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The Effect of Malaria on Settlement and Land Use: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
We estimate the effect of malaria on settlement and land use patterns in the Brazilian Amazon, where potential settlers were randomly assigned to plots in a newly opened settlement area.
Shufang Zhang +2 more
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Towards a low carbon economy in the Amazon: the role of land-use policies
, 2011 Climate change, rising oil prices and the global financial crisis has put sustainability and ‘green growth’ of the economy on the political agenda. While the transition towards a “low carbon” economy in developed countries like in the European Union ...
Verburg, R. +12 more
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Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Vitex L. is a pantropical genus of Lamiaceae comprising 209 taxa. Brazil harbors 35 species, representing nearly 50% of the genus richness in the Neotropics, with the Amazon showing the highest richness, followed by the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado domains. Nevertheless, most taxonomic studies of the genus have been conducted in Africa and Asia.
Thaís Teixeira Conegiro +2 more
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Smoothing Income against Crop Flood Losses in Amazonia: Rain Forest or Rivers as a Safety Net [PDF]
This article examines the role of ex post labor supply in smoothing income in response to crop losses caused by large floods among riverine households in the Peruvian Amazon, where rich environmental endowments permit a variety of resource extractive ...
Barham, Bradford L. +2 more
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Reestablishment and a new name for Actinostemon grandifolius (Müll.Arg.) Pax
Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.The genus Actinostemon has undergone several changes in its circumscription due to persistent difficulties in its taxonomic placement. The taxonomic history of the genus is controversial and marked by nomenclatural issues, particularly involving its type species, Actinostemon grandifolius Klotzsch, including incorrect synonymizations and the ...
Amanda O. Souza +4 more
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Adaptive secure malware efficient machine learning algorithm for healthcare data
CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Malware software now encrypts the data of Internet of Things (IoT) enabled fog nodes, preventing the victim from accessing it unless they pay a ransom to the attacker. The ransom injunction is constantly accompanied by a deadline. These days, ransomware attacks are too common on IoT healthcare devices.
Mazin Abed Mohammed +8 more
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Forest carbon emissions from cropland expansion in the Brazilian Cerrado biome
Environmental Research Letters, 2017 Land use, land use change, and forestry accounted for two-thirds of Brazil’s greenhouse gas emissions profile in 2005. Amazon deforestation has declined by more than 80% over the past decade, yet Brazil’s forests extend beyond the Amazon biome.
Praveen Noojipady +6 more
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Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Cybianthus anthuriophyllus (Primulaceae) was previously known from eastern Ecuador and northern Peru. Here we document the first confirmed occurrences of this species in Colombia and develop a distribution model based on collections from the Andean–Amazonian foothills of Caquetá, Cauca, and Putumayo departments, in order to clarify its conservation ...
David Hoyos +4 more
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Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Guapira Aubl. (Nyctaginaceae, Pisonieae) comprises dioecious shrubs and trees widely distributed in the Neotropics and occupying diverse habitats. In the Brazilian Cerrado, the genus occurs in several phytophysiognomies, including Campos Rupestres, a montane rock ecosystem with high levels of endemism but still marked by significant gaps in botanical ...
Danilo Alvarenga Zavatin +4 more
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Distribution of Amazon Forest Birds
, 1978 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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