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Foodways in transition: food plants, diet and local perceptions of change in a Costa Rican Ngäbe community [PDF]

, 2016
Background Indigenous populations are undergoing rapid ethnobiological, nutritional and socioeconomic transitions while being increasingly integrated into modernizing societies. To better understand the dynamics of these transitions, this article aims
A Constenla, A Constenla, A Cronquist, A Karkotis, A Pastrana, A Steward, AK Romney, B Horna, BL Gordon, BM Popkin, C Albala, C Borge, C Borge, C Camacho, C Sierra, DL Hazlett, E Méndez, F Carbonell, F Montero, GJ Martin, GP Nabhan, H Border, H Castaneda, H Castañeda, H Newing, H Pérez, HV Kuhnlein, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos-Costa Rica (INEC), J Baltodano, J Fox, J Koshear, J Smith, JA Camacho-Zamora, JE Staller, JP Madriz, L Maffi, LG Joly, LG Joly, M Altrichter, M Kappelle, M Quinlan, ME Zaldivar, N Blaikie, N Ross, N Vliet van, Ngäbe’s Traditional Doctors’ Council, PD Young, PJ Pelto, PK Virtanen, R Bernard, R Ellen, R Uauy, Rajindra K. Puri, RMT Dahlgren, S Zent, SC Weller, SC Weller, SP Borgatti, T Johns, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), U D’Ambrosio, Ugo D’Ambrosio, V Reyes-García   +62 more
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Loss of YABBY2-Like Gene Expression May Underlie the Evolution of the Laminar Style in Canna and Contribute to Floral Morphological Diversity in the Zingiberales. [PDF]

, 2015
The Zingiberales is an order of tropical monocots that exhibits diverse floral morphologies. The evolution of petaloid, laminar stamens, staminodes, and styles contributes to this diversity.
Almeida, Ana MR, Morioka, Kelsie, Specht, Chelsea D, Yockteng, Roxana   +3 more
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Oviposition and development in the glass frog Hyalinobatrachium orientale (Anura: Centrolenidae) [PDF]

, 2015
Oviposition and development in the glass frog Hyalinobatrachium orientale (Anura: Centrolenidae). Oviposition and external embryonic developmental features are described in the Tobago glass frog, Hyalinobatrachium orientale.
Downie, J. Roger, Nokhbatolfoghahai, Mohsen, Pollock, Christopher J.   +2 more
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Demography of the understory herb Heliconia acuminata (Heliconiaceae) in an experimentally fragmented tropical landscape.

Ecology, 2023
Habitat fragmentation remains a major focus of research by ecologists decades after being put forward as a threat to the integrity of ecosystems. While studies have documented myriad biotic changes in fragmented landscapes, including the local extinction
Emilio M Bruna, María Uriarte, Maria Rosa Darrigo, Paulo Rubim, Cristiane F Jurinitz, Eric R Scott, Osmaildo Ferreira da Silva, W. J. Kress   +7 more
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Heliconias with pendent inflorescences as cut flowers

Ornamental Horticulture, 2021
The Heliconia species with pendent inflorescences and colorful bracts are a good option as a cut flower for floriculture market, but only a few species of this type of Heliconia eg. H. rostrata, H. rauliniana and H.
Charleston Gonçalves, Armando Reis Tavares, Silvia Moreira Rojo Vega, Daniela Merida, Carlos Eduardo Ferreira de Castro   +4 more
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Agricultura urbana y periurbana como contribución a la estrategia de conservación de la biodiversidad de Heliconias en la región central de Cuba [PDF]

, 2015
New ways of sustainable production on urban and peri- urbans areas have contributed to the conservation of species diversity, as to ornamentals plants that belong to family: Heliconiaceae.
Flores Estévez, Norma, Guillén Sánchez, Dagoberto, Hernández Pérez, Ricardo, Noa Carrazana, Juan Carlos, Panfet Valdez, Cristina, Sosa Rodríguez, Flora M.   +5 more
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Partially Saturated Vertical Constructed Wetlands and Free-Flow Vertical Constructed Wetlands for Pilot-Scale Municipal/Swine Wastewater Treatment Using Heliconia latispatha

Water, 2022
Partially saturated vertical constructed wetlands (PSV-CWs) and free-flow vertical constructed wetlands (FFV-CWS) are treatment systems for which there is limited information on their operation in tropical climates and even scarcer information on their ...
José Antonio Bayona Viveros, Georgina Martínez-Reséndiz, F. Zurita, José Luis Marín-Muñíz, María Cristina López Méndez, Sergio Zamora, Luis Carlos Sandoval Herazo   +6 more
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Retardo en el crecimiento y Desarrollo como Secuela de la Desnutrición Proteico Calórica. Estudio de una Comunidad Subdesarrollada Investigación Upjohn Sección de Nutrición Departamento de Medicina Interna

Revista Colombiana de Endocrinología, Diabetes y Metabolismo, 2018
Se estudiaron 947 niños de ambos sexos en cuanto al crecimiento y desarrollo, con varios parámetros antropométricos  y de evolución mental, y se encontró un franco retraso en todas las medidas de crecimiento y formación.
Oscar Lema T., Darío Franco G., Luz Estela Correa G., Hernán Vélez A.   +3 more
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The diversity and distribution of Heliconia (Heliconiaceae) in Brazil A diversidade e distribuição de Heliconia (Heliconiaceae)

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 1990
A review of the phylogenetic relationships of the Zingiberales is presented and the distribution patterns and diversity of Heliconia are discussed. Sixty-five species names have been applied to the heliconias that occur in Brazil.
John Kress
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Diversity and network structure of invertebrate communities associated to Heliconia species in natural and human disturbed tropical rain forests

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2014
We analyzed the influence of natural and anthropogenic habitat disturbance on the structure of invertebrate communities living on two species of Heliconia herbs.
Julieta Benítez-Malvido, Ana Paola Martínez-Falcón, Wesley Dáttilo, Ek Del Val   +3 more
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