Ecology

Ecology

Winged invasion

In four decades, 35 alien bird species have colonized deforested areas on experimental properties in Brazil’s Amazon

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Ecology

Pollinating ants

The ant species Camponotus crassus is the primary fertilizer of the evergreen plant species Paepalanthus lundii, endemic to the Cerrado of Minas Gerais

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Video

How do rivers and floodplains influence species formation in Amazonia?

Throughout millenia, water bodies and landscape changes favor plant and animal diversification in the region

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Video

These parrots use probability to get food

Biologist Amalia Bastos shows that birds from New Zealand can make calculations that so far only humans and chimpanzees were known to use

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Vídeo

Biologists uncover pollinating opossum

Almost 30 years after the suspicion was raised, discovery reduces the mystery of an unusual flower

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Interview

Silvio Crestana: A Matter of Survival

Cost reduction, eco-efficiency, and integration with the supply chain make investment in technology a vital imperative

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Ornithology

A comeback in the Atlantic Forest

Alagoas curassows are reintroduced into their habitat 40 years after going extinct in the wild

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Ecology 

A bat in the nest

Cameras catch winged mammals attacking eggs and chicks in bird nests in the Atlantic Forest of São Paulo State

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Cover

Growth without destruction

Sustainable development of the Amazon will require changes in traditional agricultural methods and improvements to agroforestry resource extraction

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Interview

Paulo Moutinho: Standing in the forest

Biology, economics, and biking trips help the ecologist think about sustainable development in the Amazon

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Cover

Two Amazons

The dry season is getting longer in the southern Amazon, where most deforestation occurs, while the northwest remains wet

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Cover

The rainforest

The Amazon carries water to other regions of Brazil and even other continents

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Ecology

Plants that grow on iron

Research finds 38 plant species that exist only in the so-called Amazonian cangas, a type of rupestrian grassland found in the Serra de Carajás area

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Interview

Klement Tockner: Creative environments

President of Austrian agency explains how the industry can benefit from basic science

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Retrospect

An ecologist in the New World

Naturalist Alexander von Humboldt explored the Americas in the early nineteenth century and alerted the world to human impact on the environment

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Soundscape

Environmental acoustics

Audio recordings are used to profile ecosystems and identify changes caused by humans

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Ecology

Selective hosts

Flowers exploit color and odor to hide from or attract specific bees

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Ecology

Stingless and highly sensitive

Native bee larvae are shown to be less resistant to insecticides than the European honeybee Apis mellifera

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Video

Characterizing ecosystems through sound

Acoustic information portrays environments and set natural changes apart from those caused by human action | 7'46"

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photolab

Splendor at the highest heights

High in the Itatiaia mountains in Rio de Janeiro, more than 2,000 meters above sea level, the brightly colored flowers of the Buddleja speciosissima demand attention

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Environment

Mangroves store more carbon than the rainforest

In the Amazon, every hectare of mangrove contains twice as much carbon as the same area of inland forest

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ECOLOGY

Underwater Forest

Coral reefs at the mouth of the Amazon River may be larger, deeper, and more complex than expected

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Biology

The chemical language of insects

Within colonies, bees and ants recognize each other and organize themselves through compounds that cover their bodies

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COVER

Options on the table

Agriculture 4.0 can help to reduce pesticide use on farms in Brazil

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Ecology

Monkeys under threat

Around 60% of primate species may disappear by the end of the century, study finds

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ECOLOGY

Underwater Forest

Coral reefs at the mouth of the Amazon River may be larger, deeper, and more complex than expected

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ENVIRONMENT

Energy to change

Conference discusses the role of biofuels in fighting global warming

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ECOLOGY

A more varied menu

Leafcutter ants can grow and eat various species of fungi, not just one, as had been previously thought

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Photolab

Dispersal by water

Biologist José Sabino studies the role fish play in maintaining riparian forest ecosystems

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ECOLOGY

Artists on an Expedition, Biologists in the Museum

Amazonia: Os novos viajantes exhibition in São Paulo brings together art and science

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