Vol 5 Num 1
table of contents
editorial

points of view Regulation to access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge in Brazil (*) Cristina Maria do Amaral Azevedo [ abstract ] [ full text ] Comments regarding the Mexican legal regime on access to genetic resources (*) Jorge Soberón Mainero [ abstract ] [ full text ]

articles The importance of forest disturbance for the recruitment of the large arborescent palm Attalea maripa in a seasonally-dry Amazonian forest Rodolfo Salm [ abstract ] [ full text ] Plant inhabiting mites (Acari) from "Estação Ecológica do Noroeste Paulista", State of São Paulo, Brazil Reinaldo José Fazzio Feres , Antonio Carlos Lofego , Anibal Ramadan Oliveira [ abstract ] [ full text ] Recognition and distribution of Leptodactylus mystaceus (Anura; Leptodactylidae) in the State of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil Luís Felipe Toledo , Luciano Mendes Castanho , Célio F. B. Haddad [ abstract ] [ full text ] Oligochaeta (Annelida, Clitellata) species richness in two reservoirs of the Tietê river Paulo Augusto Zaitune Pamplin , Odete Rocha , Mercedes Marchese [ abstract ] [ full text ] A new species of Ischnoptera Burmeister, 1838 (Blattaria: Blattellidae: Blattellinae) from Goiás State, Brazil collected in a termite nest Sonia Maria Lopes , Edivar Heeren de Oliveira [ abstract ] [ full text ] Fish assemblage structure in a first order stream, southeastern Brazil: longitudinal distribution, seasonality, and microhabitat diversit Lilian Casatti [ abstract ] [ full text ] Connectance of Brazilian social bee – food plant networks is influenced by habitat, but not by latitude, altitude or network size Jacobus C. Biesmeijer , E. Judith Slaa , Marina Siqueira de Castro , Blandina Felipe Viana , Astrid de M. P. Kleinert , Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca [ abstract ] [ full text ] Fish fauna, food resources and relationship with antropic interferences in a urban stream in Southern Brazil Deise Cristiane de Oliveira , Sirlei Terezinha Bennemann [ abstract ] [ full text ] Free meals on long-distance cruisers: the vampire fish rides giant catfishes in the Amazon Jansen Zuanon , Ivan Sazima [ abstract ] [ full text ] Two new species of Tanaostigmodes Ashmead, 1896 (Hymenoptera, Tanaostigmatidae) reared from galls of Calliandra disysantha Benht. (Leguminosae, Mimosoidea) from Central Brazil Nelson Wanderley Perioto , Rogéria Inês Rosa Lara [ abstract ] [ full text ] Invasive species in natural reserves: characterization of the Achatina fulica Bowdich, 1822 (Mollusca – Achatinidae) populations in Ilha Rasa, Guaraqueçaba, Paraná, Brazil Marta Luciane Fischer , Eduardo Colley [ abstract ] [ full text ]

inventories Floristic survey of the Atlantic Rainforest in the Intervales State Park, Base Saibadela, southeastern Brazil Valesca Bononi Zipparro , Frederico Augusto G. Guilherme , Renata J. Almeida-Scabbia , L. Patrícia C. Morellato [ abstract ] [ full text ] Reptiles of the campus of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil Tiago Gomes dos Santos , Katia Alcione Kopp , Marcia Regina Spies , Rafael Trevisan , Sonia Zanini Cechin [ abstract ] [ full text ]

short communications First record of Mimon crenulatum (Phyllostomidae) bats in the Pantanal, southwestern Brazil George Camargo , Erich Fischer [ abstract ] [ full text ] Little dragons prefer flowers to maidens: a lizard that laps nectar and pollinates trees Ivan Sazima , Cristina Sazima , Marlies Sazima [ abstract ] [ full text ] First record of Paraphaenocladius exagitans longipes Sæther and Wang 1995 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from Brazil Humberto F. Mendes , M. Andrade-Morraye [ abstract ] [ full text ] Relationship between body mass and body length in Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz , Kelly Bonach , Luciano Martins Verdade [ abstract ] [ full text ]

thesis All material published in this section of BIOTA NEOTROPICA are exact copies of the thesis, therefor are not publications, are not analyzed by the Editorial Board and are responsability of the author. Morpho-anatomy of subterranean systems of herbaceous-undershrub and arboreous species, emphasizing the origin of shoot buds Adriana Hissae Hayashi [ abstract ] [ PDF ] Morfologia e anatomia dos frutos e sementes de três espécies de Erythroxylum P. Browne (Erythroxylaceae) Adriana Tiemi Nakamura [ abstract ] [ PDF ] Floristic survey of the freshwater Naviculales (Bacillariophyceae) from the state of São Paulo Bartolomeu Tavares [ abstract ] [ PDF ] Reproductive ecology, foraging and burrow behavior of Dermatonotus muelleri(Anura, Microhylidae) Fausto Nomura [ abstract ] [ PDF ] Aspects of the nutrients cycling in a restinga formation at Ilha do Mel, Paranaguá, Paraná, Brazil Luciana Andréa Pires [ abstract ] [ PDF ] Eunotiales (Bacillariophyceae) of continental waters of the state of São Paulo: floristic survey Luciane Lopes Morandi [ abstract ] [ PDF ] Morphological aspects of the reproductive tract of the howler monkey (Alouatta guariba clamitans and Alouatta caraya): the female model Mariana Matera Veras [ abstract ] [ PDF ] Estudo do regime de luz nas quatro principais formações fitogeográficas no estado de São Paulo durante o inverno do ano de 2003 Marta Regina Almeida Muniz [ abstract ] [ PDF ] The fish assemblage characterization of the Corumbataí river basin Mauricio Cetra [ abstract ] [ PDF ] Placentation in rock cavies, Kerodon rupestris Wied, 1820 Moacir Franco Oliveira [ abstract ] [ PDF ] Morphology and anatomy of the fruit and seed of Styrax camporum Pohl. (Styracaceae), a “cerrado” species of São Paulo State Pricila Greyse dos Santos Julio [ abstract ] [ PDF ] Floristic composition of the woody lianas community in two forest formations of São Paulo State Renata Giassi Udulutsch [ abstract ] [ PDF ] Diversity of mites on Mabea fistulifera Mart. (Euphorbiaceae) and efficiency of its pollen as food for phytoseiids (Acari, Phytoseiidae) Rodrigo Damasco Daud [ abstract ] [ PDF ] Genus Euastrum (Zygnemaphyceae) in the state of São Paulo: floristic survey Susana Petersen Schetty [ abstract ] [ PDF ] Morphology of the male reproductive system in three-toed sloth (Bradypus torquatus - Illiger, 1811) Daniele dos Santos Martins [ abstract ] [ PDF ]

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