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This work aim verifies the response of the aquatic insect community in relation to the intensity of human recreational use, in addition, the composition in different mesohabitats present in the watercourse. The samples were made in a stream in different microhabitats in areas classified by the visitor’s use (Low, Medium and Intense) and differentiated between four mesohabitats (sand, waterfall, leaf and stone). A total of 952 individuals in nine orders and 14 families were collected. The most abundant order was Diptera (431, 45.27%) followed by Ephemeroptera (366, 38.45%). The most abundant family was Baetidae (325, 34.14%), followed by Chironomidae (237, 24.89%), Simuliidae (94, 9.87%), Ceratopogonidae (77, 8.08%) and Hydropsychidae (56, 6.09%). Regarding to human use, there was a significant difference in fauna composition. In the area with intense use there was a predominance of Chironomidae and Hydroptilidae while in the area of low use Perlidae was the most frequent. The substrate stone presented the highest number of taxa. We observed a tendency for the composition of the community to differ between mesohabitats. The specific need of each biological group reflects the occupation of habitat, presenting different numbers of individuals. We can verify that the intensity of use of the waterfalls directly affects the aquatic insect community, either by disturbance and destruction of species-specific microhabitats or by the displacement of individuals along the stream. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to the cold climate and altitude, to identify trends in the dynamic vegetation and the main factors that contribute to changes in vegetation cover in grassland areas is essential to understand climate change in mountainous regions. Landsat-8 OLI and Landsat-1 MSS images from 1973 to 2022 of Morraria do Urucum and Serra do Amolar were pre-processed in the GEE cloud platform and QGIS. The resampling method per pixel in the scale of values defined for vegetation Campos de Altitude was used to show changes in vegetation cover and its dynamics through the NDVI index. In both study areas, a continuous trend of significant reduction of vegetation in highland grasslands was observed over 50 years. The average decrease was 49% for Urucum (less 2,164 hectares) and 43% for Amolar (less 3,959 hectares). The use of GHG to obtain remote sensing data combined with temporal image analysis offers the potential to quickly perceive trends in large- and small-scale vegetation cover change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objetivou-se avaliar o efeito de borda com base nas diferenças dos atributos funcionais das árvores (densidade da madeira, diâmetro e altura) na restinga de Grumari, RJ, região de Floresta Atlântica. Em campo, delimitaram-se duas bordas: Banco Halles e Lagoa Feia. Em cada borda foram selecionadas árvores com diâmetro ≥ 10 cm. Registrou-se o diâmetro e a altura de cada árvore, sendo também coletadas amostras de madeira. A densidade da madeira foi obtida pelo método de imersão. Os testes t de Student e Wilcoxon foram utilizados na análise dos atributos funcionais para verificação de diferenças entre bordas. A correlação de Pearson foi aplicada para constatar relações entre os atributos. Adicionalmente, estimou-se a biomassa das árvores e comparou-se a média entre bordas. Foi observado que apenas a altura apresentou diferenças significativas entre bordas (t 2,55; p 0,02). Os atributos funcionais não apresentaram relações significativas entre si e a borda Banco Halles apresentou maior estoque médio de biomassa (126,48 ± 71,14 kg) do que Lagoa Feia (71,5 ± 40,67 kg). Este estudo sugere que o efeito de borda poderia estar influenciando a variação dos atributos funcionais em um mesmo remanescente com diferentes históricos de distúrbio e ocupação.

The objective of this study was to analyze the influence of the landscape structure on the vegetation structure and how this influence is affected by investigation scale. The study was carried out in the Agroextractivist Settlement Praialta Piranheira, Nova Ipixuna, Para State, Brazil. We used floristic inventory (vegetation variables) and satellite image (landscape metrics). The sample plots were spatialized in buffers (100, 200, 300 and 500 m of circumference). We observed influence of landscape metrics, especially the amount of forest habitat, on the vegetation structure and the importance to select the most suitable metrics considering the study objective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Estudiamos los musgos que crecen en el valle del río Patía, en el suroccidente colombiano, que comprende zonas de bosque muy seco tropical y bosque seco premontano. En la franja altitudinal comprendida entre 550 y 1500 m s. n. m., encontramos 75 especies de musgos (28 familias y 53 géneros), 34 de ellas acrocárpicas (11 familias y 23 géneros) y 41 pleurocárpicas (17 familias y 30 géneros). Las familias con mayor número de especies son: Bryaceae (10), Pottiaceae (9), Hypnaceae (6), Macromitriaceae (5), Brachytheciaceae (5), Entodontaceae (5), Fissidentaceae (5) y Sematophyllaceae (4). Los géneros mejor representados son Bryum (6), Fissidens (5), Sematophyllum (4) y Entodon (3). El 60 % de las especies se encuentran en un solo tipo de sustrato: suelo (31), corteza (10), materia orgánica (3) y roca (1); el 40 % restante se encuentra en 2 o más sustratos. Bosques, matorrales, taludes y corrientes de agua son los hábitats preferidos por los musgos. Los elementos dominantes son neotropicales extraandinos (35 spp.), cosmopolitas (11), ampliamente tropicales (8) y afroamericanos (5).

In Pará, family agriculture brings jobs and income to the countryside, that's why there are several agrovillages in the state, such as Macapazinho located in the municipality of Castanhal, where the use of agricultural and water resources is routine for several families. The objective of this research was to evaluate results of fertility analysis in samples collected from agricultural areas of small farmers of the agrovillage and to verify anthropic changes in aquatic habitats on the banks of the Apeú river, a river that cuts through the agrovillage and serves as a resource for its inhabitants. The results showed low fertility indices in all analyzed areas and the inefficient use of cultivated areas. Alterations in the natural habitats were observed in all five secsions of the Apeú River analyzed, especially the secsion in the center of the agrovillage of Macapazinho, which proved to be the most affected by anthropic activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The community of soil organisms, including species visible to the naked eye (> 2.0 mm), is represented by more than 20 taxonomic groups. The soil is a heterogeneous and dynamic environment, in which there is a huge variety of organisms and high biodiversity and abundance of living beings. This work aims to analyze the diversity and characterize the soil of an area of Nim (Azadirachta indica), located Igarapé-açu, UFRA school farm, through diversity indices for the edaphic macrofauna and the Munsell letter for identification of the soil color. The work was conducted for 6 months from March to September 2018, containing 4 visits throughout the survey. With this, 3 collections were made for edaphic macrofauna and soil. The Shannon-Wiener, Simpson and Pielou indices were used to assess the diversity of the macrofauna, and collections were made in blocks in the soil, where each block was performed 4 repetitions with depths of 0 cm - 20 cm, 20 cm - 40 cm, 40 cm - 60 cm and 60 cm - 80 cm, for a total of 64 samples. Both the ephoric macrofauna and the soil, showed a fundamental association for the balance of a system where it houses a considerable variety of life. According to the diversity indexes, it can be seen that there are taxonomic groups that dominate a specific habitat in favor of the condition and the period they are in, indicating greater activity in collection 3, a fact linked to the beginning of the dry period, where the neem leaves begin falling. The region's soil was characterized as oxisols with sandy-clay characteristics. It was possible to verify that the edaphic macrofauna, associated with the soil environment as a whole, are fundamental for the balance of a system that inhabits an unimaginable variety of life. The representatives of Diplopodas are the most present species in the studied area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Anurans are represented by frogs, frogs and frogs. Due to their physiology, they are widely used to monitor the quality of the environment since their skin is sensitive to environmental changes in their habitats. The collections were carried out in an experimental area of The Guaraí College located in the municipality of Guaraí/TO during the dry and rainy season through the method of manual capture and observation, during the practical zoology classes between 2015 and 2019. Sixty-seven individuals with higher abundance were sampled for the families Bufonidae and Leptodactylidae. The species belonging to these families are the most abundant because they better resist the changes in ecological gradient and because they havegeneralist feeding. The diversity of anuranunus differed significantly in terms of microenvironments, prevailing in a greater number of species the natural areas and in smaller anthropized areas. Understanding the ecology and abundance of anuran species are important for local monitoring and health of populations residing in the most varied microhabitats. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Elk (Alces alces L.) are the largest animals in the deer family and an important commercial and hunting animal in Russia. Since ancient times, elk have offered nutritious meat and valuable hides. For this reason, there are repeated attempts to domesticate elk. However, the domestication of elk and their implementation on farms has not gone beyond experimental farms. This is mostly due to the elk’s digestion's unexplored physiology, including the role of endobiont ciliates. The elk’s diet is very diverse and includes shoots, leaves, the bark of various tree species and shrubs, multiple herbs, rhizomes and the leaves of aquatic plants, and mushrooms. This research aimed to perform a quantitative and specific study of the infusory composition of the digestive tract of European elk, which lives on the territory of the Omsk and Chelyabinsk regions of Russia in connection with habitat, nutrition, and climate. A comparative analysis of the species and numerical composition of symbiotic ciliated protozoa in the stomachs of European elk are presented. The average number of individual species of elk stomach cilia depending on the territory of the animal's habitat and the qualitative and quantitative composition of various parts of the stomach are presented. The dominant genus of cilia in elk is Entodinium, which includes ten species. Entodinium makes up 63% of all protozoa in the rumen of moose in the Chelyabinsk population and 73% in the Omsk population. The ophrioscolecidae family share accounts for 98% of the total composition of cilia in the moose rumen of the Chelyabinsk population and 96% of the Omsk population. No cilia were found in the rennet. The results allow us to assess the prospects for European elk domestication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article brings out a discussion regarding the essencial figure of the character Wolverine in his natural mediadic habitat, the comic books. Through a study based on the aspects that underlie the heroic archetype, this research will make a retrospect about the hero's role and they diverse manifestations, with the goal of desmystifying the essence of Wolverine and categorizing him inside a hero's segment. The study becomes necessary in the moment that a change in the character's behavior is observed, over his new evasive self. The unfolding of Wolverine in new medias, with intentionaly massive proprieties, led to his massification. Once the products that permeate Wolverine's mediatic ecology adopt him as a mass product, his suitability to the public becomes necessary. In the course of this research the reader will be formally presented to the character, as well as the ecology that composes the universe of graphic narratives. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study focuses on the Stemonuraceae found in Reserva Ducke, northern Brazil. It is based on morphological analysis of herbaria collections and literature compilation. Only on species was recorded: Discophora guianensis. This study provides morphological descriptions, illustrations, habitat information, phenology, and species distribution of the treated species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We present an annotated checklist of the species of Bombycidae, Saturniidae and Sphingidae collected in the Utría National Natural Park, Chocó, Colombia. We used mercury light trap for 31 days in four different habitats. We found 35 species: 19 Saturniidae, 15 Sphingidae and 1 Bombycidae. Eighteen species are recorded for the first time in the department of Chocó. These include the Chocó endemic Syssphinx chocoensis, the first specimen of Manduca dalica dalica, in a Colombian collection, and the fifth instar of Isognathus scyron. Our results agree with the lunar phobia hypothesis. This work is the first approach to the diversity of these families in the Utría National Park.

The funerary issue concerning castrejo and celtiberos intertwines with the habitat in which they lived. In castrejo settlements, changes in the funerary pattern - from the urns inside the huts to a location near the family nucleus and later to the necropolis's differentiated space - are often credited exclusively to contact with the Romans, without further study of spatial distribution. In the case of the Celtiberian cemeteries, although there is a peculiar internal organization of the funerary space, variations occur that must be better examined. This is the case, for example, in the Numância necropolis, where the densification causes authors such as Lorrio to think of functional justifications for the damage of the weapons found in the cemetery: such an act would be due not only to the ritual of sacred destruction, but also the practical aspect of the burial space available. The search for the factors that generated the change in funerary patterns will thus be guided by both the cultural interrelationship between castrejo and Romans or Celtiberos and Romans (whose analysis will be centered on material documentation, seen as essential to detect the aspect memory) as well as the spatial organization of the burials of both peoples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Riverine systems are primary habitats for aquatic species. Great efforts have been made to understand interaction between aquatic organism and various environmental factors in specific reaches of a river, yet little was known about how to identify habitats in river networks. In this paper, a comprehensive approach was proposed for identification of aquatic habitats in hierarchical river systems in terms of integrated geocodes synthesized through over-layer of multiple factors such as geologic periods, climatic conditions, water sources, geomorphic characteristics and river patterns. Using this approach in the Yellow River Basin over an area of 758,600 km2, six groups of aquatic habitats were classified by clustering of 85 geocodes, and 313 sub-habitats were further identified by considering both surface composition (e.g., lithological features and soil texture) and topographic property (e.g., elevation and slope) in the loess geomorphic regions. Consequently, the contribution of the headwater streams to diversity of aquatic habitats among rivers and mid-sized rivers to the diversity within a river has been revealed by coupling of the geocode-based habitats and the river networks. The present study is of significance to efficient capture of habitat diversity and better understanding of biodiversity in rivers of different stream orders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Este trabalho tem por objetivo reconhecer as atuais características fisiográficas, sedimentológicas e biológicas do Parque Municipal Marinho do Recife de Fora (PMMRF), localizado no município de Porto Seguro - BA, através da construção de um modelo ambiental utilizando técnicas de geoprocessamento. Foi realizado um levantamento batimétrico utilizando um sistema integrado de ecossonda e GPS, com resolução da célula de grid de 10 m. Para gerar o modelo batimétrico das áreas submersas do PMMRF foram testados diferentes métodos de interpolação raster sendo considerado o Radial Basis Function por quadrante o que melhor descreve a batimetria. A composição de uma base cartográfica, com modelo batimétrico e imagem de satélite QuickBird, serviram como base para a definição do desenho amostral. Este contou com um total de 234 estações, posicionadas a cada 400 m em malha regular acrescida de pontos a cada 400m ao longo da quebra de relevo do topo recifal, delimitada pela declividade do modelo batimétrico e pela interpretação da imagem. Nas estações, foram coletadas amostras de sedimento e informações sobre a distribuição das comunidades. O PMMR apresenta alta complexidade ambiental sob influência de aspectos como hidrodinâmicos, geomorfológicos, sedimentológicos e ecológicos. A resolução espacial do modelo contemplou o mapeamento de oito feições geomorfológicas (face exposta, face abrigada, platô recifal, piscinas, canal, recifes em mancha, praias de areia, cabeços algálicos) que compõem a área recifal. A sedimentação é caracterizada pela deposição de sedimentos polimodais finos, muito mal selecionados, com distribuição granulométrica platicúrtica a mesocúrtica e assimetria positiva a muito positiva. O grau de seleção e o fato de predominarem amostras polimodais indicam um ambiente típico de plataforma, o qual está sujeito a influência de sedimentos provenientes de outras áreas, carreados pelas correntes de deriva litorânea, e que nem sempre são contemporâneos. A morfologia do recife também influenciou a distribuição dos sedimentos encontrados, visto que diversas feições escavadas como piscinas e canais, podem reter material grosso ou fino. Sendo assim, o ambiente de sedimentação do Recife de Fora é de baixa energia, resultante da ação das marés, de correntes da deriva litorânea. Além disso, a morfologia estrutural do recife serve ainda como barreira para a ação remobilizadora das ondas, ou como armadilhas de sedimento durante períodos de marés vazantes. A análise mineralógica da composição do sedimento superficial do PMMRF demonstra que a área é caracterizada pela predominância de sedimentação carbonática sobre terrígena. O mapeamento de comunidades indicou que o PMMRF abriga uma fauna típica de ambientes coralíneos brasileiros, com a presença de cinco espécies formadoras. A classificação de habitats do PMMRF engloba ambientes compostos por corais, zoantídeos, algas e gramas marinhas. Esses complexo ecossistema recifal é composto por um mosaico de habitats para o qual foi construído um banco de dados georeferenciados, incluindo vídeos e fotos.

The Araneidae is a speciose family including web-spinning spiders that are very abundant in various terrestrial ecosystems. Several studies demonstrate that changes in vegetation surrounding rivers, streams and brooks affect the associated araneofauna. The aim of this research was to compare differences found in diversity (abundance and richness), composition and phenology of Araneidae spiders sampled in different habitats in four riparian forest catchments in southern Brazil. Samples were taken from riparian forests in four rivers of Rio Grande do Sul State: Piratini, Camaquã, Sinos and Maquiné rivers, each in a different hydrographic basin. Samples were taken twice seasonally on each basin during two years, sampling the araneofauna of the tree-shrub strata with beating tray. Six transects were employed on each basin, two per habitat: edge with grassland, forest interior and river edge. Araneids totalled 20 genera and 65 species. Comparing riparian forests significant differences are found. Spider abundance differed among riparian forests as well as species richness. Overall, Piratini river riparian forest had the higher abundance and richness for Araneidae; the lower values were in Sinos river forest. The stronger degradation and fragmentation of the riparian forests of Sinos river probably influenced the results, with human disturbance gradients associated negatively to web building. We present data on the diversity of these spiders, which were very abundant in the riparian forest interior and very rich in species in the grassland/riparian forest edge. Species composition also differs among the studied habitats (the above plus river/riparian forest edge). For the most abundant species the phenological pattern across the seasons was also analysed.

Solo en este siglo (XX) los seres humanos han destruido casi la mitad de las selvas tropicales. Hemos segado humedales rebosantes de vida silvestre y contaminado arrecifes de coral que albergan una sorprendente variedad de peces. Hemos envenenado los bosques de Europa y suprimido gran parte de los herbazales africanos. En el mundo moderno, el crecimiento urbano y el desarrollo industrial y agrícola amenazan muchos hábitats naturales. En los países más pobres y subdesarrollados, la necesidad apremiante de tierras, alimentos y albergues conduce a la destrucción de hábitats. Los animales pugnan por sobrevivir cuando desaparecen sus comarcas y su sustento. Hemos de emprender urgentemente acciones para acabar con la tendencia de extinción de hábitats y para salvar las especies animales que ahora se enfrentan a su desaparición”. (Desastres provocados por el hombre – Jane Walker –Aladdin Books Ltd 1995)

A biodiversidade brasileira é reconhecida como uma das mais expressivas da biosfera terrestre e tem um papel importante no bem-estar e na saúde do homem, ao prover produtos básicos e serviços ecossistêmicos. Os produtos ou bens oriundos do sistema natural incluem fármacos, alimentos (como pesca), madeira e muitos outros. Os sistemas naturais também proveem serviços que dão suporte à vida, tais como purificação do ar e da água, regulação do clima, hábitats reprodutivos e alimentares para extrativismo, além da manutenção de organismos responsáveis pela ciclagem de nutrientes do solo, tornando-os disponíveis para absorção pelas plantas. Alterações ambientais estão afetando negativamente os ecossistemas naturais, com acelerada perda da biodiversidade, por meio da modificação e perda de hábitats naturais e pela ocupação não sustentável do solo, com propagação de patógenos e vetores de doenças.The Brazilian biodiversity is recognized as one of the most expressive in the terrestrial biosphere and plays an important role to human well-being and health, providing basic products and ecosystem services. The products or goods from natural ecosystems include pharmaceutical material, food such as fishery, timber, and many others. Natural ecosystems also provide essential life-supporting services such as purification of air and water, climate regulation, reproductive and feeding habitats for extractivism, as well as maintenance of organisms responsible for cycling soil nutrients, making them available to plant absorption. Environmental disruption has impacted human well being and health, resulting in severe social poverty with spread of diseases. Increasing in vector-borne and diseases in humans and animals occur as a result of negative anthropogenic interventions in the natural ecosystems.

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Neste trabalho é apresentado a lista de espécies de anfíbios anuros da Fazenda Jaburi. Município de Espigão D'Oeste, Estado de Rondônia, enfocando os ambientes utilizados durante a atividade reprodutiva em áreas de floresta primária c campos de pastagens. Foram registradas 31 espécies para esta localidade pertencentes as seguintes famílias: Bufonidae (3), Dendrobatidae (2), Hylidae (17), Leptodactylidae (7) e Microhylidae (2). A maioria das espécies (24) ocorreram no interior e na borda de floresta primária. Quatorze espécies foram observadas em atividade reprodutiva nos campos de pastagens, enquanto nove espécies foram encontradas apenas dentro de floresta primária.

Beetles belonging to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea occupy different habitats, present feeding habits diversified, play an important ecological role and several species have agricultural importance. However, studies with this group in the Brazilian Cerrado are scarce. In this review we carried out a survey of scientific articles published in the past 30 years concerning Scarabaeoidea in the Cerrado. Were found 64 studies in nine Brazilian states. The studies focused on four main topics: pest species, bioecology, biodiversity and ecological importance, techniques and methodologies for collecting Scarabaeoidea. The results of this review indicate that few studies have been conducted with Scarabaeoidea in the Cerrado in recent decades compared to the importance and diversity of this group of insects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This study aimed to verify the management and profile of dogs treated at the Veterinary Hospital of the University of the West Paulista and characterized their owners. We used questionnaire data from owners seeking as sex and age, and animals as race, age, sex, body score, diet, physical activity, location and frequency of bathing, habitat, worming, vaccination and blood glucose levels. The results were presented in a descriptive way.It is concluded that the owners who attend this Veterinary Hospital are mostly females between 20 and 39 years of age; are treated dogs, most are breed from two months to two years old, female, with ideal body score from the viewpoint of the owners; eat dry food or mixed with moist food and eat snacks, sleep away from home, have physical activity every day, take a bath every two weeks at home, is vaccinated and wormed regularly and have blood glucose within normal limits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Environmental Protection Area of Banhado Grande - APABG is a large area, which involves a diversity of habitats, fauna and flora, besides covering four municipalities Viamão, Gravataí, Glorinha and Santo Antônio da Patrulha. Being a APA, it is a type of protected area for sustainable use. With few years of existence is still little known and suffers from all kinds of degradation. This work intends to list theoretical and methodological assumptions that collaborate with the development of Environmental Education Plan for this unit. To this end, there was a literature review and two quantitative research where the first, aimed to diagnose the level of knowledge reagarding APABG and the "Refúgo da Vida Silvestre Banhado dos Pachecos", a conservation unit inserted into the APA. This survey was conducted in the region of Águas Claras / Viamão. The second survey was the mapping of actions in the environmental education in the constituent municipalities of the unit. This was intended to form a framework of knowledge associated with all their reality and complexity of environmental and social relations in the region serving thus, guidance and foundation for the preparation of the plan and the proposal for formation of environmental educators for the APA, aiming its sustainability. The theoretical assumptions are based on the formation of citizenship, environmental awareness and on the Critical Environmental Education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The search for contact with nature is increasingly growing, mainly by those who live in large cities. Faced with serious environmental crisis that affects everyone, the relationship between Tourism and Environmental Education emerges as a possibility to change people's behavior and provide solutions to mitigate the damage caused by humans to the environment. The objective of this study was to analyze the potential of Parque Passeio Público, Curitiba, Paraná, as a site disseminating concepts related to Environmental Education. This space has in his breeding stock several captive animals and some wooded areas. This work was conducted through observations of the site and questionnaires to visitors. It was found that many visitors still have bad habits towards nature conservation, but have shown interest in and motivation to receive information that can change their attitudes and values pro-environment. Of the respondents, 96% believe they can improve their behavior towards the environment if they learn more about it. Curiosities about animal habits, recreation, medicinal herbs, garbage, scale models and exhibitions are some of the topics of most interest among visitors. On the other hand, the Passeio Público fails to provide visitors with information about its fauna. We can conclude from the results that the practice of Environmental Education at Passeio Público can cause change in environmental attitudes and motivation of its visitors; however, there must be more investment and research on the best methodology for implementation of Environmental Education in the environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Remote sensing and geoprocessing techniques has been enlargement used for environmental studies, in the differents disciplines. The importance of interdisciplinary studies, creating a link with others disciplines, is important not only to environmental characterization, but for the knowing of your dynamics and yours interrelationships with your environment. In this context, here is presented three examples, which used remote sensing and geoprocessing techniques to describe the habitats. Was used digital elevation models of SRTM to extraction of topographic features, such as slope, hipsometry, plan curve, wetness index, potential hydraulic, and topographic profiles, important to ecological studies and others, with goal to describe the environment since biological and physical view point, through remote sensing and geoprocessing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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One subadult male specimen of a reintroduced mountain lion was monitored using the radio telemetry technique. The monitoring lasted 110 days, being randomly distributed. Data of the monitoring through radiotelemetry suggested that the home range of this specimen was of approximately 26km2. This sets as the smallest home range described for this species. However, the importance of this basic monitoring should be emphasized, since information of the behavior of a large feline reintroduced in its natural habitat after a period in captivity is incipient. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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