Vol 8 Num 2



table of contents

editorial

points of view

Estimation of biomass and carbon stocks: the case of the Atlantic Forest
Simone A. Vieira , Luciana F. Alves , Marcos Aidar , Luciana Spinelli Araújo , Tim Baker , João Luís F. Batista , Mariana Cruz Campos , Plinio B. Camargo , Jerome Chave , Welington B. Delitti , Niro Higuchi , Euridice Honorio , Carlos A. Joly , Michael Keller , Luiz A. Martinelli , Eduardo Arcoverde de Mattos , Thiago Metzker , Oliver Phillips , Flavio A. M. Santos , Mônica Takako Shimabukuro , Marcos Silveira , Susan E. Trumbore
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articles

New records of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), from Peruvian Amazonian Region
Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer, Abraham G. Cáceres, Cristiane S. Silva, William Valderrama-Bazan, Antero Gonzales-Perez, Janira M. Costa
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Seasonal and interpopulational morphometry variation of Platyscytus decempunctatus (Carvalho 1945) (Heteroptera: Miridae)
Evaldo Martins Pires, Raul Narciso Carvalho Guedes, José Eduardo Serrão, Paulo Sérgio Fiuza Ferreira
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On the use of open or closed traps in the capture of drosophilids
Leiza Penariol , Hermione E.M.de C. Bicudo , Lilian Madi-Ravazzi
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Temporal changes in caiçara artisanal fishing and alternatives for management: a case study on the southeastern Brazilian coast
Priscila F. L. MacCord , Alpina Begossi
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Effect of light and temperature on seed germination in Tibouchina mutabilis (Vell.) Cogn. (Melastomataceae)
Edson Simão , Massanori Takaki
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Anurans of remnants of Atlantic Forest of São José do Barreiro municipality, São Paulo State, Brazil
Herbert Serafim , Paulo José Pyles Cicchi , Susan Ienne , Jorge Jim
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Discovery of Euglossa (Euglossa) cognata Moure (Apidae: Euglossini) in the Platina Basin, Mato Grosso State, Brazil
Evandson José dos Anjos-Silva
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Morphology and ecology of the planktonic diatom Palmerina hardmaniana (Greville) Hasle in Southern Brazil
Marinês Garcia , Clarisse Odebrecht
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Gastric lesions associated with the presence of Anisakis spp Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in Cetaceans stranded on the coast of Ceara, Brazil
Monica Regina Alves Motta , Diana Célia Sousa Nunes Pinheiro , Vitor Luz Carvalho , Daniel de Araújo Viana , Ana Carolina Paulo Vicente , Alena Mayo Iñiguez
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The gull (Larus dominicanus) distribution during the year of the 2005 at Cananéia-Iguape-Ilha Comprida estuary
Edison Barbieri
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Fish diversity and occurrence in the influence area of the Mogi Guaçu reservoir and oxbow lakes, high Paraná river basin, São Paulo, Brazil
Cristina da Silva Gonçalves , Francisco Manoel de Souza Braga
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A new species of viviparous moth fly (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Brazilian Amazon
Danilo Cordeiro , Freddy Bravo
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New species of Chromatonotus Hebard, 1920 from the Amazon region (Blattellidae, Blattellinae)
Sonia Maria Lopes , Andréa Khouri
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inventories

Composition and natural history of a Cerrado snake assemblage at Itirapina, São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil
Ricardo J. Sawaya , Otavio A. V. Marques , Marcio Martins
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Echinodermata from Cabo Branco Beach, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
Anne Isabelley Gondim , Patrícia Lacouth , Carmen Alonso , Cynthia Lara de Castro Manso
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thematic reviews

Current state of knowledge on Espírito Santo mammals based on museum records and published data
Danielle de Oliveira Moreira , Bruno Rocha Coutinho , Sérgio Lucena Mendes
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taxonomic reviews

Taxonomic revision of Croton sect. Lamprocroton (Müll. Arg.) Pax (Euphorbiaceae s.s.)
Letícia Ribes de Lima , José Rubens Pirani
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short communications

Scorpion fauna of the Island of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil: first record of Tityus stigmurus (Thorell, 1877) (Arachnida, Buthidae)
Gilson Carlos Conceição Freitas , Simão Dias Vasconcelos
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Parasitism by Mermithidae (Nematoda) in Chironomus gr. decorus larvae (Diptera: Chironomidae) at Rio dos Peixes, Dois Córregos, SP, Brazil
Fabio Laurindo da Silva , Sonia Silveira Ruiz , Diana Calcidoni Moreira , Gabriel Lucas Bochini
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Movement of Artibeus lituratus (Olfers, 1818) (Mammalia, Chiroptera) between island and continent on State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Luis F. Menezes Jr , Ana C. Duarte , Roberto L. M. Novaes , Ana C. Façanha , Adriano L. Peracchi , Luciana M. Costa , Ágata F. D. Prata , Carlos E. L. Esbérard
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New records of Monstrilloida Sars, 1901 (Crustacea, Copepoda) from the Rio Grande do Norte (Northeastern coast of Brazil)
Cristina de Oliveira Dias , Guilherme Fulgêncio de Medeiros , Sérgio Luiz Costa Bonecker
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Observations of the tinamou Rhynchotus rufescens (Aves, Tinamiformes, Tinamidae) inside Reserva Natural Vale, Linhares, Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil
Ana Carolina Srbek-Araujo , Adriano Garcia Chiarello
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Larvae of Philornis deceptiva Dodge & Aitken (Diptera, Muscidae) on the sayaca Tanager Thraupis sayaca (Linnaeus, 1766) (Thraupidae) in the municipality of Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Hermes Ribeiro Luz , Ildemar Ferreira , Márcia Souto Couri
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Playful birds: cormorants and herons play with objects and practice their skills.
Ivan Sazima
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