Domestication of the Amazonian fruit tree cupuaçu may have stretched over the past 8000 years
Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 Amazonia, one of the largest and most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth, is a significant yet less-known arena for ancient plant domestication. Here, we traced the origins of cupuaçu (Theobroma grandiflorum), an Amazonian tree crop closely related to cacao (
Matheus Colli-Silva +5 more
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LAY USE OF AMAZONIAN PLANTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 1997 The Brazilian State of Amazonas has a high incidence of Tuberculosis, 91.4 in 10,000 habitants (SESAU, 1994) and resistant strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are frequently being found in the region (SALEM et.al, 1990).
Christine STOREY, Júlia Ignez SALEM
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Influence of drainage status on soil and water chemistry, litter decomposition and soil respiration in central Amazonian forests on sandy soils [PDF]
, 2011 Central Amazonian rainforest landscape supports a mosaic of tall terra firme rainforest and ecotone campinarana, riparian and campina forests, reflecting topography-induced variations in soil, nutrient and drainage conditions.
Berton Zanchi, F. +4 more
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Revisiting Amazonian Plants for Skin Care and Disease
Cosmetics, 2017 This review concerns five species of trees and palm trees that occur as dominant plants in different rainforest areas of the Amazon region. Due to their abundance, these species can be exploited as sustainable sources of botanical materials and include ...
Bruno Burlando, Laura Cornara
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A fábrica das plantas globais: uma geografia da globalização das plantas da Amazônia
ConfinsFar from being an under-populated, wild or pristine region, the Amazon rainforest appears on the contrary to be a maker of global plants. What are the mechanisms of the globalization of Amazonian plants?
Bastien Beaufort
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No greens in the forest? Note on the limited consumption of greens in the Amazon
Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2012 The consumption of greens is reported as being very minor among Amazonian Indians. The authors of this article present a new review of this subject, based on fieldwork with Amerindians and other populations in different parts of the Brazilian Amazon and ...
Esther Katz +8 more
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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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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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Amphibian diversity in Amazonian flooded forests of Peru [PDF]
, 2015 Global biodiversity is currently facing the sixth mass extinction, with extinction rates at least 100 times higher than background levels. The Amazon Basin has the richest amphibian fauna in South America, but there remain significant gaps in our ...
Upton, Kathleen Anne
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ToxicsThe study of substances of botanical origin is fundamental for the development of new effective alternatives for the control of Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti (Culicidae), a vector of arboviruses in humans.
Junielson Soares da Silva +8 more
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