Primeiro registro de Aedes albopictus em área da Mata Atlântica, Recife, PE, Brasil First report of Aedes albopictus in areas of rain forest in Brazil by Cleide MR de Albuquerque, Maria Alice V Melo-Santos, Mary Ann S Bezerra, Rosângela MR Barbosa, Dílvia F Silva, Edinalda da Silva

“…Mosquitoes in aquatic stages were looked for in treeholes, bamboos, bromeliads and old tires. The existence of Ae. albopictus in the metropolitan area of Recife poses a potential risk for the interaction of this mosquito species with the urban human population.…”
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Isoenzymatic analysis of four Anopheles (Kerteszia) bellator Dyar & Knab (Diptera: Culicidae) populations by Carvalho-Pinto Carlos José de, Lourenço-de-Oliveira Ricardo

“…The bromelia-breeding habitat of the species should accompany the Atlantic forest coastal distribution, where bromeliads are abundant. Nonetheless, records on An. bellator collections show a gap in the species geographical distribution. …”
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Karyotype characterization and nuclear DNA content measurement in Bromeliaceae: State of the art and future perspectives by ANDREI C.P. NUNES, WELLINGTON R. CLARINDO

“…Besides cytogenetic characterization, the 2C DNA content of bromeliads has been measured. Nuclear DNA content has varied from 2C = 0.60 to 2C = 3.34 picograms. …”
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Characterization of Triatoma guasayana biotopes in a hardwood forest of Santiago del Estero, Argentina by Darío Vezzani, Nicolás J Schweigmann, Silvia M Pietrokovsky, Cristina Wisnivesky-Colli

“…The abundance of T. guasayana was evaluated by census in the following wild biotopes: quimiles (Opuntia quimilo), chaguares (dry bromeliads), logs and underground burrows. Ten biotopes of each type were dismantled in winter (August) and another 40 in summer (January); all fauna was recorded. …”
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Molecular phylogenetics of the <em>Pristimantis lacrimosus</em> species group (Anura: Craugastoridae) with the description of a new species from Colombia by Mauricio Rivera-Correa, Juan Daza

“…The Pristimantis lacrimosus species group, with 24 species distributed in the Neotropics, is a group of arboreal frogs commonly inhabiting bromeliads. Previous studies have claimed the group to be monophyletic but few species have been included in phylogenetic analyses. …”
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A remarkable new species of Cavichiana (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae) from southeastern Brazil by Victor Quintas, Daniela M. Takiya, Isabele Côrte, Gabriel Mejdalani

“…Cavichiana Mejdalani et al., 2014 was a formerly monotypic Cicadellinae genus exclusively found in bromeliads from southeastern Brazil. Here a new species is described, diagnosed, and illustrated from Itatiaia National Park, municipality of Itamonte, state of Minas Gerais (Mantiqueira mountain range); specimens were collected on Vriesea spp. …”
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Seed’s morpho-anatomy and post-seminal development of Bromeliaceae from tropical dry forest by Adriana María Martelo-Solorzano, Kesmy Isabel Lidueña-Pérez, Jenny Paola Corredor-Prado

“…Our results provide information with taxonomic and ecological relevance for bromeliads in dry tropical forest.…”
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Disgusting or delicious? Predatory behavior of the hylid frog Phyllodytes luteolus on sympatric ants by Mirco Solé, Daniel Loebmann

“…The experiment was conducted with frogs inhabiting a patch of 20 bromeliads (Aechmea cf. blanchetiana). Ants were offered randomly to the frogs until we obtained ten observations of predation of each ant species. …”
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LEVANTAMENTO QUANTITATIVO DAS PLANTAS LENHOSAS EM TRECHOS DE VEGETAÇÃO DE CAATINGA EM PERNAMBUCO by Maria Jesus Nogueira Rodal, Fernando Roberto Martins, Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio

“…All alive and standing dead plants with total height ¿ 1 m and stem diameter at soil level ¿ 3 cm present in twenty-five 10 x 10 m plots, in each area, were sampled. Lianas and bromeliads were excluded. Sixty one species, belonging to 41 genera and 21 families, were found in the four areas, being 27, 27, 26 and 30 species in FA, PF, BE and BD, respectively. …”
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Ecogenetics of Triatoma sordida and Triatoma guasayana (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in the Bolivian Chaco by François Noireau, Teresa Gutierrez, Rosmary Flores, Frédérique Brenière, Marie France Bosseno, Cristina Wisnivesky-Colli

“…The distribution of T. guasayana and T. sordida groups 1 and 2 was similar between silvatic environment and peridomestic ecotopes where 25% of positive places was occupied by two or three species. Bromeliads were confirmed as favorable shelter for T. guasayana but were free of T. sordida. …”
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MECANISMO FISIOLÓGICOS E BIOQUÍMICOS DO ABACAXI ORNAMENTAL SOB ESTRESSE SALINO by BRUNA SANTANA DA SILVA MENDES, LILIA WILLADINO, PATRICIA CARNEIRO DA CUNHA, RONALDO ALVES DE OLIVEIRA FILHO, TEREZINHA RANGEL CAMARA

“…The bromeliads are hardy plants with exotic beauty, appreciated by consumers worldwide. …”
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Germination and survival of Aechmea gamosepala on different substrates by Adilson Anacleto, Luis Fernando Roveda, Rafaela Santoro Ramos

“… The State of Parana is one of the Brazilian regions with the highest incidence of extraction of bromeliads, among the factors for the occurrence of this situation, they highlight a great demand for this species as ornamental flowers and the easy access to forests, few cultivation ponds and difficulties for farmers in cultivation processes, especially in the early stages of cultivation. …”
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Patterns of arboreal and terrestrial space use by non-volant small mammals in an Araucaria forest of southern Brazil by MAURY S.L. ABREU, LARISSA R. DE OLIVEIRA

“…Juliomys sp. and G. microtarsus were associated to microhabitat variables related to the access and movement within the canopy. Moreover, bromeliads on arboreal layer were an important factor for these two arboreal species. …”
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Ingestive behavior and feeding preference of goats reared in degraded caatinga by Luiza Daiana Araújo da Silva Formiga, Paula Frassinetti Medeiros de Paulo, Meiry Rodrigues Cassuce, Albericio Pereira de Andrade, Divan Soares da Silva, Edilson Paes Saraiva

“…The time spent by animals during the transition season (rainy-dry) had similarities for the selected grasses, herbaceous/sub-shrub plants, litter, and shrub/ tree plants, except for bromeliads and cacti. The animals spent longer grazing time consuming grasses at the rainy season. …”
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Biodiversity and Temporal Distribution of Immature Culicidae in the Atlantic Forest, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. by Jeronimo Alencar, Cecília Ferreira de Mello, Nicolau Maués Serra-Freire, Anthony Érico Guimarães, Hélcio R Gil-Santana, Raquel M Gleiser

“…The larval mosquito community found in artificial habitats, temporary ground water, and phytotelmata differed between sites, except for the mosquito fauna in bromeliads, which were almost 80% similar. Species segregation was more evident between larval habitats than between sites. …”
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Assessing the Risk of Exotic Mosquito Incursion through an International Seaport, Newcastle, NSW, Australia by Cameron E. Webb, Philippe G. Porigneaux, David N. Durrheim

“…More than 1500 water-holding containers were recorded, most commonly pot plant saucers, roof gutters, and water-holding plants (e.g., bromeliads). There were significantly more containers identified for properties classified as untidy but there was no evidence visible that property characteristics could be used to prioritise property surveys in a strategic eradication response. …”
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Morphology of the larvae, male genitalia and DNA sequences of Anopheles (Kerteszia) pholidotus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Colombia by Jesús Eduardo Escovar, Ranulfo González, Martha L Quiñones, Richard C Wilkerson, Fredy Ruiz, Bruce A Harrison

“…A total of 1,596 adult females were collected in addition to 37 larval collections in bromeliads. Furthermore, 141 adult females, which were captured from the same area in the years 1981-1982, were analysed morphologically. …”
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Light and temperature requirements for germination of seeds of Aechmea nudicaulis (l.) Griesebach and Streptocalyx floribundus (Martius ex Shultes f.) Mez (Bromeliaceae) by Fernanda Pinheiro, Fabian Borghetti

“…For both species, the germination rate was highest at 25ºC. For these bromeliads, alternating temperature (20/30ºC) promoted high germinability (≥92.5%) only under red light. …”
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Influence of N-P-K fertilization at the acclimatization stage on micropropagated seedlings of Tillandsia bulbosa Hook by Maria de Fátima Arrigoni-Blank, Márcia Raquel Moura Vasconcelos, Rosana Barroso Feitosa-Alcantara, Maria Aparecida Moreira, Evaristo Mauro de Castro, Arie Fitzgerald Blank

“…Bromeliads are known worldwide for their ornamental potential. …”
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Influence of N-P-K fertilization at the acclimatization stage on micropropagated seedlings of Tillandsia bulbosa Hook by Maria de Fátima Arrigoni-Blank, Márcia Raquel Moura Vasconcelos, Rosana Barroso Feitosa-Alcantara, Maria Aparecida Moreira, Evaristo Mauro de Castro, Arie Fitzgerald Blank

“… Bromeliads are known worldwide for their ornamental potential. …”
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