Brazil has one of the largest mangrove surfaces worldwide. Due to a wide latitudinal distribution, Brazilian mangroves can be found within a large range of environmental conditions. However, little attention has been given to the description of environmental variables driving the distribution of mangrove species in Brazil. In this study, we present a novel and unprecedented description of envir...

The average mutual information (AMI) known from information theory has been reported as a strong genome signature in some literature and we have reported the use of oligonucleotide frequencies as a genome signature. In this work we improve the use of AMI as a training feature for Growing Self Organising Maps (GSOM). Although the range of k is considered as an important parameter in AMI, no stan...

In this paper, details of Embrapa’s Information Agency will be presented. It was designed as a space for exchange of knowledge among farmers, agricultural researchers and rural extension technicians. In the system, information is organized using two criteria. Firstly, every identified resource is cataloged in accordance to Dublin Core Metadata Standard. Secondly, a set of terms belonging to the...