OBJECTIVE To analyze the impact of intra-urban atmospheric conditions on circulatory and respiratory diseases in elder adults. METHODS Cross-sectional study based on data from 33,212 hospital admissions in adults over 60 years in the city of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil, from 2003 to 2007. The association between atmospheric variables from Congonhas airport and bioclimatic index, Physiologi...

The study of the evolution of abiotic niches can be informative regarding the speciation drivers in a given group. Yet, two factors that could potentially affect niche evolution have seldom been addressed concomitantly, which are biotic interactions and geographical isolation. In this study, we used as a model group the Antillean plant genera Gesneria and Rhytidophyllum (Gesneriaceae) to evalua...

Sulawesi Island is an island located in the Wallacea area. Most of fauna on a transitional from Australia and Asia. This study aims to model potential distribution species Bubalus depressicornis quarlesi using famous models present future as result climate change phenomena throughout beyond their natural habitat. The parameters used are bioclimatic variables in-situ presence data. method Maximu...

Drought will reduce global crop production by >10% in 2050 substantially worsening global malnutrition. Breeding for resistance to drought will require accessing crop genetic diversity found in the wild accessions from the driest high stress ecosystems. Genome-environment associations (GEA) in crop wild relatives reveal natural adaptation, and therefore can be used to identify adaptive variatio...

We are living through serious problems of environmental pollution, which causes great risks to the well-being population. These presented by bad planning urban growth, and many times in very quality. Industrialization grows cities without having an order appropriate avoid damage our environment. The construction sector is largely responsible for this global pollution that experienced today. As ...

Vegetation mapping based on niche theory has proven useful in understanding the rules governing species assembly at various spatial scales. Remote-sensing derived distribution maps depicting occurrences of target species are frequently based on biophysical and biochemical properties of species. However, environmental conditions, such as climatic variables, also affect spectral signals simultane...