Researching biodiversity and understanding environmental responses to anthropic modifications considering multiple system scales and particularities have become even more urgent. A way of understanding community’s setting ...

The use of plant fibers as reinforcement of thermoplastic polymers in recent years has aroused great worldwide interest, since natural fibers offer economic, processing and environmental advantages. In this context, the ...

Studies on ecosystems with different levels of change are important to assess the impact these changes have on biodiversity. Coleoptera are used as environmental bioindicators because of the diversity and variety of their ...

A biological monitoring program using a Index of Biotic Integrity (IBI) in the Alto Sorocaba Basin will be efficient for quick evaluations, cost-effective, and analysis efficiency, and may assist in public power decision-making ...

Corymbia citriodora is one of the most cultivated hardwood species by small farmers in Brazil, it combines a high growth rate with high wood density. Its timber is used for a wide range of products, such as poles, railway ...

The soil preparation for the implantation of forest planting is intended to improve the conditions for the development of the plants. This study evaluated the influence of three methods of soil preparation in the initial ...

The high costs of removing heavy metals and their toxic compounds has in recent decades, led to the demand for new and more efficient methods that are not only able to be removed but also recycled and reused since many of ...

The work presented here had as a proposal the development of a process adapted from the ice-template technique, using as solute sodium alginate an organic polymer of renewable and non-toxic source, which forms structures ...

Myrtaceae is a family with about 145 genera and approximately 6000 species. Myrteae is the tribe that represents the fleshy fruit species of the family in South America, possessing translucent scores on the leaves, usually ...

Pristine ecosystems exert important functions to provide the environmental equilibrium. These functions are defined as ecosystems services. Such services include the climatic regulation, which covers nutrient and greenhouse ...