scholarly journals Natural history predicts patterns of thermal vulnerability in amphibians from the Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leildo M. Carilo Filho ◽  
Bruno T. Carvalho ◽  
Bruna K. A. Azevedo ◽  
Luis M. Gutiérrez‐Pesquera ◽  
Caio V. Mira‐Mendes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest

scholarly journals Ecology of a snake assemblage in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil

2009 ◽  
Vol 49 (27) ◽  
pp. 343-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulo A. Hartmann ◽  
Marília T. Hartmann ◽  
Marcio Martins
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Abiotic Factors ◽  
Food Resource ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Northern Coast ◽  
Prey Category ◽  
Serra Do Mar ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
History Of

The main objective of this study was to examine the natural history and the ecology of the species that constitute a snake assemblage in the Atlantic Rainforest, at Núcleo Picinguaba, Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, located on the northern coast of the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. The main aspects studied were: richness, relative abundance, daily and seasonal activity, and substrate use. We also provide additional information on natural history of the snakes. A total of 282 snakes, distributed over 24 species, belonging to 16 genera and four families, has been found within the area of the Núcleo Picinguaba. Species sampled more frequently were Bothrops jararaca and B. jararacussu. The methods that yielded the best results were time constrained search and opportunistic encounters. Among the abiotic factors analyzed, minimum temperature, followed by the mean temperature and the rainfall are apparently the most important in determining snake abundance. Most species presented a diet concentrated on one prey category or restricted to a few kinds of food items. The large number of species that feed on frogs points out the importance of this kind of prey as an important food resource for snakes in the Atlantic Rainforest. Our results indicate that the structure of the Picinguaba snake assemblage reflects mainly the phylogenetic constraints of each of its lineages.

Redescription of the tadpole of rare Giant Torrent Frog Megaelosia boticariana Giaretta & Aguiar, 1998 (Anura, Hylodidae) with comments on natural history

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4896 (1) ◽  
pp. 140-144
Author(s):  
GUILHERME SICHIERI ◽  
MATHEUS DE TOLEDO MOROTI ◽  
FABIANA R. COSTA ◽  
EDELCIO MUSCAT ◽  
IVAN NUNES
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
History Data ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Frog Species ◽  
Single Larva

The Hylodidae genus Megaelosia Miranda-Ribeiro comprises seven frog species that inhabit the Atlantic Rainforest in Southeastern Brazil (Da Silva et al. 2018). Larvae and adults of Hylodidae are commonly associated with lotic streams (Giaretta et al. 1993; Silva-Soares et al. 2015). Tadpoles of all Megaelosia species but Megaelosia bocainensis Giaretta, Bokemann & Haddad are formally described, even though many of these descriptions are restricted to few lines and several anatomical details were overlooked (e.g., Megaelosia lutzae; Izecksohn & Gouvêa 1985). The tadpole of M. boticariana was briefly described by Giaretta & Aguiar (1998) based on a single larva with no measurements or figures. Currently, M. boticariana is only known from its type locality and São Francisco Xavier, both in São Paulo state portion of the Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil (Muscat et al. 2020). The lack of information, coupled with the rarity of the species, reinforces the importance of taxonomic and natural history data to subside works on other fields. In this context, we present a complete redescription of the external anatomy of the tadpoles of M. boticariana and comment on their natural history. 

Natural history and ecology of fungus-farming ants: a field study in Atlantic rainforest

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-387 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. U. V. Ronque ◽  
R. M. Feitosa ◽  
P. S. Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest

NATURAL HISTORY TRAITS OF CROSSODACTYLUS AENEUS (ANURA, LEPTODACTYLIDAE, HYLODINAE) FROM AN ATLANTIC RAINFOREST AREA IN RIO DE JANEIRO STATE, SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL

2006 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tássia Jordão-Nogueira ◽  
Davor Vrcibradic ◽  
Jorge Antônio L. Pontes ◽  
Monique Van Sluys ◽  
Carlos Frederico D. Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Janeiro State

scholarly journals A new species and first record of Vates Burmeister, 1838 from the Atlantic Rainforest (Mantodea: Vatinae)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julio Rivera ◽  
João Felipe Herculano ◽  
Leonardo Moutinho Lanna ◽  
Sávio Cavalcante ◽  
Maria Lúcia França Teixeira
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest ◽  
Praying Mantis ◽  
New Finding ◽  
Atlantic Rainforest Biome ◽  
A New Species

A new species of praying mantis, Vates phoenix sp. nov. (Mantidae, Vatinae), is described from localities within Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo states, Brazil. This is the first record of Vates from the Atlantic Rainforest biome. The new species is unique among its congeners in having, among other features, strongly reduced cuticular projections above the lateral ocelli, structures otherwise well developed and produced in all other species of Vates. Remarks on the natural history and biogeography of Vates, in relation to this new finding, are further discussed.

How is the moral stance related to the intentional stance and group thinking?

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannes Rakoczy
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Intentional Stance ◽  
Cognitive Capacities ◽  
Shared Intentionality ◽  
History Of ◽  
Group Thinking ◽  
Moral Stance

Abstract The natural history of our moral stance told here in this commentary reveals the close nexus of morality and basic social-cognitive capacities. Big mysteries about morality thus transform into smaller and more manageable ones. Here, I raise questions regarding the conceptual, ontogenetic, and evolutionary relations of the moral stance to the intentional and group stances and to shared intentionality.

On the assembly and structural modulation of lens fiber junctions

1984 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
pp. 110-113
Author(s):  
E.L. Benedetti ◽  
I. Dunia ◽  
Do Ngoc Lien ◽  
O. Vallon ◽  
D. Louvard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Weight ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Intercellular Junctions ◽  
Eye Lens ◽  
Membrane Domains ◽  
Functional Polymorphism ◽  
Lens Fiber ◽  
The Past ◽  
Structural Modulation ◽  
Biochemical Difference

In the eye lens emerging molecular and structural patterns apparently cohabit with the remnants of the past. The lens in a rather puzzling fashion sums up its own natural history and even transient steps of the differentiation are memorized. A prototype of this situation is well outlined by the study of the lenticular intercellular junctions. These membrane domains exhibit structural, biochemical and perhaps functional polymorphism reflecting throughout life the multiple steps of the differentiation of the epithelium into fibers and of the ageing process of the lenticular cells.The most striking biochemical difference between the membrane derived from the epithelium and from the fibers respectively, concerns the presence of the 26,000 molecular weight polypeptide (MP26) in the latter membranes.

The natural history of Crohn's disease: prevalence in Europe and the cancer risk

2001 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. 51-53
Author(s):  
M.D. Hellier
Keyword(s):  
Crohn’S Disease ◽  
Crohn's Disease ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Disease Prevalence ◽  
History Of

Part II. Problems and possibilities in understanding the natural history of asthma

2001 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-33
Author(s):  
J Peat
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
History Of

Natural history of helicobacter pylori infection from infancy to adulthood: A 21-year follow-up cohort study

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A128-A128 ◽  
Author(s):  
H MALATY ◽  
D GRAHAM ◽  
A ELKASABANY ◽  
S REDDY ◽  
S SRINIVASAN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Helicobacter Pylori ◽  
Cohort Study ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Helicobacter Pylori Infection ◽  
History Of
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