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A Horizontal Brazil-Nut Effect and Its Reverse [PDF]
Physical Review Letters, 2005 Transport effects in a monolayer consisting of a binary granular mixture, confined in a horizontally vibrating circular dish, are studied experimentally and compared with a reduced theoretical model. Depending on the ratio of the particles' material density and size, migration of the larger particles occurs either towards the boundary or to the center ...
Schnautz, T. +3 more
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Growth and survival of Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.), in different environmental conditions in region River Trombetas, Oriximiná, Pará, Brazil [PDF]
Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais, 2011 This study examines the growth and survival of Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa, Lecythidaceae) in different environmentalconditions within experimental plantations in the Trombetas River valley.
Gilmar Nicolau Klein +2 more
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Plants, People, Planet, 2021 Societal Impact Statement The Brazil nut is a highly valuable non‐timber forest product from a wild, hyperdominant, emergent tree species that is increasingly vulnerable and exposed to habitat degradation.
Fidel Chiriboga‐Arroyo +7 more
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Botanical Gazette, 1921 Brazil nuts, Para nuts, Cream nuts, etc., are the seeds of Bertholletia iobilis Miers and B. excelsa Humb. and Bonpl. The nuts are harvested in the months of January, February, and March, when the heavy pericarps containing the seeds fall to the ground.
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Anthropogenic landscape in southeastern Amazonia: contemporary impacts of low-intensity harvesting and dispersal of Brazil nuts by the Kayapó Indigenous people. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Brazil nut, the Bertholletia excelsa seed, is one of the most important non-timber forest products in the Amazon Forest and the livelihoods of thousands of traditional Amazonian families depend on its commercialization. B.
Maria Beatriz N Ribeiro +6 more
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Climate change and perennial crop production: Evidence of yield impact and adaptation in California
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Perennial crops are economically important. They contribute to food security, providing essential nutrients that are often lacking in annual crops, and provide additional environmental benefits compared with annual crops. Despite their importance, empirical research on the impacts of climate change and adaptation on perennial crops remains ...
Yuanyuan Wen +2 more
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International Journal of Food Properties, 2022 The term tree nuts is used to describe any nut that comes from a tree. The best known and most consumed are almond, Brazil nut, cashew, hazelnut, macadamia, pecan, pine nut, pistachio, and walnut.
Victor Jonas da Rocha Esperança +4 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Macaws are renowned for processing dry, mechanically resistant fruits, yet the species‐level anatomical and functional correlates of this performance remain incompletely resolved. We examined the feeding apparatus of the Blue‐and‐yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) using an integrated approach that combines osteology, myology, and bite‐force estimates
Sérgio R. Posso +2 more
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Química NovaThe aim of this study was to develop and characterize a Brazil nut oil microemulsion system and determine the effect of this microemulsion on the superoxide release in human phagocytes.
Karol Patel Fiori +8 more
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Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa, Lecythidaceae) Regeneration in Logging Gaps in the Peruvian Amazon
International Journal of Forestry Research, 2014 Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.) extraction serves as an important economic resource in the Madre de Dios region of Peru simultaneously promoting forest conservation, yet, under current management, it cannot compete with other land uses.
Julian Moll-Rocek +2 more
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