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Acid rain in an Amazon rainforest [PDF]

open access: yesTellus B, 1983
Acid rain is reported from the Amazon territory of Venezuela. The volume weighted average pHwas 4.7 for 70 storms sampled from January 1979 through February 1980. At this location,remote from point sources of industrial pollution, acid rain might result from naturalbiogeochemical processes in the rainforest, from global atmospheric pollution, or from ...
Haines, Bruce   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Export of ice-nucleating particles from watersheds: results from the Amazon and Tocantins river plumes

open access: yesRoyal Society Open Science, 2023
We examined ice-nucleating particles (INPs) in the plumes of the Tocantins and Amazon rivers, which drain watersheds with different proportions of degraded land.
Annika Einbock   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

How motifs condition critical thresholds for tipping cascades in complex networks: Linking Micro- to Macro-scales

open access: yes, 2020
In this study, we investigate how specific micro interaction structures (motifs) affect the occurrence of tipping cascades on networks of stylized tipping elements.
Donges, Jonathan F.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Leptodactylus knudseni [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Number of Pages: 12Integrative BiologyGeological ...
Heyer, Miriam Muedeking   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Diazotrophs Show Signs of Restoration in Amazon Rain Forest Soils with Ecosystem Rehabilitation. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Acanthosyris annonagustata C.Ulloa & P.Jørg. (Santalaceae), newly recorded for the flora of Peru [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2021
We report Acanthosyris annonagustata (Santalaceae) for the flora of Peru, from an Amazon rainforest site in Madre de Dios Department. We describe the species using leaf and fruit morphological traits from field observations and botanical vouchers, and we
Jean Paúl Latorre-Farfán, Varun Swamy
doaj   +3 more sources

Dynamics of Tipping Cascades on Complex Networks

open access: yes, 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
core   +1 more source

Modeling the ecology and evolution of biodiversity: Biogeographical cradles, museums, and graves [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Individual processes shaping geographical patterns of biodiversity are increasingly understood, but their complex interactions on broad spatial and temporal scales remain beyond the reach of analytical models and traditional experiments.
Cassemiro, Fernanda A. S.   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

"Modelling Sustainable International Tourism Demand to the Brazilian Amazon" [PDF]

open access: yes
The Amazon rainforest is one of the world's greatest natural wonders and holds great importance and significance for the world's environmental balance. Around 60% of the Amazon rainforest is located in the Brazilian territory.
Jose Angelo Divino, Michael McAleer
core   +6 more sources

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