Vol 7 Num 1



table of contents

editorial

articles

Growth and mortality of Brycon opalinus (Characiformes, Characidae) in Serra do Mar State Park, Atlantic Forest, São Paulo State
Leandro Muller Gomiero, Alberto Luciano Carmassi, Francisco Manoel de Souza Braga
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Sexual Dimorphism, habitat use and seasonal abundance of Elachistocleis cf. ovalis (Anura: Microhylidae) in a Cerrado remnant of São Paulo state, southeastern Brazil.
Maria Tereza Chiarioni Thomé, Cínthia Aguirre Brasileiro
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Contribution to our knowledge of Brazilian Nyctiborinae (Blatellidae) with descriptions of new taxa.
Sonia Maria Lopes, Edivar Heeren de Oliveira
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First occurrence of the family Paralacydoniidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) in the South Atlantic Ocean
Alexandra E. Rizzo, A. Cecília Z. Amaral
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Anatomical variations in the male reproductive system of Chaunus ornatus (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) (Anura, Bufonidae)
Classius de Oliveira, Lia Raquel de Souza Santos, Rodrigo Zieri
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Diversity of cetaceans as tool in monitoring environmental impacts of seismic surveys
Cristiano Leite Parente, Janaína Pauline de Araújo, Maria Elisabeth de Araújo
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Fishes as indicators of ribeirão Esperança environmental quality, Londrina municipality, Paraná, Brazil
Daniel B. Vieira, Oscar A. Shibatta
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Harvest period and germination capacity of Tibouchina mutabilis (Vell.) Cogn. (Melastomataceae) seeds
Edson Simão, Adriana Tiemi Nakamura, Massanori Takaki
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Karyotypic studies of two Brazilian species of the genus Micrurus (Ophidia: Elapidae)
Herbert Serafim, Denise Maria Peccinini-Seale, Radenka Francisca Batistic
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Ichthyofauna of the rio Itatinga in the Parque das Neblinas, Bertioga, São Paulo state: composition and biogeography
Jane Piton Serra, Fernando Rogério de Carvalho, Francisco Langeani
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Ecology of nesting of bees of the genus Partamona in caatinga, Milagres, Bahia
Lílian S. Barreto, Marina S. Castro
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Effect of the wave exposure gradient on juvenile fish community in sandy beaches of the Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil
Ruan Managna Vasconcellos, Joaquim Neto de Sousa Santos, Márcio de Araújo Silva, Francisco Gerson Araújo
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Description and distribution of the larvae of two species of Fistulariidae (Teleostei, Syngnathiformes) in the Southeastern Brazil
Fernanda B. A. G. de Barros, Márcia Salustiano de Castro, Ana Cristina Teixeira Bonecker
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Population biology of Pachyurus bonariensis Steindachner, 1879 (Perciformes, Sciaenidae), an allochthonous species in the Laguna dos Patos hydrographic system, Brazil
Ana Paula Sassanovicz Dufech, Clarice Bernhardt Fialho
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Temporal and spatial variations in tidepool fish assemblages of the northeast coast of Brazil
Francisca Edna de Andrade Cunha, Cassiano Monteiro-Neto, Mara Carvalho Nottingham
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Conflicts caused by predation on domestic livestock by large cats in quilombola communities in the Atlantic Forest
Francesca Belem Lopes Palmeira, Walter Barrella
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inventories

Biogeography and Conservation of the Herpetofauna of the Upland Pine-Oak Forests of Honduras
Larry David Wilson, Josiah H. Townsend
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identification keys

Illustrated key for the genera of Syrphinae (Diptera, Syrphidae) of occurrence in the South of Brazil
Luciane Marinoni , Mírian Nunes Morales , Ílven Spaler
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taxonomic reviews

Eleocharis R. Br. (Cyperaceae) in Rio de Janeiro State, Brasil.
André dos Santos Bragança Gil , Claudia Petean Bove
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Revision of the two species of Tapacura Tibana & Lopes, 1985 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Sarcophaginae)
Cátia Antunes de Mello-Patiu , Américo da Silva Pereira de Souza Neto
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short communications

Leptasthenura setaria (Temminck, 1824) (Aves: Furnariidae) in the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil.
Alexsander Zamorano Antunes , Herculano Alvarenga , Luís Fábio Silveira , Marilda Rapp de Eston , Gisela Vianna Menezes , Antônio Silveira Ribeiro dos Santos
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Occurrence record of two potamotrigonids species in the Upper Paraná River and some aspects about their biology
Domingos Garrone Neto , Vidal Haddad Jr. , Maria José Alencar Vilela , Virgínia Sanches Uieda
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Report on the collision between a spinner dolphin and a boat in the Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Western Equatorial Atlantic, Brazil.
Fernanda Scarano Camargo , Claudio Bellini
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Feeding habits of young smooth hammerhead sharks, Sphyrna zygaena (Carcharhiniformes: Sphyrnidae), in the Southern Coast of Brazil.
Hugo Bornatowski , Luciano Costa , Maurício de Castro Robert , Juliana Ventura da Pina
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First occurrence of Dolicholagus longirostris larvae (Maul, 1948) (Osmeriformes, Bathylagidae) near the mouth of the Amazon River.
Paula Nepomuceno Campos , Rosildo Santos Paiva , Ana Cristina Teixeira Bonecker , Nuno Filipe Alves Correia de Melo , Glauber David Almeida Palheta , Cristiane Teixeira Contente , Caio Aguiar Rodrigues Ramos
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Preliminary data on the feeding habits of the freshwater stingrays Potamotrygon falkneri and Potamotrygon motoro (Potamotrygonidae) from the Upper Paraná River basin, Brazil
Thiago Buosi Silva, Virgínia Sanches Uieda
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Occurrence of the freshwater jellyfish Craspedacusta sowerbii (Lankester, 1880) (Hydrozoa, Limnomedusae) in a calcareous lake in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
William Marcos Silva , Kennedy Francis Roche
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First record of Myotis albescens (É. Geoffroy) (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) from Paraná State, Brazil
João M. D. Miranda , Atenisi Pulchério-Leite , Itiberê P. Bernardi , Fernando C. Passos
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The Amazon bamboo rat Dactylomys dactylinus (Rodentia: Echimyidae: Dactylomyinae) in the Cerrado of Central Brazil
Alexandra Mara Ramos Bezerra , Nelson Jorge da Silva Jr , Jader Marinho-Filho
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New record of Amphisbaena fuliginosa (Squamata, Amphisbaenidae) for the Cerrado Biome, in an area of extensive cattle ranching
Frederico Gemesio Lemos , Kátia Gomes Facure
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thesis

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Habitat use of Tropical Screech Owl (Megascops choliba) and Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) on patches of cerrado in state of São Paulo, Brazil.
Ana Claudia Rocha Braga
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Biomonitoring of the Atlantic Forest in biodiversity conservation: native tree species as accumulators of chemical elements
Elvis Joacir De França
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Predation of small mammals by the barn owl (Tyto alba) and its role in the control of hantavirus natural reservoirs in a periurban area in the Municipality of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Leandro Magrini
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Chapada Diamantina and Vale do Rio Jequitinhonha: mammal fauna composition and microevolutionary structure of some small mammal populations
Luciana Guedes Pereira
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Interactions between the bat Sturnira lilium (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) and plants of the family Solanaceae
Marco Aurelio Ribeiro de Mello
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Study of the interaction between Tropidurus oreadicus and Tropidurus itambere (Iguanidae: Tropidurinae), in a rocky cerrado areas of Central Brazil: a comparative and experimental approach
Renato Gomes Faria
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