We are pleased to announce the 26th annual meeting of the Human Behavior and Evolution Society to be held in Natal, Brazil, July 30th - August 2nd, 2014. The venue for this conference will be the Praiamar Natal Hotel & Convention, Ponta Negra Beach. The 2014 Conference, will be held under the motto Evolution, Society, and Culture, underlying the importance of the evolutionary perspective in understanding the origins of society with all its implications. Additionally, this theme emphasizes the role of the social environment and the cultural practices that emerge from it. At our current level of knowledge, integrating comparative and cross-cultural approaches in our analyses allows us to better understand the origins, universalities and peculiarities of human nature, including the functioning of a wide range of personal, social and reproductive behaviors. Keynote Speaker: Leda Cosmides & John Tooby, Center for Evolutionary Psychology, UCSB Introduction by Steven Pinker, Department of Psychology, Harvard University Plenary Speakers: Renée Baillargeon, Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Redouan Bshary, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel Napoleon Chagnon, Department of Anthropology, UCSB Brad Duchaine, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Dartmouth Peter Gray, Department of Psychology, Boston College Doug Kenrick, Department of Psychology, Arizona State University Melvin Konner, Department of Anthropology, Emory University ... [Information of the supplier]
On behalf of the Local Organizing Committee, I would like to invite all vegetation scientists, new and old, to attend the 59th Annual Symposium of the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) that is returning to Brazil after 14 years, but this time in a completely different community type – the savannas of central Brazil. The Cerrado, the name used for the savannas of central Brazil, is home to an extensive flora, with over 12000 species in its extension of over 2 million km2. The plant communities vary in physiognomy from extensive grassy fields through savanna to forests, both riverine and on uplands, and higher altitude rocky fields. Fire is an important factor in the molding of these communities. Although the plants may not be as well collected as in other parts of the world, the Herbarium of the University of Brasilia has an outstanding collection with emphasis on the flora of the Cerrado. For the first time in the history of the IAVS, the meeting in 2016 will be within the tropics, but that is not to say that we will be in a hot and humid climate. The Cerrado has a distinct wet season, during our summer, and dry season, during our winter. The meeting will be at the end of our fall season, remember that we will be in the southern hemisphere again, and this is the beginning of the dry season in the region, so we should have warm days and cooler evenings and nights. The local where the meeting will be held, Pirenópolis, is a small historical city in Brazil. Pirenópolis is located in central Brazil approximately 150 km west of Brasília, our capital, where most of you will arrive. Hopefully everyone will have some time to spend in Brasília also to see why it has been included in UNESCO´s World Heritage sites. The specific theme of IAVS will be “Conservation of Plant Communities: From Environmental Drivers to Ecosystem Services”, although talks on all aspects of research related to the study of vegetation science will be welcome. There will be specific sessions on Classification of plant communities, Conservação of plant communities, Fire and grazing in the management of non-forest vegetation and Restoration of plant communities, among other topics. We are confident that all participants in this meeting will be satisfied with the scientific program, field excursions and social events that are being planned. We also hope that all participants will return to their institutes or places of origin with new ideas and new contacts, both national and international. ... [Information of the supplier]
Welcome to the official website of the 8th meeting of the International Society for Testate Amoebae Research (ISTAR), taking place on September 12th-15th 2016 in Ilhabela, Brazil. The meeting will cover a broad range of research topics dealing with testate amoebae, including taxonomy, phylogenomics, evolution, paleontology, and ecology. The official conference language will be English. ... [Information of the supplier]
"Flora brasiliensis" was published between 1840 and 1906 by the editors Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, August Wilhelm Eichler, and Ignatz Urban, with the participation of 65 specialists from various countries. It contains taxonomic treatments of 22.767 species, mostly Brazilian angiosperms, held in 15 volumes, divided in 40 parts, with a total of 10.367 pages. The projects' aim is to develop an on-line information system about Brazil's flora, using Martius' Flora brasiliensis with high resolution digitized images of the plates as a base. ... [Information of the supplier]
The IBAC Organizing Committee has prepared some novelties for the XXIV meeting that includes: round tables, short duration courses, workshops, and a permanent exposition. The Plenary Talks will include the following: "From uni- to multimodal signaling: towards an integrative view on anuran communication"; "How to communicate by voice in the noise: the example of seabird colonies"; "The best of a bad situation: reliable information in ground squirrel alarm calls"; and "Impact of bioacoustics data on taxonomy of cicadas". ... [Information of the supplier, modified]
Welcome to the 12th International Congress of Orthopterology. I am also very pleased to welcome you to Ilhéus and to Brazil. As the board of The Orthopterists’s Society decided in 2013, now the ICO will take place every 3 years. So, it is with great pleasure that I will host the next one here: from October 30th to November 03rd, 2016. The overall topic for this ICO is “Orthoptera in a Changing World”, which will raise fundamental questions about the current state of knowledge of Orthopera in different branches of science. In addition to global climate change, greater efforts have been made for more effective conservation policies. While we have a lot of undiscovered biodiversity, its loss is incessant. So, in this global context, we are eager to hear your insights and the results of your researches. ... [Information of the supplier]
Dear professors, researchers, graduate and undergraduate students and general public interested in the study of crustaceans, on behalf of the Sociedade Brasileira de Carcinologia it is a great pleasure to invite you to participate in our IX Congresso Brasileiro sobre Crustáceos – IX CBC (9th Brazilian Crustacean Congress), which will be hosted by the Regional University of Cariri (URCA) and held in Crato, Ceará State, Brazil, from November 6th to 9th of 2016. The congress will be realized at Cariri Convention Center, which has all facilities necessary for the completion of the meeting. The theme chosen for the IX CBC is "Crustaceans Biodiversity: Evolution and Conservation Challenges". The Organizing Committee is strongly committed to prepare a high-level and attractive Scientific Program that will cover all of the major disciplines of Carcinology. ... [Information of the supplier]
The aim of this checklist of the flora of Brazil is to provide a functional and comprehensive list of all known Brazilian plants. The checklist comprises a total of 40.982 species, with 3.608 fungi, 3.495 algae, 1.521 bryophytes, 1.176 pteridophytes, 26 gymnosperms, and 31.156 angiosperms. [Editorial staff vifabio]
The goal of this page is to provide tools that can contribute for the identification and taxonomy of the genus Parmotrema A. Massal. (lichenized Ascomycota, Parmeliaceae), through short comparative diagnoses and colour images, usually with a quality that enable the zoom on the features of taxonomic importance. You can be combine this page with identification keys, like the excelent Neotropical Keys of Harrie Sipman. A paper with keys, tables and descriptions for some Brazilian species is available. For the species with salazinic acid, you can also consult my thesis. The site was supported in part by funding from the Biodiversity Synthesis Center of the Encyclopedia of Life; Brazilian support by UFMS, FUNDECT and CNPq. ... [Information of the supplier]
The aims of the project are related to the understanding of diversity and ecosystem function and their relationship to human impact in forests and agroforestry systems of the Mata Atlântica in Paraná State, Brazil. General goals in this ecosystem approach are: 1.)to monitor ecosystem functionality and services in terms of biomass deposition and decomposition, nutrient cycling and forest succession including botany and soil microbiology at a functional level (tree growth, microbial biomass and activity),2.)to assess the diversity of soil biota in different habitats, estimate the magnitude of species richness and species loss and changes in community structure caused by anthropogenic alteration of the environment, and 3.)to develop a classification system indicating the quality of secondary forests in the southern Mata Atlântica as habitat for autochthonous (soil invertebrate) species. The investigation is considered a case study for the whole biome. ... [Information of the supplier]