Joachim Adis

TL;DR: The Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil, is famous for its luxurious plant and animal life as discussed by the authors, however, very few endemic species have been described, however, there are large populations of species that are considered rare or endangered in South America.

TL;DR: Some terrestrial invertebrates show physiological resistance against inundation or drought, phenologies fitting the normal annual rhythm of water level fluctuation, high dispersal ability and migration, and most species survive simply using a `risk strategy', combining high reproduction rates, dispersal and reimmigration following catastrophic events.

TL;DR: A new insect order, Mantophasmatodea, is described on the basis of museum specimens of a new genus with two species: Mantophasma zephyra gen. et sp.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared rainfall data collected over 12 months at eigth stations in the vicinity of and at Manaus, Brazil, and found that annual precipitation was lower in Inundation Regions (1150-2150mm) compared with Dryland Regions (2400-2550mm).

TL;DR: In this paper, pyrethrum-fogging was used to sample arthropods in the canopies of selected trees during the early part of the 1977 dry season from three types of neotropical forest: varzea and igapo forest which are inundated seasonally by white water and black water rivers respectively, and terra firme forest which is not subject to inundation.