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The main challenges of sustainable forest management in the Amazon: why sustainable forest management in the Amazon should be reinforced? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Since the last 50 years, tropical natural forests have been intensively logged in the tropics to supply the increasing demand of tropical timber. Unplanned logging operations caused forest degradation leading to their conversion due to the loss of their ...
De Oliveira, Marcus Vinicius   +10 more
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An evaluation of the bryophyte flora of the Azores [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The diversity of bryophytes on the different islands of the Azores varies much between 104 and 324 species. Attempts have been made to explain the heterogenity of the bryoflora. There is a correlation between species numbers and age of the islands in the
Frahm, Jan-Peter
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Assessment of the ecophysiological conditions and trophic ecology of two cetacean species (Tursiops truncatus and Globicephala macrorhynchus) in Madeira Archipelago, using RNA/DNA ratios and Carbon/Nitrogen stable isotopes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Madeira is home of up to 22 cetacean species, which makes this place an important spot for conservation measures. There is a need to assess the nutritional state of marine mammals in the region, to prevent or monitor detrimental effects from natural and ...
Dromby, Morgane
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Avaliação de cultivares tradicionais de trigo da Ilha da Madeira quanto à tolerância ao excesso de Ferro Screening of wheat Landraces from Madeira Island for iron tolerance

open access: yesRevista de Ciências Agrárias, 2012
Desde o século quinze que é tradicionalmente cultivado trigo na Ilha da Madeira. Em sequeiro, sob condições microclimáticas diversificadas, em terraços isolados e dispostos em encostas íngremes, o trigo ocupa solos ácidos, sobretudo da classe dos ...
Ana Maria Domingues   +1 more
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Annotated world bibliography of host fruits of Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Bactrocera latifrons (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) infests fruits and vegetables of a number of different plant species, with host plants primarily found in the plant families Solanaceae and Cucurbitaceae. Although B.
Liquido, Nicanor J., McQuate, Grant T.
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Forest industries in South American countries [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper analyzes the performance of forest industries in South American countries. Special attention is given to the relationships that exist between the evolution of forest industries and the exploitation of natural and planted forest as well as on ...
Bacha, Carlos
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The Chinoiserie style and its interpretations in urban park design from a historical and contemporary perspective, based on selected examples

open access: yesTechnical Transactions
This paper discusses landscape design inspired by Chinese tradition and symbolism. The authors briefly presented the basics of Chinese tradition in the establishment of gardens and parks, their elements, symbolism and the messages they convey, in the ...
Krupa Michał, Ivashko Yulia
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Litter Production in an Area of Amazonian Terra Firme Forest. Part I.Litter - fall, Organic carbon and total Nitrogen Contents of Litter').

open access: yes, 1968
In 1963 anð, L964 litter was collected in a terra firme forest near Manaus, oven-dried and shipped to Europè. The sampleswere subdivided intofour litterfractions (leaves, wood,'fruits, termite fraction), dried at 105o and weighed.
Klinge, H.
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Complex origins of the Lusitania biogeographic province and northeastern Atlantic fishes

open access: yesFrontiers of Biogeography, 2013
The Lusitania Province encompasses the warm temperate marine waters between the southern end of the English Channel, in the North, and Cape Juby or Cape Blanco, in the South, including the Mediterranean and the archipelagoes of the Azores, Madeira and ...
Vítor C. Almada   +7 more
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Informal gold mining and mercury pollution in Brazil [PDF]

open access: yes
The Amazon region has been responsible for a major share of Brazilian gold production in recent years. The region has witnessed a sizable gold rush comparable only to the California gold rush last century.
Biller, Dan, DEC
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