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Amazonia's Cassava and Manioc Through Historical Times
The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 30, Issue 4, December 2025.ABSTRACT This provocation calls readers to think more deeply about the role anthropology could play in radically disrupting plant blindness. Thanks to Environmental Humanities, the natural world is no longer apprehended as a mere backdrop to human activity.
Laura Rival
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Avaliação de caracteres de cacho em acessos de patauazeiro. [PDF]
, 2016 O patauá (Oenocarpus bataua Mart.) é uma palmeira nativa da Amazônia que possui importância ecológica e potencial para as populações tradicionais. Assim como as outras espécies do gênero Oenocarpus apresenta potencial ao mercado de polpa processada in ...
BRANDÃO, C. P. +3 more
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Journal of Applied Entomology, Volume 149, Issue 8, Page 1180-1195, September 2025.ABSTRACT The macauba palm (Acrocomia aculeata, Arecaceae) is a Neotropical native oil palm, increasingly important in Central and South America due to rising demand for raw materials and its potential for bioenergy. Understanding its pollinator ecology is crucial to identify new areas for cultivation. This study examines the structure of floral visitor
Javier Carreño‐Barrera +3 more
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Avaliação de caracteres geminativos em progênies de patauá (Oenocarpus bataua). [PDF]
, 2011 PIBIC ...
MENEZES, R. de O. +1 more
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Austral Ecology, Volume 50, Issue 7, July 2025.ABSTRACT Demographic studies are essential for understanding how species populations respond over time to environmental conditions and anthropogenic pressures. This knowledge is crucial for developing effective conservation and management strategies. The Arecaceae family (palms), comprising approximately 2500 species, plays significant ecological and ...
Eduardo Mendes +3 more
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Cuadernos de investigación UNED, 2019 Introducción: los productos forestales no maderables proporcionan seguridad alimentaria en contextos rurales. Objetivo: ampliar la lista de plantas silvestres prometedoras en Chocó, Colombia. Métodos: entrevistamos a 150 adultos (10% de la población) con
Leonomir Córdoba Tovar +5 more
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Amerindian names of Colombian palms (Palmae)
Revista Peruana de Biología, 2014 A glossary of 1276 Amerindian names or name variants of palms is presented, representing at least 121 species in 64 aboriginal languages of Colombia. The species with documented names in the largest number of languages are Bactris gasipaes, Oenocarpus ...
Diana Marmolejo +2 more
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The role of wild palms in agroforestry systems in the Neotropics: A review
People and Nature, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 2200-2227, December 2024.Abstract Wild palms are among the most important plants in the Neotropics due to their wide distribution, species richness and cultural relevance for humans. In addition to their presence in forests, these plants also occur in anthropogenic systems throughout their range of distribution, but their role in these systems is often overlooked.
Viviana Andrade +3 more
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Las palmas entre los grupos cazadores-recolectores de la Amazonia Colombiana
Caldasia, 1998 We compare past and present systems of management of palms in the Colombian Amazon, based on archaeological studies of preceramic groups in the middle Caquetá region and ethnographic research on the nomadic Nukak people, who inhabit northeastern Guaviare
Morcote Ríos Gaspar +4 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 4, Page 885-901, July 2024.Palms provide vital plant resources and ecosystem services to people across the tropics. To improve conservation guidance, a “health check” of palms in two highly threatened biodiversity hotspots in Colombia and Ecuador was undertaken. Palms are very diverse in these regions, but over one third are threatened with extinction now, especially among ...
Thomas L. P. Couvreur +8 more
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