Geraldo Damasceno-Junior

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul · Departamento de Biologia (DBI)

The Pantanal wetland harbors a rich flora with uncharted pharmacological potential. This study evaluated 20 Brazilian Pantanal plants against Candida albicans, C. parapsilosis, C. tropicalis, and C. krusei. Fungal susceptibility was determined by agar diffusion and broth microdilution; active compounds were identified by bioautography and HPLC-DAD-...

Copernicia alba (Morong ex Morong & Britton) is a palm tree native to tropical and subtropical climates, commonly named “carandá”, that often forms monodominant populations in the Pantanal wetland in Brazil. Currently, the knowledge of the seed germination behavior of C. alba is still limited, as well as seed viability in ex-situ conservation under...

The Brazilian Pantanal is formed by a mosaic of plant physiognomies both in the humid floodplain and flood-free areas. Several native species are part of the culture of the local human populations and are strategic for their food and nutrition security and food sovereignty. We aim to present nutritional value of the main wild food plant species fro...

Flood and fire act as ecological filters which can interact to shape forest structure and species composition. Our objective was to investigate how the interaction between fire and flood influences richness, abundance, basal area and species composition of the tree community and the monodominant belts of Attalea phalerata Mart. in forest islets of...

Smoke from wildfires worsened the situation of isolated, as well as urban communities, already under an increasing toll of COVID-19. Here we review the impacts and the possible causes of the 2020 mega-fires and recommend improvements for public policies and fire management in this wetland. We calculated the amount of area burnt annually since 2003...

URL providing 50 days' free access: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1d8aq14Z6thO2i In the Brazilian Pantanal, wildfire occurrence has increased, reaching record highs of over 40,000 km² in 2020. Smoke from wildfires worsened the situation of isolated, as well as urban communities, already under an increasing toll of COVID-19. Here we review the impa...

South America’s Pantanal is recognized as one of the largest wetlands in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its ecological significance (high biodiversity). The region experiences both seasonal wet/dry periods and pluriannual cycles of wet and dry years. Vegetation changes throughout the year as well as over the long-term with fires and...

Questions Inundation is an important feature linked to monodominance in tropical wetlands. The occurrence of neighbouring monodominant species indicates that soil can also have an important role. This study aimed to determine if variations in densities of three neighbouring monodominant species, Byrsonima cydoniifolia, Copernicia alba and Tabebuia...

Contrasting responses of seed germination to fire have been reported in different vegetation worldwide. In Brazil, the Pantanal harbors one of the world's most extensive floodplains, marked by flooding periods alternating with a dry fire-prone season. The present study aimed to understand the role of fire on regeneration from seed in the Pantanal w...

Environmental filters affect species diversity. Understanding their influence on plant communities is one of the main challenges of ecology in the search for solutions to the management and conservation of floodable savannas. To shed more light on this challenge, the present work asked if the interactions between flood and fire influence the richne...

Monodominance is defined as a phenomenon whereby a single species can cover most of the terrain in comparison with other species. In tropical environments, monodominance can be considered as an odd phenomenon because of the high species diversity that is normally found in a single hectare. In the tropics, this phenomenon is more common in floodable...

Trans­plan­ta­tion of nat­u­rally re­gen­er­at­ing seedlings (here­after wildlings) has great po­ten­tial as a restora­tion tool as it in­volves the use of ac­cli­ma­tized in­di­vid­u­als and preser­va­tion of lo­cal and en­demic geno­types. When suc­cess­fully used, this tech­nique has the added ben­e­fits of in­creas­ing struc­tural and com­po­si...

Building bridges between environmental and political agendas is essential nowadays in face of the increasing human pressure on natural environments, including wetlands. Wetlands provide critical ecosystem services for humanity and can generate a considerable direct or indirect income to the local communities. To meet many of the sustainable develop...

The Pantanal biome has a great variety of habitats where plant species are distributed according to their particularities. This study aimed at evaluating the spatial distribution of arboreal/shrub vegetation in areas of single specie dominance Erythrina fusca forests. An aggregation test (K(t)) for E. fusca and spatial dependence tests (K(12)) betw...

We analyzed the phenological responses of shrub-tree species of lowland deciduous (LDF) and submontane deciduous (SFD) forests in the Pantanal, and assessed their relationships with climatic factors at the community level and with strategies for seed dispersal. Vegetative and reproductive phenophases of 50 tree-shrub species were monitored monthly...

Climatic factors can influence the establishment and growth of wood species, but little is known about the effect of these factors on monodominant communities in wetlands. Therefore, we asked how climatic factors, such as ENSO (El Niño-Southern Oscillation), precipitation and flooding, influence growth and establishment of the dominant species Eryt...

Erythrina fusca is a dominant species in the Brazilian Pantanal. We hypothesized that E. fusca possess allelopathic potential and we evaluated effects of extracts on germination and development of Lactuca sativa, a bioindicator species. We tested the effect of leaves, bark, roots, and seeds extracts of E. fusca on germination and speed index, using...

O Pantanal tanto depende como é perturbado pelos incêndios. Por isso, a pesquisa focada e a queima controlada são vitais para todos os pantaneiros: flora, fauna e pessoas.

Building bridges between environmental and political agendas is essential nowadays in face of the increasing human pressure on natural environments, including wetlands. Wetlands provide critical ecosystem services for humanity, and can generate a considerable direct or indirect income to the local communities. In order to meet many of the sustainab...

Building bridges between environmental and political agendas is essential nowadays in face of the increasing human pressure on natural environments, including wetlands. Wetlands provide critical ecosystem services for humanity and can generate a considerable direct or indirect income to the local communities. To meet many of the sustainable develop...

The relationship between organisms’ traits and the characteristics of their habitats has been a central theme in ecology. Using two complementary approaches to analyze three-matrices of species composition, functional trait, and environment data (RLQ and fourth-corner analyses), we tested if environmental gradient determines aquatic plant traits in...

Plant extracts are a potential source of new compounds for nematode control and may be an excellent alternative for the control gastrointestinal nematodes that are resistant to conventional anthelmintics. However, research involving natural products is a complex process. The main challenge is the identification of bioactive compounds. Online analyt...

Total ion chromatogram in the negative ion mode of extract of plants evaluated for ovicidal activity against Haemonchus placei. Number 1–37 were related to the compounds identified in the Table 4. (PDF)

MS/MS spectra of the identified compounds (Table 4). (PDF)

Retention time, mass, molecular formula, chemical class of compounds of Fig 2 that were also positively correlated to EC90 but with a relative intensity of masses lower than 20000. *[M-2H]-2. (PDF)

Question Fire and flood act as ecological filters on vegetation, either separately or combined, and cause morphological and physiological changes. Hence, they influence the composition and structure of plant communities. Since evidence strongly suggests that they are important filters operating in the system, we asked if fire, flood intensity, and...

"Cangas" are ironstone outcrops occurring at the foot of the Urucum Plateau, on the western edge of Pantanal, Corumbá-MS. In Brazil, the knowledge about flora and ecology of the plant communities associated with these formations is still incipient. These habitats are among the most threatened and less studied in Brazil because of their association...

Elaborado na forma de um calendário/planejador ilustrado, esse material disponibiliza a época de maturação dos frutos e de coleta de sementes de 151 espécies nativas do bioma Pantanal

Macroptilium comprises ~20 neotropical herbaceous species, many of them common in disturbed sites and present a high forage value. These species have complex asymmetric flowers with specialized pollination mechanism known as "brush type": style act as a pseudo-stamen exposing the pollen in a subapical brush when the pollinators (bees) visit the flo...

Copernicia alba, conhecida popularmente por carandá pertence à família Arecaceae. É uma palmeira nativa do Pantanal com importância socioeconômica relevante para a região. Ocorre em extensas formações monodominantes conhecidas por carandazais, distribuídas nas planícies alagáveis dos rios Paraguai, Miranda e no Chaco brasileiro. Suas áreas de ocorr...

O presente trabalho teve como objetivo caracterizar o cenário atual das coleções botânicas de Mato Grosso do Sul, buscando contribuir para o direcionamento de ações visando uma melhor documentação da flora do estado. Informações sobre o número de exsicatas depositadas nos herbários de Mato Grosso do Sul foram obtidas através de consulta direta aos...

We present a preliminary inventory of wild food plants found in Mato Grosso do Sul that are used in human diet or potentially useful. Species were compiled from publications and from data collected by the authors; specimens deposited in CGMS, COR and CPAP herbaria were also included. Additionally we included species of Arecaceae and of Arachis, Dio...

The main unit of Mato Grosso do Sul vegetation is the Cerrado. For presenting an accelerated habitat loss process associated by low rate of flora knowledge, becomes of paramount importance the knowledge on tree species in this Biome. In this work, we to present a list of tree species of the Cerrado in Mato Grosso do Sul, in order to support future...

This is the first inventory of the flora of brackish sawgrass marshes in the National Park of Serra da Bodoquena (Mato Grosso do Sul). Although occurring mostly on the Park buffering zone, they are essential for maintaining water resources such as the Perdido river. We sampled four areas of sawgrass in the dry and rainy seasons. We recorded 197 spe...

With the objective to characterize the current condition of botanical collections from Mato Grosso do Sul, this paper aims to contribute to target actions for better documentation and knowledge of the flora of the state. Information on the number of exsiccata collected in Mato Grosso do Sul was obtained through direct consultation with curators and...

There is little information on the composition of seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs) in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. This study aimed to update the knowledge of SDTFs of Mato Grosso do Sul, in the context of Biota-MS. We used Herbarium data (CGMS, COR and DDMS) of woody plants collected in deciduous and semideciduous forests, as well as transit...

[OPEN ACCESS] The Brazilian Pantanal is an extensive wetland with heterogeneous habitats, primarily due to the river-floodplain system and plants with differential adaptations and reproductive strategies. Factors such as altitude, distance among plant formations, and flood pulse must be considered to better understand its diversity. Aiming to asses...

The “Pantanal” wetland is one of the largest centers of diversity of aquatic macrophytes of Brazil. The objective of this work was to present a checklist of aquatic macrophytes, and to investigate structure and patterns of occurrence regarding physico-chemical parameters, at Amolar, in the Paraguay River sub-region, in the mid-western “Pantanal” we...

Many native species confronts difficulties to regenerate in abandoned pastures. Since limitation in the input of diaspores to even compaction of the soil. We aimed in this study to characterize the floristic composition of an abandoned pasture in regenerating process. The area have 35 ha and is in the Cerrado-Pantanal ecotone region, municipality o...

Our objective was to inventory the flora of aquatic macrophytes and their life forms, and to determine the species similarity in different water bodies. Sampling of the vegetation was carried out in 333 plots of 0.5 x 0.5 m along ten transect lines on a boat to best cover the studied areas. Poaceae (18.9%), Cyperaceae (9.4%), Fabaceae, Onagraceae,...

The conservation and use of wild food plants should include local people in the decision-making process, and many countries have done so. However, interacting with local communities remains challenging by the lack of adequate methodology. This article aimed to present strategies and results of a university extension program developed in partnership...

In recent years, the fruits of native Brazilian plant species with anti-inflammatory property have gained prominence due to their properties comparable to traditional medicines. This study aimed to chemically characterize and evaluate the anti-inflammatory and antihyperalgesic activity of Byrsonima cydoniifolia fruit, which is widely used to manufa...

Wetlands harbor an important compliment of regional plant diversity, but in many regions data on wetland diversity and composition is still lacking, thus hindering our understanding of the processes that control it. While patterns of broad-scale terrestrial diversity and composition typically correlate with contemporary climate it is not clear to w...

Distribution of Fisher’s alpha values in the investigated biomes, sensu Veloso [38]. Median values are indicated with a thick vertical line. Note that median values are relatively similar for the three best-sampled biomes (Amazon, Atlantic Forest, and Cerrado). (TIFF)

Coverage-based species accumulation curves for each biome seperately and the combined dataset. We used the function iNEXT from the ‘iNEXT’ package [56] with the settings iNEXT(x, q = 0, datatype = “incidence_freq”, conf = 0.95). (TIFF)

Species checklist for wetland trees in Brazil. Author names and synonymies were checked using the taxonomic name resolution service. Species frequencies are given for each biome. (XLSX)

Non-metric multidimensional scaling of wetland vegetation communities. The solution was optimized for two dimensions and rotated to principal components (see Fig 2). The main distinction with the principal components configuration is the relative position of Caatinga sites, which are more outlying in the NMDS. Fitted vectors are of WorldClim climat...

Quantile regression coefficients, intercepts, and 95% confidence intervals for all quantiles. Generally, coefficients are nearly zero for the lower to mid quantiles of the distribution, but rapidly increase at the highest quantiles. The pattern indicates strong climate association only at maximal wetland tree diversity, driven by relatively few sit...

List of 196 freshwater wetland tree inventories collated for this study. Biome sensu Veloso [38] is indicated by code (AM = Amazon, AF = Atlantic Forest, CERR = Cerrado, CAAT = Caatinga, PM = Pampas). The number of individuals and species were taken directly from each publication and used to calculate Fisher’s Alpha. (DOCX)

Species x site data in three-column format. (XLSX)

Density functions of diversity at opposite climate extremes. Estimated density functions are based on the corresponding quantile regression solutions (see Fig 4) for all values of tau in 0 to 1. Estimates are presented for the 10th and 90th quantiles of each climate variable, as specified in the legend insets. Mean annual temperature is multiplied...

The Hymenaea stigonocarpa and Hymenaea martiana species, commonly known as “jatobá,” produce a sap which is extracted by perforation of the trunk and is commonly used in folk medicine as a tonic. For this study, the authenticity of commercial samples of jatobá was verified by the identification of the main compounds and multivariate analysis and co...

O presente trabalho apresenta a flora de Capparaceae no Chaco Brasileiro, o qual vem sendoameaçado pela expansão da pecuária no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul. Os gêneros e espécies destafamília sofreram, recentemente, diversas mudanças taxonômicas, porém, essas informações ainda sãopouco difundidas, o que também justifica trabalhos florísticos para...

Inundation and fire can affect the structure of riparian vegetation in wetlands. Our aim was to verify if there are differences in richness, abundance, basal area, composition and topographic preference of woody species in riparian forests related to the fire history, flooding duration, or the interaction between both. The study was conducted in th...