3.4.2. Species

Out of the whole universe of articles, 23 focused on a particular species. The species that figured as the central theme of investigation are a protozoan species from the genus *Plasmodium* as an agen<sup>t</sup> of malaria in humans and other primates [71]; fish species such as largetooth sawfish (*Pristis pristis*) and goliath grouper (*Epinephelus itajara*) [116], and lane snapper (*Lutjanus synagris*) [106]; the neotropical otter (*Lontra longicaudis*) and the giant otter (*Pteronura brasiliensis*) [136]. The remainder of the 19 articles is regarding plant species. Manioc (*Manihot esculenta* Crantz) [73,113,129] and Brazil nut (*Bertholletia excelsa* Bonpl.) [137–140] stand out with three and four works, respectively. Concerning other arboreal species, there are two articles about mangrove species (*Rhizophora mangle* L., *Laguncularia racemosa* (L.) C.F. Gaertn., *Avicennia germinans* (L.) L., *Avicennia schaueriana* Stapf & Leechm. Ex Moldenke, *Conocarpus erectus* L.) [83,141], two articles about cocoa (*Theobroma cacao* L.) [117,140], two for araucaria (*Araucaria angustifolia* (Bertol.) Kuntze) [134,142], one for carrapeta (*Guarea guidonia* (L.) Sleumer) [143], one for treegourd (*Crescentia cujete* L.) [107], one for jackfruit (*Artocarpus heterophyllus* Lam.) [144], one for rubber tree (*Hevea brasiliensis* (Willd. Ex A. Juss.) Müll. Arg.) [145], one for feijoa (*Acca sellowiana* (O. Berg) Burret) [134], and one for exotic species eucalyptus (*Eucalyptus* spp.) [146]. There is also one work about bamboo (*Guadua* spp.) [135] and one about grass (*Spartina alterniflora* Loisel.) [147].
