Calcaneal Tendon Regions Exhibit Different MMP-2 Activation After Vertical Jumping and Treadmill Running

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Myostatin and follistatin expression in skeletal muscles of rats with chronic heart failure

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The anthelmintic effect of plant extracts on Haemonchus contortus and Strongyloides venezuelensis

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Evaluation of lipid profile and oxidative stress in STZ-induced rats treated with antioxidant vitamin

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Diferenciação e envelhecimento do músculo do vôo em operárias de Scaptotrigona postica Latreille (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

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Evaluating methods for the isolation of marine-derived fungal strains and production of bioactive secondary metabolites

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Seed biometry and the effect of pre germinative treatments, temperature, and light on seed germination and subsequent growth of three Stryphnodendron species

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Germination performance of congeneric Styrax species from the Cerrado sensu lato areas and their distribution pattern in different physiognomies

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The role of seed mass on the caching decision by agoutis, Dasyprocta leporina (Rodentia: Agoutidae)

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Priority areas for the conservation of Atlantic forest large mammals

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Seed dispersal and predation in the endemic Atlantic rainforest palm Astrocaryum aculeatissimum across a gradient of seed disperser abundance

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Analysis of a hyper-diverse seed dispersal network: modularity and underlying mechanisms

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Conservation puzzle: Endangered hyacinth macaw depends on its nest predator for reproduction

In the Pantanal wetlands of Central Brazil, the endangered hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), the largest psitacid in the world, makes its nest almost exclusively in natural hollows found in the manduvi tree (Sterculia apetala). The recruitment of manduvis greatly depends on the seed dispersal services provided by the toco toucan (Ramphastos toco), responsible for 83.3% of the seed dispersal. The toco toucan, however, is responsible for about 53% of the preyed eggs, resulting in a case of conflicting ecological pressures in which the reproduction of the hyacinth macaw is indirectly dependent on the seed dispersal services of its nest predator. The case illustrates the intricacies of biotic interactions in species-rich environments where species may be tied by indirect, subtle ecological links which conservationists should be aware of. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

DENSITY ESTIMATES of THE BLACK-FRONTED PIPING GUAN IN THE BRAZILIAN ATLANTIC RAINFOREST

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Effects of frugivore impoverishment and seed predators on the recruitment of a keystone palm

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