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Dynamics of Tipping Cascades on Complex Networks
, 2020 Tipping points occur in diverse systems in various disciplines such as ecology, climate science, economy or engineering. Tipping points are critical thresholds in system parameters or state variables at which a tiny perturbation can lead to a qualitative
Donges, Jonathan F. +8 more
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Animal Conservation, EarlyView.This study highlights the importance of the unprotected Yabassi Key Biodiversity Area, Cameroon, for primate conservation in the Gulf of Guinea biodiversity hotspot. We modelled primate distribution patterns and found that historically overlooked parts of the landscape have high species richness and are critical for some threatened species.
Vianny Rodel Vouffo Nguimdo +4 more
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Seeing 'REDD'?: Forests, Climate Change Mitigation and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples [PDF]
, 2008 Examines proposals for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) and their failure to protect indigenous peoples' rights or to address forest governance problems.
Tom Griffiths
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FRUGIVORY OF SALVIN'S CURASSOW IN A RAINFOREST OF THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON
The Wilson Bulletin, 2000 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Santamaría, Marcela, Franco, Ana María
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Scientific Reports, 2016 The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the main driver of interannual climate extremes in Amazonia and other tropical regions. The current 2015/2016 EN event was expected to be as strong as the EN of the century in 1997/98, with extreme heat and ...
J. Jiménez-Muñoz +7 more
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Self-medication practices in riverside communities in the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest.
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2020 OBJECTIVES to analyze the practice of self-medication and the associated factors in the riverside population of the Middle Solimões river region - Amazon rainforest. METHODS a cross-sectional population-based study conducted between April and July 2015,
A. S. Gama, S. Secoli
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.Abstract Cultural and natural values form the core of World Heritage designation. Properties displaying both values, however, comprise a fraction of inscriptions (currently c. 3%) to the World Heritage List. In 1992, when that fraction stood at c. 5%, adoption of the popular ‘cultural landscapes’ category of cultural heritage in 1992 was therefore ...
Ryan J. Rabett
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Pollination and plant reproduction in the Cerrado, the world's most biodiverse savanna
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Brazilian Cerrado is a continental‐wide biodiversity hotspot and the most species‐rich savanna ecosystem in the world. The main aspect characterising this biodiversity is that the landscape is arranged as an intricate mosaic of different plant formations, including grasslands, savannas, and forests, each harbouring distinct but ...
João C. F. Cardoso +6 more
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Extractive Reserves: Building Natural Assets in the Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
In the Amazon rainforest, Brazil's rubber tappers were the first social group to challenge the predatory development model that is threatening ecological disaster there.
Anthony Hall
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Homo sapiens, industrialisation and the environmental mismatch hypothesis
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For the vast majority of the evolutionary history of Homo sapiens, a range of natural environments defined the parameters within which selection shaped human biology. Although human‐induced alterations to the terrestrial biosphere have been evident for over 10,000 years, the pace and scale of change has accelerated dramatically since the onset
Daniel P. Longman, Colin N. Shaw
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