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| Martinez,Melissa Gaste; Ducatti,Carlos; Silva,Evandro Tadeu; Sant’Anna,Savio Stefanini; Sartori,Maria Márcia Pereira; Barraviera,Benedito. |
| Background Environmental devastation threatens the survival of many species, including venomous snakes such as the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus. This observation is based on the decrease of snakes collected and donated to Brazilian research institutes. Nevertheless, some individuals have managed to survive and procreate. The question is how these snakes are adapting in these new environmental conditions.Methods To answer it, the carbon-13 level of rattlesnakes and their feed (either laboratory or wild mice) was evaluated by isotope-ratio mass spectrometry. Thus, rattle segments from 16 adults and 15 offspring of captive snakes, and of three wild newborn C. d. terrificus were evaluated as well as 17 Mus musculus mice captured in... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Food; Carbon-13; Crotalus durissus terrificus; Stable isotopes. |
| Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992014000200342 |
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| Salemi,Luiz Felippe; Lins,Silvia Rafaela Machado; Ravagnani,Elizabethe de Campos; Magioli,Marcelo; Martinez,Melissa Gaste; Guerra,Fernando; Vidas,Natassia Bonini; Fransozi,Aline; Ferraz,Silvio Frosini de Barros; Martinelli,Luiz Antonio. |
| Abstract In this article, by using carbon stable isotopes, we assessed the past and present land use influences that riparian areas are subject within agricultural landscapes. Emphasis is given to the understanding of the effects of the 2012 Brazilian Forest Act on such areas. We selected five riparian areas within a highly C4 dominated agricultural landscape. Three of them had 30 meters native riparian forest buffer (NRFB) and two of them had 8 meter and no NRFB. We used three 100 meter-transects located 5, 15 and 30 meters relative to stream channel to obtain soil samples (0 - 10 cm). All riparian areas presented soil carbon isotopic signatures that are not C3 (native forests) irrespective of having or not 30 meters NRFB. Two cases presenting less than... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Watershed; Soil degradation; Organic matter; Sediment; Carbon cycling. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032016000200210 |
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