GENDER-RELATED DIET COMPOSITION AND MORPHOMETRY OF THE RESTINGA ANTWREN, FORMICIVORA LITTORALIS (AVES: THAMNOPHILIDAE)

Gender-related diet composition and morphometry of the Restinga Antwren, Formicivora littoralis (Aves: Thamnophilidae)

Formicivora littoralis (Gonzaga and Pacheco, 1990), the Restinga Antwren, considered the only endemic bird species of the Restinga ecosystem (sandy plain coastal vegetation), is threatened with extinction.The scientific literature provides little information on the biology of this bird, which was discovered in 1990.We evaluate gender-related differ

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Extralobar pulmonary sequestration in adults

Pulmonary sequestration is defined as a nonfunctioning mass AV composed of dysplastic lung parenchyma, embryologically detached from the tracheobronchial tree and receiving its own blood supply from a systemic artery, usually the thoracic or abdominal aorta.It may be intralobar or extralobar depending on the presence of an independent pleural envel

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