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  1. Book ; Online ; E-Book: Measuring arthropod biodiversity

    Santos, Jean Carlos / Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson

    a handbook of sampling methods

    2020  

    Abstract: This book brings together a wide range of sampling methods for investigating different arthropod groups. Each chapter is organised to describe and evaluate the main sampling methods (field methods, materials and supplies, sampling protocols, effort ... ...

    Author's details Jean Carlos Santos, Geraldo Wilson Fernandes, editors
    Abstract This book brings together a wide range of sampling methods for investigating different arthropod groups. Each chapter is organised to describe and evaluate the main sampling methods (field methods, materials and supplies, sampling protocols, effort needed, and limitations); in addition, some chapters describe the specimen preparation and conservation, species identification, data collection and management (treatment, statistical analysis, interpretation), and ecological/conservation implications of arthropod communities. The book aims to be a reference for zoologists, entomologists, arachnologists, ecologists, students, researchers, and for those interested in arthropod science and biodiversity. We hope the book will contribute to advance knowledge on field assessments and conservation strategies. Arthropods represent the most speciose group of organisms on Earth, with a remarkable number of species and interactions still to be described. These invertebrates are recognized for playing key ecological roles in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Because of the increasing and relentless threats arthropods are facing lately due to a multitude of human induced drivers, this book represents an important contribution to assess their biodiversity and role in ecosystem functioning and generation of ecosystem services worldwide.
    Keywords Artròpodes ; Mostreig mediambiental ; Ecologia animal ; Biologia de la conservació ; Indicadors biològics ; Animal diversity ; Arthropoda
    Subject code 591.38
    Language English
    Size 1 online resource (XVII, 600 p. 172 illus., 155 illus. in color.)
    Edition 1st ed. 2021.
    Publisher Springer
    Publishing place Cham, Switzerland
    Document type Book ; Online ; E-Book
    Remark Zugriff für angemeldete ZB MED-Nutzerinnen und -Nutzer
    ISBN 3-030-53226-7 ; 3-030-53225-9 ; 978-3-030-53226-0 ; 978-3-030-53225-3
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-53226-0
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  2. Book ; Online ; E-Book: Ecology and conservation of mountaintop grasslands in Brazil

    Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson

    2016  

    Author's details edited by Geraldo Wilson Fernandes
    Keywords Life sciences ; Biodiversity ; Conservation biology ; Ecology ; Plant science ; Botany ; Zoology ; Climate change
    Subject code 577
    Language English
    Size 1 Online-Ressource (574 Seiten)
    Publisher Springer International Publishing ; Imprint: Springer
    Publishing place Cham
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Book ; Online ; E-Book
    Remark Zugriff für angemeldete ZB MED-Nutzerinnen und -Nutzer
    HBZ-ID HT019220300
    ISBN 978-3-319-29808-5 ; 9783319298078 ; 3-319-29808-9 ; 3319298070
    DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29808-5
    Database ZB MED Catalogue: Medicine, Health, Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  3. Book: Neotropical insect galls

    Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson

    2014  

    Author's details Geraldo Wilson Fernandes ... ed
    Language English
    Size IX, 550 S., Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
    Publisher Springer
    Publishing place Dordrecht u.a.
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Book
    Note Literaturangaben
    HBZ-ID HT018506815
    ISBN 94-017-8782-4 ; 978-94-017-8782-6 ; 9789401787833 ; 9401787832
    Database Catalogue ZB MED Nutrition, Environment, Agriculture

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  4. Article ; Online: Cerrado conservation is key to the water crisis.

    Pereira, Cássio Cardoso / Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson

    Science (New York, N.Y.)

    2022  Volume 377, Issue 6603, Page(s) 270

    MeSH term(s) Biodiversity ; Brazil ; Conservation of Water Resources ; Power Plants ; Water Supply
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-14
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Letter
    ZDB-ID 128410-1
    ISSN 1095-9203 ; 0036-8075
    ISSN (online) 1095-9203
    ISSN 0036-8075
    DOI 10.1126/science.add4719
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  5. Article ; Online: Experimental evidence for a hidden network of higher-order interactions in a diverse arthropod community.

    Barbosa, Milton / Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson / Morris, Rebecca Jane

    Current biology : CB

    2022  Volume 33, Issue 2, Page(s) 381–388.e4

    Abstract: Transcending pairwise interactions in ecological networks remains a challenge. ...

    Abstract Transcending pairwise interactions in ecological networks remains a challenge.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Arthropods ; Insecta ; Biota ; Baccharis
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-12-22
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 1071731-6
    ISSN 1879-0445 ; 0960-9822
    ISSN (online) 1879-0445
    ISSN 0960-9822
    DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2022.11.057
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  6. Article ; Online: Effects of Fire Frequency Regimes on Flammability and Leaf Economics of Non-Graminoid Vegetation

    Lamounier Moura, Arthur / Negreiros, Daniel / Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson

    Fire. 2023 July 04, v. 6, no. 7

    2023  

    Abstract: Fire is an ecological factor that strongly influences plant communities and functional traits. Communities respond differently to fire, either decreasing or increasing in flammability and resource acquisition strategies. This study aimed to investigate ... ...

    Abstract Fire is an ecological factor that strongly influences plant communities and functional traits. Communities respond differently to fire, either decreasing or increasing in flammability and resource acquisition strategies. This study aimed to investigate the influence of fire over traits associated with flammability and the plant economic spectrum in a stressful and infertile mountainous grassland located in the Espinhaço mountain range in Brazil. Non-graminoid plant species were sampled in 60 5 m × 5 m plots distributed in three fire frequency categories. We measured several traits related to flammability—leaf dry matter content (LDMC), twig dry matter content, leaf area, bark thickness, branching architecture, plant height, leaf toughness (LT), and specific leaf area (SLA). Traits responded differently to the increase in fire frequency. For instance, the LDMC and LT were lower while the SLA was higher at high fire frequencies, indicating a trend towards reduced heat release and fire residence time. This shift resulted in the dominance of plants with a relatively more acquisitive strategy. This study brings evidence that traits respond coordinately towards a reduction of flammability with the increase in fire frequency and are strong indicators of the filtering role that fire plays as a disturbance on rupestrian grassland vegetation.
    Keywords bark ; branches ; dry matter content ; economics ; environmental factors ; fire frequency ; flammability ; grasslands ; heat ; leaf area ; leaves ; mountains ; plant height ; specific leaf area ; Brazil
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2023-0704
    Publishing place Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Document type Article ; Online
    ISSN 2571-6255
    DOI 10.3390/fire6070265
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  7. Article ; Online: Modeling the Brazilian Cerrado land use change highlights the need to account for private property sizes for biodiversity conservation.

    Colman, Carina Barbosa / Guerra, Angélica / Almagro, André / de Oliveira Roque, Fabio / Rosa, Isabel M D / Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson / Oliveira, Paulo Tarso S

    Scientific reports

    2024  Volume 14, Issue 1, Page(s) 4559

    Abstract: Simulating future land use changes can be an important tool to support decision-making, especially in areas that are experiencing rapid anthropogenic pressure, such as the Cerrado-Brazilian savanna. Here we used a spatially-explicit model to identify the ...

    Abstract Simulating future land use changes can be an important tool to support decision-making, especially in areas that are experiencing rapid anthropogenic pressure, such as the Cerrado-Brazilian savanna. Here we used a spatially-explicit model to identify the main drivers of native vegetation loss in the Cerrado and then extrapolate this loss for 2050 and 2070. We also analyzed the role of property size in complex Brazilian environmental laws in determining different outcomes of these projections. Our results show that distance to rivers, roads, and cities, agricultural potential, permanent and annual crop agriculture, and cattle led to observed/historical loss of vegetation, while protected areas prevented such loss. Assuming full adoption of the current Forest Code, the Cerrado may lose 26.5 million ha (± 11.8 95% C.I.) of native vegetation by 2050 and 30.6 million ha (± 12.8 95% C.I.) by 2070, and this loss shall occur mainly within large properties. In terms of reconciling conservation and agricultural production, we recommend that public policies focus primarily on large farms, such as protecting 30% of the area of properties larger than 2500 ha, which would avoid a loss of more than 4.1 million hectares of native vegetation, corresponding to 13% of the predicted loss by 2070.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Cattle ; Brazil ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; Biodiversity ; Forests ; Agriculture ; Ecosystem
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-24
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2615211-3
    ISSN 2045-2322 ; 2045-2322
    ISSN (online) 2045-2322
    ISSN 2045-2322
    DOI 10.1038/s41598-024-55207-1
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  8. Article ; Online: Contrasting patterns of host selection and performance of insect seed predators on three sympatric host plant species

    Fagundes, Marcilio / Fernandes, Zaura Couto / Neves, Frederico Siqueira / Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson / Cuevas‐Reyes, Pablo / Cornelissen, Tatiana

    Ecological Entomology. 2023 Dec., v. 48, no. 6 p.683-692

    2023  

    Abstract: Characterising host selection mechanisms and the performance of seed‐predating insects on different hosts has broad implications for ecology and applied entomology. We assessed host selection and performance of endophagous seed‐predating insects on three ...

    Abstract Characterising host selection mechanisms and the performance of seed‐predating insects on different hosts has broad implications for ecology and applied entomology. We assessed host selection and performance of endophagous seed‐predating insects on three species of Copaifera, testing two hypotheses: (i) large‐sized trees produce larger seeds and have higher levels of seed predation than their smaller congeneric relatives, and (ii) endophagous seed‐predating insects that develop in larger‐seeded trees exhibit higher body mass, lipid content, and muscle mass as they obtain higher amount of food resources. Unpredated seeds of the large‐sized Copaifera langsdorffii showed greater mass than their smaller congeneric relatives C. arenicola and C. oblongifolia. Two species of endophagous seed‐predating beetles (Rhinochenus brevicollis and Apion sp.) were found attacking seeds of the three Copaifera species. Rhinochenus brevicollis preyed on a higher percentage of seeds than Apion sp. The shrub C. oblongifolia had the highest percentage of seed predation, contradicting our original hypothesis that larger species have a higher percentage of seed predation. Rhinochenus brevicollis preyed on a higher percentage of seeds of larger‐sized species than Apion sp. The higher dispersal ability of R. brevicollis associated with different patterns of plant species distribution may be the mechanism driving differential seed predation among Copaifera species. Adult insects that emerged from C. langsdorffii seeds showed higher body mass and lipidic content. It is likely that insects developing in larger seeds obtain a higher amount of food resources during their development. Finally, we observed a positive relationship between body weight and lipidic content in adults of R. brevicollis. We suggest that studies shedding light onto insect performance in different host‐sized seeds are necessary to understand host selection by beetles.
    Keywords Apion ; Copaifera langsdorffii ; adults ; body weight ; entomology ; geographical distribution ; host plants ; host preferences ; insects ; lipid content ; muscle tissues ; seed predation ; shrubs ; sympatry
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2023-12
    Size p. 683-692.
    Publishing place Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Document type Article ; Online
    Note JOURNAL ARTICLE
    ZDB-ID 196048-9
    ISSN 0307-6946
    ISSN 0307-6946
    DOI 10.1111/een.13264
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  9. Article: Global invasibility potential of the shrub Baccharis drancunculifolia

    Olivares-Pinto, Ulises / Barbosa, Newton P. U. / Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson

    Revista brasileira de botânica. 2022 Sept., v. 45, no. 3

    2022  

    Abstract: The genus Baccharis (Asteraceae) comprises over 440 species distributed along North and South America. Some species of this genus have remarkable invasiveness, and one of these species is the South American shrub Baccharis dracunculifolia DC. Most of the ...

    Abstract The genus Baccharis (Asteraceae) comprises over 440 species distributed along North and South America. Some species of this genus have remarkable invasiveness, and one of these species is the South American shrub Baccharis dracunculifolia DC. Most of the introductions of non-indigenous species are held indirectly through trade, so it is believed that this species could become invasive worldwide with a particular interest in the North American continent because of the increasing sale of products derived from honey to this continent. The resin extracted from B. dracunculifolia is the leading source for preparing the green propolis produced in Southeastern Brazil. Thus, the main objective of this work is to apply an approach based on distribution modeling to investigate possible areas of high environmental suitability for B. dracunculifolia in the North American continent and the potential to the entire globe using current and two future scenaries. Our results show many areas of environmental suitability for B. dracunculifolia. This species can invade over 33 countries distributed into five continents, including North America, some of the most critical parts of the southern USA, and large areas in Mexico. Since the best way of countering biological invasions is prevention, we propose that the introduction of this species should be monitored.
    Keywords Baccharis dracunculifolia ; honey ; propolis ; shrubs ; trade ; Brazil ; Mexico ; Southeastern United States
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-09
    Size p. 1081-1097.
    Publishing place Springer International Publishing
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2686406-X
    ISSN 1806-9959 ; 0100-8404
    ISSN (online) 1806-9959
    ISSN 0100-8404
    DOI 10.1007/s40415-022-00817-0
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  10. Article ; Online: A double defensive mutualism?

    Pereira, Cássio Cardoso / Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson / Cornelissen, Tatiana

    Alpine entomology : the journal of the Swiss Entomological Society ; 2922444-5 ; 2535-0889 ; 6 ; 2022 ; 129

    A case between plants, extrafloral nectaries, and trophobionts

    2022  

    Publisher Swiss Entomological Society
    Publishing country ch
    Document type Article ; Online
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