Major efforts to control the population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes involve the use of
synthetic insecticides, which can be harmful to the environment. Most plant compounds are …

Plants of riparian forests provide abundant dead leaves for freshwater stream ecosystems
which support detritus-based food webs. The increased replacement from natural riparian …

Background Cocoa is an important tropical tree crop that is mainly cultivated in agroforestry
systems (AFS). This system, known as cabruca in northeastern Brazil, holds promise to …

This study aimed to evaluate the structure, taxonomic, and trophic composition of an
assemblage of chironomid larvae associated with leaf litter in a tropical stream (Brazilian …

Leaf litter breakdown is a critical process in ecosystems, influencing food webs and
biogeochemical cycles, particularly in inorganic soils such as those found in highland …

Leaf litter breakdown is a critical process in streams, as it plays a significant role in
influencing food webs and biogeochemical cycles. Highland grasslands are often …

Temporal scale and biodiversity components define how temporal variation influences
biodiversity. For Brazilian Savannah riparian zones, litter input is controlled by rainfall …

Zooplankton is an important community in aquatic ecosystems due to its linkage between
primary producers and secondary consumers, and by their key role in cycling organic …

In low-order streams, the processing of allochthonous leaf litter is essential in the
carbon/energy flow dynamics. Benthic macroinvertebrates, such as chironomids, play critical …

Insects are fundamental to biodiversity conservation in almost all ecosystems, and their
population decline, and extinction directly result from environmental impacts. These facts are …