Effects of inclusion of patauá, Oenocarpus bataua meal on elephant grass silage [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2020 Elephant grass silages have high moisture content, causing nutrient loss, mainly by effluent production. The use of moisture absorbent additives, such as patauá, Oenocarpus bataua meal, can be a strategy to reduce losses in these silages. The aim of this
Rosana Ingrid Ribeiro Dos Santos +2 more
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Physicochemical characterization and valorization potential of açaí berry (Euterpe precatoria) and bataua (Oenocarpus bataua) seeds: lignocellulosic biomass and antioxidants from Bolivian Amazon agroindustrial residues [PDF]
Frontiers in NutritionAçaí berry (Euterpe precatoria) and bataua (Oenocarpus bataua) are palms whose fruits are harvested in the Bolivian Amazon for pulp production, generating large volumes of seed residues that are currently discarded without further processing.
Camila Rosales +4 more
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Antioxidant Capacity through Electrochemical Methods and Chemical Composition of Oenocarpus bataua and Gustavia macarenensis from the Ecuadorian Amazon [PDF]
Antioxidants, 2023 This study evaluated the antioxidant properties and chemical composition of the seeds, pulp and peels of Ungurahua (Oenocarpus bataua) and Pasu (Gustavia macarenensis)—fruits, native to the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Carlos Méndez-Durazno +6 more
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Long-term fire and vegetation change in northwestern Amazonia. [PDF]
Biotropica, 2023 Forest plots in Amazonia are often assumed to be undisturbed, but recent work suggests that past people can affect modern vegetation composition in the form of ecological legacies. We investigated the past fire and vegetation history of the Yasuní Forest Dynamics plot and compared that to other forest plots in northwestern Amazonia.
Heijink BM +5 more
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Interphase nuclei, karyotypes and nuclear DNA amounts in five species of Oenocarpus (Arecaceae) [PDF]
Comparative CytogeneticsThe genus Oenocarpus Martius, 1823 (Arecaceae) includes five species commonly used in Amazonia, especially for their fruits. Little is known about the cytogenetic characteristics and DNA amounts of these species, except for O.
Natália Padilha de Oliveira +3 more
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30 Years of postdisturbance recruitment in a Neotropical forest. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2021 We examined recruited trees taxonomic/functional diversity/composition trajectories in a Neotropical forest to identify the processes underlying community response to a disturbance gradient. We revealed a two‐phase successional pathway defined by (a) the emergence of deterministic recruitment processes enhancing the recruitment of light‐demanding ...
Mirabel A, Marcon E, Hérault B.
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The mutualism-antagonism continuum in Neotropical palm-frugivore interactions: from interaction outcomes to ecosystem dynamics. [PDF]
Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc, 2022 ABSTRACT Frugivory, that is feeding on fruits, pulp or seeds by animals, is usually considered a mutualism when interactions involve seed dispersal, and an antagonism when it results in the predation and destruction of seeds. Nevertheless, most frugivory interactions involve both benefits and disadvantages for plants, and the net interaction outcomes ...
Marques Dracxler C, Kissling WD.
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Relieving efforts in palm-tree tissue sampling for population genetics analyses. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2021 This study tests root tissue viability as an alternative nucleic acid source (root vs. leaf) and explores different protocols (tissue storage and DNA purification methods) to obtain high‐quality DNA samples. Results showed the effective potential of using root tissue as an alternative source, which could facilitate populations sampling of palm‐tree ...
Espinoza-Ulloa SA.
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Insights From a New 1-ha Permanent Forest Plot Reveal Differences Between Habitat Type and Similarities Between Forest Type in the Southwestern Amazon. [PDF]
Ecol EvolSouthwestern Amazon forests are highly diverse, but information on how tree diversity and composition changes between habitat and forest types remains scarce. We conducted floristic analyses to investigate these changes across a precipitation gradient, between habitat types, and between disturbed and old‐growth forest.
Fortier RP +4 more
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Genetic structuring in a Neotropical palm analyzed through an Andean orogenesis‐scenario [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2018 Andean orogenesis has driven the development of very high plant diversity in the Neotropics through its impact on landscape evolution and climate. The analysis of the intraspecific patterns of genetic structure in plants would permit inferring the ...
Sebastián Escobar +6 more
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