Evidence for strong seasonality in the carbon storage and carbon use efficiency of an Amazonian forest [PDF]
, 2014 The relative contribution of gross primary production and ecosystem respiration to seasonal changes in the net carbon flux of tropical forests remains poorly quantified by both modelling and field studies.
Benoit Burban +20 more
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Optional or Syntactic Ergativity in Shawi: Distribution and Possible Origins
Linguistic Discovery, 2017 In this article we provide a preliminary description and analysis of the most common ergative constructions in Shawi, a Kawapanan language spoken in Northwestern Amazonia.
Luis Miguel Rojas-Berscia +1 more
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Morphological correlates of fire-induced tree mortality in a central Amazonian forest. [PDF]
, 2003 Tree characteristics were recorded from 2829 standing trees in 24 0.25-ha terra firme forest plots in central Amazonia, 3 y after a surface fire had swept through the study area.
Peres, Carlos A. +2 more
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Genetic Architecture and Signatures of Selection in the Caqueteño Creole (Colombian Native Cattle)
Diversity, 2022 Evolutionary mechanisms have shaped the genomic architecture of Colombian Creole cattle breeds. The mating and selection processes have impacted several traits, promoting differences within and between populations.
Alejandra M. Toro-Ospina +6 more
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Optimizing sampling design to deal with mist-net avoidance in Amazonian birds and bats [PDF]
, 2013 Mist netting is a widely used technique to sample bird and bat assemblages. However, captures often decline with time because animals learn and avoid the locations of nets. This avoidance or net shyness can substantially decrease sampling efficiency.
Marques, Joao Tiago +20 more
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Eighty-four per cent of all Amazonian arboreal plant individuals are useful to humans
, 2021 Plants have been used in Amazonian forests for millennia and some of these plants are disproportionally abundant (hyperdominant). At local scales, people generally use the most abundant plants, which may be abundant as the result of management of ...
Figueiredo, Fernando O.G. +9 more
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Energy and water dynamics of a central Amazonian rain forest [PDF]
, 2002 This paper presents measurements of the energy and water budgets of a tropical rain forest near Manaus, Brazil, in central Amazonia, collected between September 1995 and August 1996.
Grace, J. +20 more
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Molecules, 2022 The chemical mechanism of the acid cleavage of proanthocyanidins (PAs) has been known for decades but has yet to be optimized. Therefore, we optimized this process in Byrsonima crassifolia, Euterpe oleracea and Inga edulis extracts using the response ...
Jesus N. S. Souza +5 more
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Remembering the auca:Violence and Generational Memory in Amazonian Ecuador
, 2009 In Amazonian Ecuador and beyond, indigenous Waorani people have received considerable attention for their history of revenge killings during much of the twentieth century.
High, Casey; id_orcid, Casey High
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Convergent Adaptations: Bitter Manioc Cultivation Systems in Fertile Anthropogenic Dark Earths and Floodplain Soils in Central Amazonia [PDF]
, 2012 Shifting cultivation in the humid tropics is incredibly diverse, yet research tends to focus on one type: long-fallow shifting cultivation. While it is a typical adaptation to the highly-weathered nutrient-poor soils of the Amazonian terra firme, fertile
Alessandro Alves-Pereira +28 more
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