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Resíduos de podas e aparas de vegetação arbórea urbana: estudo exploratório sobre os instrumentos de gestão e práticas no município de São Paulo, 2023

Os resíduos de podas e aparas de vegetação arbórea são gerados a partir de atividades públicas e privadas, institucionais, domésticas, comerciais, industriais, agrícolas e, principalmente, urbanas. São classificados como resíduos de natureza orgânica por apresentarem degradabilidade espontâne...

Seasonal mite population distribution on Caryocar brasiliense trees in the Cerrado domain

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
Caryocar brasiliense Camb. (Malpighiales: Caryocaraceae) trees have a wide distribution in the Cerrado, and it is protected by federal laws. The need to monitor and understand pest damage to crops and forests is a major motivation for the study of population distribution. The mites (Acari) population dis...

Effects of different combinations of N, P and K at different time interval on vegetative, reproductive, yield and quality traits of mango (Mangifera Indica. L) cv. Dusehri

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
The experiment was carried out on mango cv. Dusehri to investigate the effect of N, P and K fertilizers on vegetative, reproductive growth, yield and fruit quality. Eight different fertilizer combinations such as T1 (control), T2 (N), T3 (P), T4 (K), T5 (NP), T6 (NK), T7 (PK) and T8 (NPK) were used. Indi...

Seasonality and forest edge as drivers of Tradescantia zebrina Hort. ex Bosse invasion in the Atlantic Forest

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
As a result of biodiversity and ecosystem service losses associated with biological invasions, there has been growing interest in basic and applied research on invasive species aiming to improve management strategies. Tradescantia zebrine is a herbaceous species increasingly reported as invasive in the u...

Population attributes of Littoraria angulifera (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in mangroves in Bahia State, northeastern Brazil

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
Littoraria angulifera (Lamarck, 1822) is an estuarine gastropod of tropical occurrence, which lives mainly on trunks of mangrove tree species. This study aimed to evaluate the population attributes of this species, such as abundance, space-time distribution, sex ratio and recruitment in mangroves in Bahi...

Identification and crop damage assessment of indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica) in selected zones of Abbottabad, Pakistan

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
Indian crested porcupine is the largest rodent pest that damages a wide variety of crops, vegetables, and tree species which ultimately causes huge economic loss in Pakistan, which is an agricultural country. It prefers to live in hilly terrain but common in temperate and tropical forests, shrublands, an...

Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus availability on the early growth of two congeneric pairs of savanna and forest species

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
In the tropical region, savannas and seasonal forests, both highly diverse biomes, occur side by side, under the same climate. If so, that mosaic cannot be explained solely by climatic variables, but also by fire, water availability and soil status. Nutrient availability in the soil, especially nitrogen ...

Distribution of galling insects and their parasitoids on Caryocar brasiliense tree crowns

Braz. j. biol; 82 (), 2022
Caryocar brasiliense Camb. (Malpighiales: Caryocaraceae) is widely distributed in the Brazilian savanna and its fruits are used by humans for food, production of cosmetics, lubricants, and in the pharmaceutical industry. This plant is damaged by galling insects. Number of these galling insects and their ...

Tree structure and diversity of a Humid Mountain Forest in the protected natural area La Martinica, Veracruz, Mexico

Rev. biol. trop; 69 (4), 2021
Abstract Introduction: The Humid Mountain Forest (HMF) has the highest number of plants per unit of surface, whose vegetation grows under heterogeneous environmental conditions and possess a high floristic variation. HMF conservation is important due to the biodiversity it harbors and the environmental s...

Rescue and vegetative propagation of Eremanthus erythropappus (DC. ) Ma ish in natural stand

Braz. j. biol; 81 (3), 2021
Abstract The native stands of 'candeia' (Eremanthus erythropappus) have been explored through management plans due to the economic potential of essential oil. The rescue of adult trees, as well as the application of silvicultural techniques that favor the restoration of the stand, can contribute to the g...