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The Xavante Longitudinal Health Study in Brazil: Objectives, design, and key results. [PDF]

Am J Hum Biol, 2020
Abstract Objective The Xavante Longitudinal Health Study was developed to permit granular tracking of contemporary health challenges faced by indigenous communities in Brazil, taking into consideration ongoing historical processes that may be associated with increases in child undernutrition, adult obesity, and cardiovascular disease risks.
Welch JR, Ferreira AA, Tavares FG, Lucena JRM, Gomes de Oliveira MV, Santos RV, Coimbra CEA.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Gender and Its Role in the Resilience of Local Medical Systems of the Fulni-ô People in NE Brazil: Effects on Structure and Functionality. [PDF]

Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2019
Ethnobotanical studies focused on understanding how local medical systems are functionally maintained suggest that utilitarian redundancy and knowledge transmission are factors that influence the resilience of the system. However, to date, there have not been any studies that analyze these factors in relation to the variables that influence the ...
Torres-Avilez W, do Nascimento ALB, Santoro FR, de Medeiros PM, Albuquerque UP.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Toward integrating private conservation lands into national protected area systems: Lessons from a megadiversity country

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 3, Issue 7, July 2021., 2021
Abstract Private conservation lands are essential for protecting biodiversity, but few national‐level studies have assessed their coverage and the legal frameworks that support them. Here, we review the legal mechanisms enabling conservation on private lands in Brazil and evaluate these lands' potential to reinforce the national protected area system ...
José Maria Cardoso da Silva, Luiz Paulo Pinto, Fábio Rubio Scarano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occurrence records and metadata for sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) collected in the lands of indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon. [PDF]

GigaByte, 2022
Shimabukuro PHF, Alves DRC, Barros JAC, Nascimento LOC, Baton LA, Freire MP, da Silva MEM, de Assis MDGG, Morais SF, da Costa TS, Alves VR, Moreno ES.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Urbanization and cardiovascular health among Indigenous groups in Brazil. [PDF]

Commun Med (Lond), 2023
Armstrong ADC, de Souza CDF, Santos JMD, Carmo RFD, Armstrong DMFO, Pereira VC, Ladeia AM, Correia LCL, Barral-Netto M, Lima JAC.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Agricultural input modifies trophic niche and basal energy source of a top predator across human-modified landscapes. [PDF]

Front Ecol Evol, 2023
Pereira AC, Mancuso CJ, Newsome SD, Nardoto GB, Colli GR.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Behavioral community psychology in the Amazon rainforest: Suggestions for when behavior analysts meet alterity. [PDF]

Behav Soc Issues, 2022
da Silva FB, Leugi GB.
europepmc   +1 more source

Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon. [PDF]

Sci Adv, 2023
Schmidt MJ, Goldberg SL, Heckenberger M, Fausto C, Franchetto B, Watling J, Lima H, Moraes B, Dorshow WB, Toney J, Kuikuro Y, Waura K, Kuikuro H, Kuikuro TW, Kuikuro T, Kuikuro Y, Kuikuro A, Teixeira W, Rocha B, Honorato V, Tavares H, Magalhães M, Barbosa CA, da Fonseca JA, Mendes K, Alleoni LRF, Cerri CEP, Arroyo-Kalin M, Neves E, Perron JT.   +29 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Genetic determinants and absence of breast cancer in Xavante Indians in Sangradouro Reserve, Brazil. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Zhou Y, Russo J, Rueff J, Pires MAM, de Castro GB.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ticket to ride: fungi from bat ectoparasites in a tropical cave and the description of two new species. [PDF]

Braz J Microbiol, 2022
Carvalho JLVR, Lima JMS, Barbier E, Bernard E, Bezerra JDP, Souza-Motta CM.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source