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Assessing land use by cattle in heterogeneous environments
(Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2015-03-01)
The aim of this note is to describe preliminary results on assessment of land use by cattle, obtained in a pilot study using Geographic Information System (GIS). The research was carried out on a semi-natural pasture in ...
Variation of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in streams of three landscapes of South Brazilian grasslands
(Universidad de Costa Rica, 2020)
The Emerging Soybean Production Frontier in Southern Africa: Conservation Challenges and the Role of South-South Telecouplings
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2016-01)
Soybean expansion has been a strong driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss in South America (SAM). Here, we highlight strong similarities in environmental, institutional, and other contextual conditions among SAM ...
Assessing land use by cattle in heterogeneous environmentsUso do espaço por bovinos em ambientes heterogêneos
(Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2015)
Environmental, land-use and economic implications of Brazilian sugarcane expansion 1996-2006
(SPRINGER, 2009)
Governments are promoting biofuels and the resulting changes in land use and crop reallocation to biofuels production have raised concerns about impacts on environment and food security. The promotion of biofuels has also ...
Land use change from the sugar cane expansion in the western region of Sao Paulo state, Brazil
(Univ Federal Santa Maria, 2014-11-01)
The demand for energy alternatives to oil are increasing global biofuel production and, consequently, the biofuel crops cultivation. In Brazil, the emergence of flex-fuel vehicles resumed the importance of ethanol production, ...
Hunting spiders of woodland fragments and agricultural habitats in the Atlantic rain forest region of Brazil
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2014)
Periphyton responses to non-point pollution in a natural eutrophic condition in Pampean streams
(E Schweizerbartsche Verlags, 2013-07)
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of different intensities of non-point pollution on water quality and the periphyton community in natural eutrophic environments such as the Pampean streams. Non-point pollution ...
Growth and survival of juvenile Pomacea canaliculata (Gastropoda: Ampullariidae) in plain streams associated to different land uses
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-03)
Pomacea canaliculata is an apple snail that has become an invasive species in several countries. In this research, through two simultaneous experiments, we assessed the effects of different land uses (urban, agriculture, ...