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| Mattos,Eduardo Arcoverde de. |
| Fabio Scarano (2008) shows an attractive picture of the motivations leading to the final goal of the scientific enterprise, i.e. why scientists must publish their findings. Moreover, he proposes that scientists must aim for creativity and originality through question-driven papers, rather than unenlightening descriptive ones. I agree, but I will show that this view, albeit necessary, is incomplete. The most important flaw is that he does not show how that, in order to be creative and original one needs a deep understanding of a domain of knowledge. I will argue that these qualities cannot be reached in a theoretical vacuum. It must be remembered that the scientific enterprise is a complex cognitive process. One can only advance, learn and understand from... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Science in Brazil; Scientific knowledge; Theories in ecology. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-84042009000300020 |
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| Menezes,Luis Fernando Tavares de; Pugnaire,Francisco I.; Matallana,Gloria; Nettesheim,Felipe Cito; Carvalho,Daniel Costa de; Mattos,Eduardo Arcoverde de. |
| ABSTRACT Germination rate and establishment success of plants in harsh environments depend on the ability of seeds to withstand unfavorable environmental conditions and avoid predators. Brazilian coastal plains, known as restinga, are subject to environmental factors that seriously limit plant establishment and survival (e.g. salinity, desiccation, oligotrophy, flooding, high temperature and radiation levels). We tested, both in field and laboratory experiments, conditions for germination and establishment of Allagoptera arenaria, a palm tree often found in restinga ecosystems of southeastern Brazil, and which have a principal role in plant community dynamics. Our results showed that the absence of mesocarp, high radiation exposure, and temperature were... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Arecaceae; Facilitation; Resting; Secondary dispersion; Seedling. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062018000100012 |
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| Vieira,Simone Aparecida; Alves,Luciana Ferreira; Aidar,Marcos; Araújo,Luciana Spinelli; Baker,Tim; Batista,João Luís Ferreira; Campos,Mariana Cruz; Camargo,Plinio Barbosa; Chave,Jerome; Delitti,Welington Braz Carvalho; Higuchi,Niro; Honorio,Euridice; Joly,Carlos Alfredo; Keller,Michael; Martinelli,Luiz Antonio; Mattos,Eduardo Arcoverde de; Metzker,Thiago; Phillips,Oliver; Santos,Flavio Antonio Maes dos; Shimabukuro,Mônica Takako; Silveira,Marcos; Trumbore,Susan Elizabeth. |
| The main objective of this paper is to present and discuss the best methods to estimate live above ground biomass in the Atlantic Forest. The methods presented and conclusions are the products of a workshop entitled "Estimation of Biomass and Carbon Stocks: the Case of Atlantic Rain Forest". Aboveground biomass (AGB) in tropical forests is mainly contained in trees. Tree biomass is a function of wood volume, obtained from the diameter and height, architecture and wood density (dry weight per unit volume of fresh wood). It can be quantified by the direct (destructive) or indirect method where the biomass quantification is estimated using mathematical models. The allometric model can be site specific when elaborated to a particular ecosystem or general that... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Atlantic Forest; Above-ground biomass; Allometric model; Carbon; Mata Atlântica. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1676-06032008000200001 |
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