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Plantas útiles en una comunidad indígena Murui-Muinane desplazada a la ciudad de Florencia (Caquetá Colombia) [PDF]
Ethnobotanical studies on the displaced indigenous groups of Colombia are scarce. This research report provides a list of 54 plant species (50 genera in 32 families) used by a displaced group of Murui-Muinane (= Witoto, Uitoto, Huitoto) that lives in the
Correa, Marco +3 more
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Cannibal Salvage Expenditure: The Subaltern Style of the Urban Peruvian Amazon
ABSTRACT This paper explores the political ecology of subaltern existence at the urban cutting edge of our apocalyptic present, in the case of Iquitos in the Peruvian Amazon. Through an ethnographically surrealist montage of multiple elements across the themes of accumulation, architecture, and art, cannibal salvage expenditure emerges as a subversive ...
Japhy Wilson
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Colombia’s long road toward peace: implications for environmental human rights defenders
Human rights defenders, social leaders, and environmental and indigenous activists fight for political, cultural, social, economic, and environmental rights and often face intimidation and violence as a consequence.
Torsten Krause +4 more
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Abstract In Northwestern South America (NWSA) geodetic observations point to a consistent northeastward displacement of blocks, while the geological record shows a predominant shortening in NW‐SE direction. Such clear evidence of strain partitioning has been extensively studied in the context of two convergent plates, but not in complex tectonic area ...
Román González +8 more
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Impact of Introduced Pastures in Colombian Lowland Ranching
ABSTRACT The adoption of higher‐nutrient grass varieties, such as Brachiaria, offers long‐term economic benefits for ranchers while enhancing soil health and pasture productivity in Latin America's lowland climates. Despite widespread adoption, the field‐level impacts remain largely unexplored.
Jose María Martínez +2 more
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El secoya del Putumayo: aportes fonológicos para la reconstrucción del Proto-Tucano Occidental
El presente estudio tiene dos propósitos fundamentales: (i) ofrecer la primera descripción fonológica de la lengua secoya (Tucano Occidental) hablada en comunidades ubicadas en los afluentes del río Putumayo, Perú; y, (ii) contribuir al avance de ...
Rosa Vallejos
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Abstract Inception of obduction is a rare phenomenon in the Wilson cycle and requires specific prerequisites to transfer relatively high‐density oceanic lithosphere over the less‐dense continental lithosphere. The world's famous Semail ophiolite belt developed during the Late Cretaceous, when Neo‐Tethyan oceanic lithosphere obducted onto the rifted ...
M. Ismaiel, M. Y. Ali, A. Decarlis
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Autorregulate: An Alternative to Support Self-Regulation in MOOCs
Massive Online Courses (MOOCs) suffer from the high desertion of enrolled students due to different factors, including bad time management by the participants, lack of planning, lack of help-seeking, and poor self-monitoring of their actions in the ...
Jhoni Ceron +2 more
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Homophileurus neptunus Dechambre, a new junior synonym of H. waldenfelsi Endrödi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) [PDF]
Homophileurus neptunus Dechambre was found to be conspecific with H. waldenfelsi Endrödi after examination of types, descriptions, and illustrations. Accordingly, H. neptunus is placed in junior synonymy with H. waldenfelsi, new synonymy.
Ratcliffe, Brett C., Saltin, Jochen-P.
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Biogeographic knowledge of Amazonian amphibians is constrained by spatial and temporal coverage, leading to biases that affect the understanding of their diversity patterns. Using an extensive occurrence database, this study identified knowledge gaps and sampling biases linked to infrastructure and accessibility factors across the region.
Marcos Penhacek +5 more
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