-scale biogeographical research and conservation planning. Although spatial…”
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Known unknowns: Filling the gaps in scientific knowledge production in the Caatinga
Published in PloS one (03-07-2019)“…The Caatinga is an ecologically unique semi-arid region of northeast Brazil characterized by high levels of endemism and severe anthropogenic threats from…”
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Assessing Brazilian protected areas through social media: Insights from 10 years of public interest and engagement
Published in PloS one (30-10-2023)“…Social media platforms are a valuable source of data for investigating cultural and political trends related to public interest in nature and conservation…”
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Geographic trends and information deficits in Amazonian conservation research
Published in Biodiversity and conservation (01-10-2015)“…Amazonia has an iconic status in global conservation due to its enormous area and vast stores of biodiversity. Nevertheless, much of its biodiversity remains…”
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Familiarity breeds content: assessing bird species popularity with culturomics
Published in PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) (25-02-2016)“…Understanding public perceptions of biodiversity is essential to ensure continued support for conservation efforts. Despite this, insights remain scarce at…”
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Artisanal Fisheries Research: A Need for Globalization?
Published in PloS one (04-03-2016)“…Given limited funds for research and widespread degradation of ecosystems, environmental scientists should geographically target their studies where they will…”
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scientific value of Amazonian protected areas
Published in Biodiversity and conservation (01-07-2016)“…Protected areas (PAs) are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their broader value and contribution to society. Scientific research and associated…”
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Unexplored Diversity and Conservation Potential of Neotropical Hot Caves
Published in Conservation biology (01-12-2012)“…The term hot cave is used to describe some subterranean chambers in the Neotropics that are characterized by constantly high ambient temperatures generated by…”
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Digital data sources and methods for conservation culturomics
Published in Conservation biology (01-04-2021)“…Ongoing loss of biological diversity is primarily the result of unsustainable human behavior. Thus, the long‐term success of biodiversity conservation depends…”
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Modeling the photosynthetically active radiation in South West Amazonia under all sky conditions
Published in Theoretical and applied climatology (01-05-2012)“…Accurate estimates of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) are critical for the development of realistic models of plant productivity. However, in many…”
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Spatio-temporal Variability of Chlorophyll-A in the Coastal Zone of Northeastern Brazil
Published in Estuaries and coasts (01-01-2015)“…Coastal areas are important regions for global primary productivity. However, understanding the spatio-temporal dynamics of coastal phytoplankton dynamics is…”
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Conservation culturomics
Published in Frontiers in ecology and the environment (01-06-2016)“…Culturomics is an emerging field of study that seeks to understand human culture through the quantitative analysis of changes in word frequencies in large…”
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Atmospheric versus vegetation controls of Amazonian tropical rain forest evapotranspiration: Are the wet and seasonally dry rain forests any different?
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences (01-12-2010)“…This study analyzes evapotranspiration data for three wet and two seasonally dry rain forest sites in Amazonia. The main environmental (net radiation, vapor…”
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Environmental correlates of seed weight of tropical semi-arid woody species
Published in Plant and soil (2020)“…Aims The survival and distribution of plant species in the extreme environmental conditions of semi-arid regions is strongly dependent on traits associated…”
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New data system to galvanize Brazil's conservation efforts
Published in Nature (London) (17-06-2010)Get full text
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Drier climate shifts leaf morphology in Amazonian trees
Published in Oecologia (01-11-2017)“…The humid forests of Amazonia are experiencing longer and more intense dry seasons, which are predicted to intensify by the end of the 21st century. Although…”
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Research trends in biogeography
Published in Journal of biogeography (01-12-2015)“…In a recent editorial, Whittaker (2014, Journal of Biogeography, 41, 1–5) suggested that biogeography is in the process of adopting a ‘big science’ model,…”
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Assessing insularity in global science
Published in Scientometrics (01-12-2012)“…Most scientific research has some form of local geographical bias. This could be caused by researchers addressing a geographically localized issue, working…”
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Come all ye scientists, busy and exhausted. O come ye, O come ye, out of the lab
Published in Nature (London) (20-12-2007)Get full text
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Caution with claims that a species has been rediscovered
Published in Nature (London) (08-10-2009)Get full text
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