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Soil CO2 efflux in central Amazonia: environmental and methodological effects [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2012 Soil respiration plays a significant role in the carbon cycle of Amazonian rainforests. Measurements of soil respiration have only been carried out in few places in the Amazon. This study investigated the effects of the method of ring insertion in the soil as well as of rainfall and spatial distribution on CO2 emission in the central Amazon region. The
Zanchi, F.B. +6 more
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Acta Amazonica, 2007 The finding of a Neotropical river otter (Lontra longicaudis) cub occupying a shelter in a hollowed treetop is reported. The observation was made in a seasonally flooded forest in Central Amazonia, during the high water peak of the annual inundation ...
Pedro Manuel Ribeiro Simões dos Santos +2 more
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Seasonality of isoprenoid emissions from a primary rainforest in central Amazonia [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2016 Abstract. Tropical rainforests are an important source of isoprenoid and other volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions to the atmosphere. The seasonal variation of these compounds is however still poorly understood. In this study, vertical profiles of mixing ratios of isoprene, total monoterpenes and total sesquiterpenes, were measured within and ...
E. G. Alves +15 more
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Primates of the Tef�� National Forest, Central Amazonia
, 2021 The Amazon rainforest is the most diverse Brazilian biome regarding primate diversity, with 77% of the 139 taxa described for Brazil. Despite its ecological importance, Amazonian biodiversity is relatively unknown. The objective of this study is to present the results of an inventory of primates in the National Forest of Tef , Brazil, including its ...
Rossato, Rafael Suertegaray Rossato +4 more
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Descrição de duas espécies novas de Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) da Amazônia Central Brasileira [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 1998 Duas espécies novas de Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) da Amazônia Central Brasileira são descritas e ilustradas: Metopiosoma carinata sp. n. e Rhytus amazonicum sp. n.
Heliana R. N OLIVEIRA +1 more
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EntomoBrasilis, 2010 Colonization aspects of the carrion beetle Oxelytrum cayennense (Sturm) in man-size pig carcasses (~60 kg) are presented at Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve, Manaus, Brazil. This species colonized pig carcasses from bloated to skeletonized stages.
Alexandre Ururahy-Rodrigues +6 more
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ZooKeys, 2017 The following five species are described as new: Manota clava sp. n. (Colombia), Manota multilobata sp. n. (Colombia), Manota perplexa sp. n. (Costa Rica), Manota setilobata sp. n. (Colombia) and Manota subaristata sp. n. (Colombia).
Olavi Kurina +2 more
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Novos Cadernos NAEA, 2008 This paper analizes the process of the construction of the Forestry certification – the label of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) – as a mechanism to combat the predatory exploitation of the natural resources from the Brazilian Amazonia.
Marcelo Sampaio Carneiro
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Human Impacts on Primate Conservation in Central Amazonia [PDF]
Tropical Conservation Science, 2008 Deforestation in the Amazon is a serious environmental, economic, and social concern. This article examines how a colonization plan to bring 180 families to an area north of Manaus, Brazil, would negatively impact the conservation of the six primate species residing in the area.
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Andean Mountain Building Did not Preclude Dispersal of Lowland Epiphytic Orchids in the Neotropics
Scientific Reports, 2017 The Andean uplift is one of the major orographic events in the New World and has impacted considerably the diversification of numerous Neotropical lineages.
Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar +6 more
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