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Malva Isabel Medina Hernández
Researcher at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Publications - 78
Citations - 3729
Malva Isabel Medina Hernández is an academic researcher from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. The author has contributed to research in topics: Dung beetle & Scarabaeinae. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 73 publications receiving 3148 citations. Previous affiliations of Malva Isabel Medina Hernández include Federal University of Paraíba & Sao Paulo State University.
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Quantifying the biodiversity value of tropical primary, secondary, and plantation forests.
Jos Barlow,Toby A. Gardner,Izonete de Jesus da Silva Araujo,Teresa C. S. Avila-Pires,Alexandre B. Bonaldo,Jennifer Costa,Maria Cristina Esposito,Leandro Valle Ferreira,Joseph E. Hawes,Malva Isabel Medina Hernández,Marinus S. Hoogmoed,Rafael N. Leite,Nancy F. Lo-Man-Hung,Jay R. Malcolm,Marlucia Bonifacio Martins,Luiz Augusto Macedo Mestre,R. Miranda-Santos,A. L. Nunes-Gutjahr,William L. Overal,Luke Parry,Solange Peters,Marco A. Ribeiro-Júnior,M. N. F. da Silva,C. da Silva Motta,Carlos A. Peres +24 more
TL;DR: The results show that, whereas the biodiversity indicator group concept may hold some validity for several taxa that are frequently sampled, it fails for those exhibiting highly idiosyncratic responses to tropical land-use change, highlighting the problems associated with quantifying the biodiversity value of anthropogenic habitats.
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The cost-effectiveness of biodiversity surveys in tropical forests
Toby A. Gardner,Jos Barlow,Jos Barlow,Jos Barlow,Ivanei S. Araujo,Teresa C. S. Avila-Pires,Alexandre B. Bonaldo,Joana E. Costa,Maria Cristina Esposito,Leandro Valle Ferreira,Joseph E. Hawes,Malva Isabel Medina Hernández,Marinus S. Hoogmoed,Rafael N. Leite,Nancy F. Lo-Man-Hung,Jay R. Malcolm,Marlucia Bonifacio Martins,Luiz Augusto Macedo Mestre,Ronildon Miranda-Santos,William L. Overal,Luke Parry,Sandra L. Peters,Marco A. Ribeiro-Júnior,Maria Nazareth Ferreira da Silva,Catarina da Silva Motta,Carlos A. Peres +25 more
TL;DR: This work presents a generic and novel framework for identifying high-performance indicator taxa that combine practical feasibility and ecological value, and illustrates the approach using a large-scale assessment of 14 different higher taxa across three forest types in the Brazilian Amazon.
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Understanding the biodiversity consequences of habitat change: the value of secondary and plantation forests for neotropical dung beetles
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors collected spatially independent dung beetle samples from primary, secondary and Eucalyptus plantation forests in north-east Brazilian Amazonia across a large quasi-experimental landscape that minimized confounding edge and fragmentation effects.
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Spatial Patterns of Movement of Dung Beetle Species in a Tropical Forest Suggest a New Trap Spacing for Dung Beetle Biodiversity Studies
TL;DR: Dung beetle species with different sets of ecological traits may differ in their dispersal ability, so a new minimum distance of 100 m between pairs of traps is suggested to minimize interference between baited pitfall traps for sampling copronecrophagous Scarabaeinae dung beetles.
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Environmental perception of gatherers of the crab 'caranguejo-uçá' (Ucides cordatus, Decapoda, Brachyura) affecting their collection attitudes.
TL;DR: The need for research on the exploitation of mangrove ecosystems and on U. cordatus in particular was emphasized, and researchers suggested the need to study the socio-economics of crab collecting, which has recently experienced an increase in production demand.