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Mestizo Farmers' Knowledge of Entomofauna Is Reflected in Their Management Practices: A Case Study in the Andean-Amazon Foothills of Peru [PDF]
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 Local knowledge of entomofauna can influence environmental actions, particularly crop management practices, which can be sustainable or unsustainable. A farmer's decision-making is associated with their knowledge of beneficial insects and pests.
Marcela Quintero +2 more
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Hydroclimate variability of the northwestern Amazon Basin near the Andean foothills of Peru related to the South American Monsoon System during the last 1600 years [PDF]
Climate of the Past, 2014 In this paper we explore a speleothem δ18O record from Palestina cave, northwestern Peru, at a site on the eastern side of the Andes cordillera, in the upper Amazon Basin. The δ18O record is interpreted as a proxy for South American Summer Monsoon (SASM)
Roberto Ventura Santos +2 more
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PLOS Climate, 2022 The Andean-Amazon foothills region, one of the richest biodiversity ecoregions on earth, is threatened by climate change combined with unsustainable agricultural and extensive livestock farming. These land-use practices tend to reduce the diversification of rural farming, decreasing households’ livelihood alternatives and rendering them more vulnerable
Marcela Quintero +2 more
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Action needed for staple crops in the Andean-Amazon foothills because of climate change [PDF]
Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 2020 The Andean-Amazon foothills region, shaped by Andean moist forests and Amazon forests in southwestern Colombia, Napo province in Ecuador, and Ucayali Province and Napo Basin in Peru, provides local and global ecosystem services as food, water, world climate regulation, water purification, and carbon absorption.
Marcela Quintero +2 more
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European Journal of Forest Research, 2023 Abstract The aim of this study was to evaluate variation in the soil physical and chemical properties in a small-scale elevation gradient at 601 to 1000 m above sea level (m.a.s.l) in an Evergreen Andean-Amazonian forest. The soil sampling was divided into four elevation zones, establishing five permanent monitoring plots (PMP) for each one ...
CARLOS Alfredo Bravo Medina +2 more
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Diversity, 2022 Due to the continued expansion of pastures and illicit crops, the Andes-Amazon foothills in Colombia are one of most threatened biodiversity hotspots in the country.
Marcela Quintero, Karolina Argote
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An updated list of the Culicoides (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) fauna from Ecuador [PDF]
Parasite, 2022 An updated list of biting midges of the genus Culicoides inhabiting Ecuador is provided. Entomological investigations were carried out from July 2010 to May 2019 using CDC light traps in three Ecuadorian regions (Amazon basin, Andean (foothills and ...
Mosquera Juan D. +5 more
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European Journal of Taxonomy, 2023 Neotropical Xiphocentronidae may have arrived in South America from Central America in the late Miocene or via the Greater Antilles land bridge during the Oligocene.
Albane Vilarino +2 more
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Culicoides insignis in Ecuador: Molecular identification of blood meals and detection of bluetongue virus [PDF]
Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne DiseasesBluetongue virus (BTV) is an Orbivirus transmitted by Culicoides biting midges and is the causative agent of bluetongue disease in wild and domestic ruminants.
Juan D. Mosquera +2 more
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Colombia Forestal, 2014 The wood of the palm Iriartea deltoidea is an excellent material used for building, furniture and handicrafts in the Colombian Amazon, especially in the Amazon foothills where a small industry has developed around this species.
Jaime Alberto Navarro López +2 more
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