Abstract. The diversity of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) is affected by urbanization, habitat fragmentation and disappearance of native mammals, which result in changes in the quality and availability of food, and resources for nesting. We evaluated the diversity, distribution&...

Abstract Fertilizers are key for sustainable use of land and for intensification of crop production, especially in tropical agroecosystems, which have soil fertility constraints that hamper agricultural production on weathered soils. Heavy metals (HM) occur in fertilizers in low concentrations, a...

Abstract: The theoretical aspects, benefits, research contributions, technical recommendations, side effects, limitations, environmental concerns as well as the legislation on the application of phosphogypsum to Brazilian savanna (Cerrado) soils are discussed in this review. It is shown why it is ...