Early Vegetation Recovery After the 2008–2009 Explosive Eruption of the Chaitén Volcano, Chile by Ricardo Moreno-Gonzalez, Iván A. Díaz, Duncan A. Christie, Antonio Lara

Subjects: “…South American temperate rainforest…”
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Contrasting spatial variations between above and below-ground net primary productivity in global grasslands by Ying Hu, Yue Yang, Yu Wei, Xiaozhen Li, Yue Jiao, Jiapei Liao, Ruiyu Fu, Lichong Dai, Zhongmin Hu

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A colheita da floresta: Uma estratégia de desenvolvimento social e economicamente viável ao desmatamento? by Patricia Andrade de Oliveira

“…The principle of the Rainforest Harvest is, therefore, that if it can be shown that forests are more valuable while they are standing, they will have more chance to be preserved.This article examines the partnership deal between the British cosmetics company The Body Shop and the Kaiapó communities Pycany and A’Ukre in the the brasilian state of Pará. …”
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Global climate changes and the evolution of area suitability for marmosets of genus Callithrix by Cesar Rogerio Leal do Amaral, Antonio Carlos de Freitas, Rodrigo Goldenberg-Barbosa, Anna Luiza dos Santos Donato, Izar Aximoff, Victor Cordeiro de Moura, Dafne Adriana Abreu dos Anjos

“…The study used the present-day distribution of the Atlantic Rainforest marmosets of the genus Callithrix and several bioclimatic layers to model and project the habitat suitability for all Callithrix species for recent and for the next few decades. …”
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Aminopropyl-Functionalized Silica CO2 Adsorbents via Sonochemical Methods by Gregory P. Knowles, Alan L. Chaffee

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Effects of Habitat Change on the Web Characteristics and Fitness of the Giant Wood Spider (Nephila pilipes) in Sri Lanka by Tharaka Wijerathna, Dilini Tharanga, Inoka C. Perera, Mayuri R. Wijesinghe

“…We compare web properties and fitness of the Giant wood spider Nephila pilpes within and outside its natural rainforest habitat in Sri Lanka. The nonforest habitats comprised rural home gardens and plantations. …”
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L’açaí en France d'Outre-Mer : La Guyane française vers une nouvelle frontière agricole de l'Euterpe oleracea dans l'Amazonie septentrionale by Francisco Cortezzi

“…Originating from the palm Euterpe oleracea, the açaí is an endemic fruit of the Amazon rainforest, the consumption of which has grown strongly in Brazil since the 1990s and is emerging in other regions of the world. …”
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O projeto de integração Amazônica visto pela turistificação dos lugares by Terence Keller Andrade, Maria Goretti Tavares

“…The speech about the development of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest gives an important place to the process of touristification. …”
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Colony Composition of Two Malaysian Ponerine Ants, Platythyrea Tricuspidata and P. Quadridenta: Sexual Reproduction by Workers and Production of Queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Fuminori Ito

“…Colonies of ponerine ants Platythyrea quadridenta and P. tricuspidata were collected in the rainforest of West Malaysia. Two colonies of P. tricuspidata were composed only of workers, and three and eight workers were inseminated per colony, respectively. …”
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Ethnoecology and ethnomedicinal use of fish among the Bakwele of southeastern Cameroon by Takanori Oishi

“…Because of the current bushmeat trade crisis, the aquatic resources in the Congo Basin rainforest are increasingly viewed has promising alternate resources and have recently drawn the attention of conservation and development agencies. …”
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État nutritionnel et environnement pathogène d’enfants d’une population forestière du Sud-Cameroun by Olivier Bernard, Hélène Pagezy, Daniel Bley

“…This study concerns the relationship between splenomegaly as an indicator of a chronic context of parasitic load and the growth in height or weight of preschool children from rainforest Southern Cameroon. The anthropometric study shows that 31,6% of the 0-6 years old children are stunded and 3,6% wasted. …”
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The History of Porridge in Bantuphone Africa, with Words as Main Ingredients by Birgit Ricquier

“…Moreover, in many communities living in the equatorial rainforest, porridge— be it from cereals or other crops—never attained status as the staple and remained one of many starch food preparations.…”
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La « connexion hamburger » appliquée à l’Amazonie brésilienne. Décryptage de l’ « effet papillon » entre consumérisme carné et déboisement by Guillaume Marchand

“…According to the “hamburger connection” concept, one of the lasts rainforest regions of the earth would be directly menaced by our excessive consumption of beef meat. …”
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« L’Amazonie – victime des changements climatiques ? » by Sebastian Weissenberger, Delaine Sampaio da Silva

“…The Amazon rainforest is one of most important ecosystems on earth and a biodiversity hotspot. …”
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“Invisible” and “unheard” children in fragile contexts – reflections from field research among the Ba’Aka in the Central African Republic by Urszula Markowska-Manista

“…In the present article I outline the situation of children who belong to an indigenous community of Ba’Aka Pygmies, a group inhabiting the Sangha-Mbaéré region of rainforest in the Central African Republic. These children are inscribed in the categories of “invisible” and “unheard” children. …”
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Deux programmes d’éducation environnementale pour la conservation des grands singes africains: Club Ebobo et Club P.A.N. by Claudia Borchers, Julia Riedel, Christophe Boesch, Thomas Breuer

“…In this article we will present two long term environmental education projects which aim to raise awareness about the protection of great apes and their tropical rainforest habitat. Club Ebobo is based around the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo and Club P.A.N. around the Taï National Park, Ivory Coast. …”
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Diversité floristique et valeur de la forêt sacrée Bokasso (Est de la Côte d’Ivoire) pour la conservation by Adou Yao, C.Y., Kpangui, K.B., Kouao, K.J., Adou, L.M.D., Vroh, B.T.A., N’Guessan, K.E.

“…The floristic composition shows that it is a fragment of well-preserved semi-deciduous rainforest. This forest is home to 30 species of conservation concerns and must thus be considered as being of high conservation value. …”
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KONSEP PENGELOLAAN BAGAN PANCANG NELAYAN SECARA BERKELANJUTAN DI KELURAHAN SIBOLGA ILIR KECAMATAN SIBOLGA UTARA KOTA SIBOLGA by Nora Juniarti Sinaga

“…The results of research is the concept of management of the chart of the stake in Kelurahan of Sibolga Sub-district Ilir Sibolga Utara, Sibolga unsustainable due to the not yet established boundaries and the safe zone to the establishment of the fishing pole, use chart chart of excessive fishing pole that gives rise to an indirect impact on the structure of the tropical rainforest and the direct impact on the habitat.…”
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Environmental impacts of certification programmes at Colombian coffee plantations by Diego Ivan Caviedes Rubio, Daniel Ricardo Delgado, Alfredo Olaya Amaya

“…The main certification program assessed in this review is the Rainforest Alliance. However, this study also reports the existence of several gaps caused by multi-certification effects. …”
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Taxonomic study of Oxalis section Thamnoxys (Oxalidaceae) in Brazil by Maria Carolina de Abreu, Ykaro Richard Oliveira, Juliana Silva dos Santos, Reginaldo Carvalho, Marcos José da Silva, Margareth Ferreira de Sales

“…These species are mostly distributed in rainforest and seasonal semi-deciduous forest.…”
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