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Development of forest structure and leaf area in secondary forests regenerating on abandoned pastures in Central Amazonia [PDF]

, 2005
The area of secondary forest (SF) regenerating from pastures is increasing in the Amazon basin; however, the return of forest and canopy structure following abandonment is not well understood. This study examined the development of leaf area index (LAI),
Aide, Brown, Davidson, Elisa V. Wandelli, Eltahir, Erick C. M. Fernandes, Ewel, Fearnside, Fearnside, Feldpausch, Fernandes, Finegan, Gehring, Gerwing, Gerwing, Guariguata, Hartemink, Hegarty, Honzák, Hölscher, Jipp, Jordan, Kammesheidt, Kauffman, Kennard, Lucas, McWilliam, Meir, Mesquita, Moran, Nelson, Nepstad, Norman, Putz, Restom, Ribeiro, Saldarriaga, Schnitzer, Serrão, Steininger, Susan J. Riha, Ted R. Feldpausch, Uhl, Uhl, Uhl, Uhl, Veen, Vidal, Vieira, Vieira, Williams, Williamson, Wirth, Wright, Zarin, Zarin   +55 more
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Dicrananthera hedyotidea C. Presl. (Melastomataceae) in Maranhão state, Brazil: first record and ecological niche model of the species

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Dicrananthera C. Presl. is a monospecific genus of the tribe Marcetieae, comprising perennial herbs typically occurring in areas adjacent to wetlands. The species exhibits a disjunct distribution, with confirmed records in both the Amazon and Atlantic Forest domains.
Elias Julio Oliveira Correa, Sandro Márcio dos Santos Junior, Antônio Fernando Costa da Silva, Kalynne Nayara Lima dos Santos, Eduardo Bezerra de Almeida Jr   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characterizing degradation of palm swamp peatlands from space and on the ground: an exploratory study in the Peruvian Amazon [PDF]

, 2017
Peru has the fourth largest area of peatlands in the Tropics. Its most representative land cover on peat is a Mauritia flexuosa dominated palm swamp (thereafter called dense PS), which has been under human pressure over decades due to the high demand for
Alvarez, Baccini, Belgiu, Blois, Brady, Breiman, Carlson, Chander, Chave, Crist, Dargie, Draper, Drösler, Englhart, Fernández-Delgado, Gaveau, Goodman, Gutiérrez-Vélez, Hergoualc’h, Hergoualc’h, Honorio Coronado, Horn, Householder, Jaenicke, Janovec, Jensen, Kahn, Kelly, Koh, Kristell Hergoualc'h, Laumonier, Lehner, Louis V. Verchot, Lähteenoja, Lähteenoja, Lähteenoja, Lähteenoja, Manuri, Mary Menton, Miettinen, Miettinen, Miettinen, Miettinen, Mokany, Nyoungui, Padoch, Page, Pearson, Penn, R Core Team, Richards, Rodriguez-Galiano, Román-Cuesta, Räsänen, Saatchi, Shao, Shimabukuro, Sierra, van der Werf, Victor Hugo Gutiérrez-Vélez, Weiskittel, Yu, Yuan, Zianis   +63 more
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Diazotrophs Show Signs of Restoration in Amazon Rain Forest Soils with Ecosystem Rehabilitation. [PDF]

, 2020
Biological nitrogen fixation can be an important source of nitrogen in tropical forests that serve as a major CO2 sink. Extensive deforestation of the Amazon is known to influence microbial communities and the biogeochemical cycles they mediate. However,
Bohannan, Brendan JM, McGlinn, Daniel J, Mirza, Babur S, Nüsslein, Klaus, Rodrigues, Jorge LM, Tiedje, James M   +5 more
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Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Urbanization is expected to influence food transitions, resulting in a shift from wild foods to more domesticated foods. Concomitantly, food insecurity and urban demand for natural resources, including wildlife, are expected to increase overall, even when the per capita consumption is expected to decrease.
Willandia A. Chaves, Denis Valle, Aline S. Tavares, Thais Q. Morcatty, Marcelo D. Vidal, Tatiana Schor, Eduardo M. von Mühlen, David S. Wilcove   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amplified seasonal cycle in hydroclimate over the Amazon river basin and its plume region

Nature Communications, 2020
The hydroclimatic variations of the Amazon River basin can exert profound impacts on the marine ecosystem in the Amazon plume region. Here the authors show that an amplified seasonal cycle of Amazonia precipitation during 1979–2018 leads to enhanced ...
Yu-Chiao Liang, Min-Hui Lo, Chia-Wei Lan, Hyodae Seo, Caroline C. Ummenhofer, Stephen Yeager, Ren-Jie Wu, John D. Steffen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seasonal variability in methane and nitrous oxide fluxes from tropical peatlands in the western Amazon basin [PDF]

, 2017
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Berrio, Juan-Carlos, Boom, Arnoud, Page, Susan E, Teh, Yit Arn, Wayne, Murphy   +4 more
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Gender dynamics of tropical wildmeat systems: A systematic map of women's roles and influence

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wildmeat is a vital natural resource globally, which must be managed sustainably to avoid livelihood insecurity, species decline and biodiversity loss. Women have a pivotal role in harvesting, processing and distributing wildmeat, yet their contributions are often overlooked.
Jasmin Willis Key, Wahyu Nurbandi, Brenda González‐Nava, Juanita Gomez, Ferdinand Castera, Guilherme Costa Alvarenga, Auriane Flottes De Pouzols, Maya Lemaire, Jennifer F. Linden, Emily K. Madsen, Lauren Coad, Amy Hinsley, E. J. Milner‐Gulland   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic revision of Tatia (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae: Centromochlinae)

Neotropical Ichthyology
The auchenipterid catfish genus Tatia is revised. Twelve species are recognized including three described as new. Tatia is diagnosed by the hyomandibula elongated anterodorsally, the anal-fin base of adult males reduced in length, and the caudal peduncle
Luisa Maria Sarmento-Soares, Ronaldo Fernando Martins-Pinheiro   +1 more
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Polychromatism of populations of Corallus hortulanus (Squamata: Boidae) from the southern Amazon Basin, Brazil [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2015
The Amazon tree boa Corallus hortulanus is known for featuring a wide variation in color pattern and design markings. Although there are studies on its polychromatism, none of them addresses the geographic variation in the color pattern of this species ...
Mel de Oliveira DUARTE, Tiago Magalhães da Silva FREITAS, Ana Lúcia da Costa PRUDENTE   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source