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Effects of experimental fires on litter decomposition in a seasonally dry Amazonian forest. [PDF]

, 2009
Litter decomposition is a fundamental process for nutrient cycling but we have a limited understanding of this process in disturbed tropical forests. We studied litter decomposition over a 10-mo period in a seasonally dry Amazon forest in Mato Grosso ...
Krusche, Alex V., Balch, Jennifer K., Silveira, Juliana M., Barlow, Jos, Moutinho, Paulo, Orwin, Kate H.   +5 more
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Dicrananthera hedyotidea C. Presl. (Melastomataceae) in Maranhão state, Brazil: first record and ecological niche model of the species

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Dicrananthera C. Presl. is a monospecific genus of the tribe Marcetieae, comprising perennial herbs typically occurring in areas adjacent to wetlands. The species exhibits a disjunct distribution, with confirmed records in both the Amazon and Atlantic Forest domains.
Elias Julio Oliveira Correa, Sandro Márcio dos Santos Junior, Antônio Fernando Costa da Silva, Kalynne Nayara Lima dos Santos, Eduardo Bezerra de Almeida Jr   +4 more
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Contributions of health education and social mobilization in the implementation of a malaria control programme using long-lasting insecticidal nets

Malaria Journal
Background Malaria is an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles that represents a significant global health challenge, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions.
Fábio Medeiros da Costa, Moreno Magalhães de Souza Rodrigues, Vera Margarete Scarpassa   +2 more
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Experimental Analysis of Shear-Strengthened RC Beams with Jute and Jute–Glass Hybrid FRPs Using the EBR Technique

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The hybridisation of fibre-reinforced polymers (FRPs), particularly with the combination of natural and synthetic fibres, is a prominent option for their development.
Luciana P. Maciel, Paulo S. B. Leão Júnior, Manoel J. M. Pereira Filho, Wassim R. El Banna, Roberto T. Fujiyama, Maurício P. Ferreira, Aarão F. Lima Neto   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vitex oreadica and V. umbellata (Lamiaceae): two new species from Cerrado and Atlantic forest of Brazil

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, Guilherme Medeiros Antar, Carla Poleselli Bruniera   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amazonian Ecopoetics: Paes Loureiro’s Shamanic Zoophytography

, 2023
This is the accepted version of the article.In this article, I discuss the notion of Amazonian ecopoetry. Given that poetry from the Amazon expresses Amazonian culture and that culture from the region is marked by an indistinction between nature and ...
Patrícia Vieira, Vieira, Patrícia
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Cybianthus anthuriophyllus (Primulaceae), a new record for the flora of Colombia: distribution modeling and conservation assessment

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, Juan Sebastián Moreno, Jorge Luis Contreras, Edwin Trujillo‐ Trujillo, David Sanín   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reaching remote Amazonian communities to eliminate trachoma [PDF]

, 2017
Worldwide, many indigenous peoples are at risk of developing trachoma, a bacterial eye disease that disproportionately affects the world’s poorest communities.
Julian Trujillo Trujillo, Tim Jesudason, Girija Sankar   +2 more
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Amazonian Echoes

, 2023
Congresso internazionale dedicato alle rappresentazioni letterarie del paesaggio sonoro della regione amazzonica.
Luca Bacchini, Vincent Barletta
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Urbanization and food transition in the Brazilian Amazon: From wild to domesticated meat

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Urbanization is expected to influence food transitions, resulting in a shift from wild foods to more domesticated foods. Concomitantly, food insecurity and urban demand for natural resources, including wildlife, are expected to increase overall, even when the per capita consumption is expected to decrease.
Willandia A. Chaves, Denis Valle, Aline S. Tavares, Thais Q. Morcatty, Marcelo D. Vidal, Tatiana Schor, Eduardo M. von Mühlen, David S. Wilcove   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source