The assessment of the conservation status urban forest remnants is essential for sustaining tree diversity in metropolitan cities. This study evaluated composition and structure four parks within natural distribution Montane Mixed Ombrophilous Forest Curitiba (PR, Brazil). We allocated 66 plots 100 m2 recorded all trees with perimeters at breast height ≥ 15 cm. A total 1256 individuals from 44 ...

OBJECTIVE To determine the present status of plant communities and their possible association with the habitat in Malam Jabba, Swat, Pakistan. METHODS A study on the phytoecology was conducted in various ecologically important sites of Malam Jabba, Swat, Pakistan from 2002 to 2004. The altitude of these sites ranged from 1 200 m to 3 200 m. Quadrat method was used for evaluation of plants com...

Abstract Meliponines, popularly known as stingless bees, present a great diversity of species widely distributed in tropical regions. Some are rationally reared to obtain bee products like honey, pollen and wax, most them important pollinators the native cultivated flora Brazil. Nevertheless, bees little investigated their natural range throughout country, especially NE This work is first compr...