Redescription of Leptophis Cupreus (Cope) (Serpentes, Colubridae), a rare south American Colubrine Snake by Nelson R. de Albuquerque, Roy W. McDiarmid

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Latitudinal variation in local productivity influences body condition of South American sea lion pups by M Sepúlveda, D Olea, P Carrasco, M Santos-Carvallo, J Castillo, RA Quiñones

“…The objective of this study was to analyze the geographic and temporal variation in the body condition of South American sea lion Otaria flavescens pups in Chile, and to relate it to spatio-temporal variations in prey availability. …”
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Behaviour patterns of South American swans and potential ecosystem services supplied to salt production systems by Carolina Allendes-Muñoz, Marcelo Miranda-Cavallieri, Camilo Matus-Olivares, Fulgencio Lisón

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Revision of the South American freshwater fish genus Laemolyta Cope, 1872 (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Anostomidae) by Kelly Cristina Mautari, Naércio Aquino Menezes

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THE FINANCING SOUTH AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURAL INTEGRATION: THE DIFFICULTIES OF ESTABLISHING A NEW REGIONAL FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENT by Aline Contti Castro, Fernanda Címini

“…The Initiative for the Integration of South American Regional Infrastructure (IIRSA) - in terms of financing - aimed to create innovative regional schemes in the realization of shared transport, energy and telecommunications projects. …”
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Mechanisms of defense policy diffusion in South America: evidence from the South American Defense Council by Thales Carvalho

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Effects of future climate change on the geographical distribution of a bird endemic to South American floodplains by Mayara F. Zucchetto, Natalia S. Da Silveira, Victor M. Prasniewski, Tatiane Arnhold, Thadeu Sobral-Souza, João B. de Pinho

“…Here, we aimed to infer the current and future geographical distribution of an insectivorous bird species endemic to South American floodplains, the Mato Grosso Antbird (Cercomacra melanaria). …”
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DNA barcoding does not separate South American Triatoma (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), Chagas Disease vectors by Silvia Andrade Justi, Carolina Dale, Cleber Galvão

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Pollen morphology and its systematic value to southern South American species of Lepidaploa (Vernonieae: Asteraceae) by Danilo Marques, Gisela Mariel Via do Pico, Jimi Naoki Nakajima, Massimiliano Dematteis

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Preliminary report on the allelopathic potential of South American <em>Imperata</em> species (Poaceae: Andropogoneae) by Fernando Moro Cordobés, Ana M. Anton, Lidia Raquel Scrivanti

“…Questions and / or Hypotheses: This study assessed the allelopathic potential of some South American species of Imperata taking into account previous reports on I. cylindrica, which has been extensively studied due to its invasiveness and allelopathic potential. …”
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Large genomic deletions delineate Mycobacterium tuberculosis L4 sublineages in South American countries. by Andres Baena, Felipe Cabarcas, Juan C Ocampo, Luis F Barrera, Juan F Alzate

“…Using a genome de novo assembly strategy and phylogenomic methods, we spotted novel south American clades that have not been revealed yet. …”
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Chromosomal analyses in Megalonema platanum (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), an endangered species from South American rivers by Rafael Augusto de Carvalho, Sebástian Sanchez, Ana Claudia Swarça, Alberto Sergio Fenocchio, Isabel C. Martins-Santos, Ana Lúcia Dias

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The South-American distribution and southernmost record of Biomphalaria peregrina—a potential intermediate host of schistosomiasis by Alejandra Rumi, Roberto Eugenio Vogler, Ariel Aníbal Beltramino

“…With both markers, phylogenetic analyses were conducted in order to compare the genetic background of individuals from the Pinturas River with previously genetically characterized strains of B. peregrina from various South-American locations. In addition, we produced a potential distribution model of B. peregrina in South America and identified the environmental variables that best predict that distribution. …”
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The Ancestry of Eastern Paraguay: A Typical South American Profile with a Unique Pattern of Admixture by Filipa Simão, Julyana Ribeiro, Carlos Vullo, Laura Catelli, Verónica Gomes, Catarina Xavier, Gabriela Huber, Martin Bodner, Alfredo Quiroz, Ana Paula Ferreira, Elizeu F. Carvalho, Walther Parson, Leonor Gusmão

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Unplanned Urban Growth and Its Potential Impacts on Bird Species in a South American City by Tulaci Bhakti, João Carlos Pena, Marcos Rodrigues

“…Abstract South American cities have been expanding extremely fast and with reduced urban planning, which can lead to significant biodiversity loss. …”
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Effects of Increased Renewable Energy Consumption on Electricity Prices: Evidence for Six South American Countries by Ronny Correa-Quezada, María del Cisne Tituaña-Castillo, María de la Cruz del Río-Rama, José Álvarez-García

“…This research examines the relationship between renewable energy consumption and electricity prices in six South American countries (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru). …”
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Macrophytes in the upper Paraná river floodplain: checklist and comparison with other large South American wetlands by Fernando Alves Ferreira, Roger Paulo Mormul, Sidinei Magela Thomaz, Arnildo Pott, Vali Joana Pott

“…Our main purposes were to assess the macrophyte richness in the Paraná floodplain, to compare it with other South American wetlands and to assess whether the number of species recorded in South American inventories has already reached an asymptote. …”
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Relationship between the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index for Six South American Countries by Oscar Hernán Cerquera Losada, Juan Pablo Murcia Arias, Jonas Conde Guzmán

“… This paper analyzes the relationship between the consumer price index and the producer price index for six South American countries Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay and Uruguay. …”
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PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH SPINE TUMOR OPERATED IN A SOUTH AMERICAN REFERENCE SERVICE. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY by Murilo Alexandre, William Zarza Santos, Rodrigo Goes Medéa de Mendonça, Alberto Ofenhejm Gotfryd, Maria Fernanda Silber Caffaro, Robert Meves

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Identification and tectonic implications of a tear in the South American plate at the southern end of the Lesser Antilles by S. A. Clark, M. Sobiesiak, C. A. Zelt, M. B. Magnani, M. S. Miller, M. J. Bezada, A. Levander

“…This geometry requires negatively buoyant, subducting, oceanic South American lithosphere to progressively detach from positively buoyant, continental South American lithosphere. …”
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