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“Children of the jesuits” or children of their past?
This paper argues that pre-evangelisation indigenous survival techniques noted in both contemporaneous Jesuit sources and in subsequent 20th- and 21st-century anthropological research continued to be employed in the mission to the Chiquitos.
Kate Ford
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EXTENSIÓN Y GESTIÓN UNIVERSITARIA: UN ESTUDIO DEL PROYECTO CHIQUITOS EN LA CHIQUITANIA BOLIVIANA [PDF]
Este artículo tiene como objetivo contextualizar el Proyecto Chiquitos en la Chiquitania Boliviana sobre la óptica de la Extensión y Gestión Universitaria.
Alves, João Bosco da Mota +3 more
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Yes, we CAM! First evidence of CAM photosynthesis in a carnivorous plant
Evidence for weak, facultative CAM is reported for the first time in a carnivorous plant, i.e., in Mexican representatives of Pinguicula (Lentibulariaceae). Abstract Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a photosynthetic adaptation enabling higher CO2 concentration close to Rubisco and increased water use efficiency.
N. J. Fleck +4 more
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The population and vital rates of the jesuit missions of Chiquitos (Bolivia)
This is the first of a series of three articles that present information on the population and vital rates of the Jesuit missions in the Paraguay province reconstructed from censuses.
Robert H. Jackson
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The Jesuits were expelled from the Spanish colonies in South America in 1767, leaving behind a remarkable musical legacy that was buried for over two hundred years. But the music did not disappear completely.
Leone, Gustavo
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A taxonomic review of the neotropical genus Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff, 1924 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) [PDF]
The Neotropical genus Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff (1924), as classified here, comprises 38 species distributed among three subgenera (Megaphanaeus Olsoufieff, Metallophanaeus Olsoufieff, and Coprophanaeus s. str.) and eight species groups.
Edmonds, William David, Zídek, Jiri
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Understanding multiple pathways of the impacts of socio‐economic shocks on large carnivores
Abstract Large carnivores are ecologically, economically and socially important, but they are also among the most threatened species worldwide. These species face numerous threats, most importantly habitat transformation, prey depletion and hunting.
Ranjini Murali +17 more
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The Migration–Development Nexus Revisited: A Place‐based Mobility Perspective from the Borderlands
ABSTRACT Migration, a fundamental characteristic of planetary life and human livelihood, has been considered a key driver of development. However, as identified by critical migration and mobility scholars, the assumed positive relationship to development has been predominantly informed by a neoliberal, managerial and sedentary view of migration ...
Zeynep Kaşlı, Nanneke Winters
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El descubrimiento de oro en Cuiabá (1719) por los portugueses impulsaría el comercio mediterráneo y la necesidad de proteger esta plaza. A lo largo del siglo XVIII, y a medida que se confirmaba la riqueza de este nuevo yacimiento de oro, la ruta ...
Daniel J. Santamaría
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Abstract Organic dry bean [Phaseolus vulgaris (L.)] production presents an opportunity for expanding diversified farming in the Northeast and Upper US Midwest. Cultivar trials were conducted in 2023 and 2024 in New York, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Maine evaluating 32 cultivars across black, navy, pinto, small red, and specialty market classes.
Erika F. Everest +11 more
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