Palms In Forest Ecosystems Of Amazonia
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Palms In Forest Ecosystems Of Amazonia
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Author : Francis Kahn
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Palms In Forest Ecosystems Of Amazonia written by Francis Kahn and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
Palms are tropical miracles. Heinrich Heine, the German poet, stated "Unter den Palmen wandert man nicht ungestraft", i.e., one does not wander unpunished under the palms. It was Professor H.C.D. de Wit who taught me this in the late 1950s, and it is a pleasure to forward this message to the next generation in such an appropriate book. Both authors, as I know them, will bear the punishment of the palms. They will never be without palm nostalgia if and when living somewhere outside this world's tropical and subtropical palm belt. Palm nostalgia goes further than palms alone. It concerns the landscape, the short but splendid sunsets and last, but not least, the tropical people. Their elegance of living, structured in subtler ways than managers will ever understand, their laughter which may be a more decisive weapon against the troubles besetting the tropics than mere economics, and their unique life force erupting on festive as well as sad occasions under the palms will always remain with those who w3)ldered beneath these trees. I know. I was there.
Palms And People In The Amazon
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Author : Nigel Smith
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-09-26
Palms And People In The Amazon written by Nigel Smith and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-26 with Science categories.
This book explores the degree to which landscapes have been enriched with palms by human activities and the importance of palms for the lives of people in the region today and historically. Palms are a prominent feature of many landscapes in Amazonia, and they are important culturally, economically, and for a variety of ecological roles they play. Humans have been reorganizing the biological furniture in the region since the first hunters and gatherers arrived over 20,000 years ago.
Tropical Forest Ecosystems In Africa And South America
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Author : Betty Jane Meggers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Tropical Forest Ecosystems In Africa And South America written by Betty Jane Meggers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Nature categories.
Postdrifting mesozoic. Africa, the "Odd man out". Floristic relationships between tropical Africa and tropical America. Angiosperm evolution and the relationship of the floras of Africa and America. Palms in the tropical forest ecosystems of Africa and South America. Problems related to the transoceanic transport of insects, especially between the Amazon and Congo Areas. Limnology of the Congo and Amazon Rivers. Ecology of fishes in the Amazon and Congo Basis. Birds of the Congo and Amazon Forests: a comparison. Some problems of cultural adaptation in Amazonia, with emphasis on the Pre-European Period. Recent human activities in the Brazilian Amazon Region and their ecological effects. Temperature zone influence on tropical forest land use: a plea for sanity.
Palm Trees Of The Amazon And Their Uses
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Author : Alfred Russel Wallace
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1853
Palm Trees Of The Amazon And Their Uses written by Alfred Russel Wallace and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1853 with Botany categories.
Palms In Forest Ecosystems Of Amazonia
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Author : Francis Kahn
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Palms In Forest Ecosystems Of Amazonia written by Francis Kahn and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
Palms are tropical miracles. Heinrich Heine, the German poet, stated "Unter den Palmen wandert man nicht ungestraft", i.e., one does not wander unpunished under the palms. It was Professor H.C.D. de Wit who taught me this in the late 1950s, and it is a pleasure to forward this message to the next generation in such an appropriate book. Both authors, as I know them, will bear the punishment of the palms. They will never be without palm nostalgia if and when living somewhere outside this world's tropical and subtropical palm belt. Palm nostalgia goes further than palms alone. It concerns the landscape, the short but splendid sunsets and last, but not least, the tropical people. Their elegance of living, structured in subtler ways than managers will ever understand, their laughter which may be a more decisive weapon against the troubles besetting the tropics than mere economics, and their unique life force erupting on festive as well as sad occasions under the palms will always remain with those who w3)ldered beneath these trees. I know. I was there.
Amazonian Rain Forests
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Author : Carl F. Jordan
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Amazonian Rain Forests written by Carl F. Jordan and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
DEVELOPMENT AND DISTURBANCE IN AMAZON FORESTS Contrasting Impressions 6 2 The rain forests of the Amazon Basin cover approximately 5.8 x 10 km (Salati and Vose 1984). Flying over even just part of this basin, one gazes hour after hour upon this seemingly infinite blanket of green. The impression of immen sity is similar when viewed from the Amazon River itself, or from its tributar ies. From a hammock on the shaded deck of a riverboat, the immensity of the forest presents an incredible monotony as one view of the shoreline blends unnoticeably into another. From both perspectives, the overwhelming reaction to the sea of trees that stretches from horizon to horizon is a sense of the vastness of the rain forest. In September 1985, I got a different impression of the rain forest. Several students and I journeyed in a self-propelled car along the single-track railroad that stretches almost 1000 km from the Carajas iron ore mine in the rain forest of Para State, Brazil, all the way to Sao Luis on the coast (Fig. 1.1).
Through Amazonian Eyes
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Author : Emilio F. Moran
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 1993-08
Through Amazonian Eyes written by Emilio F. Moran and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-08 with Nature categories.
In this well-written, comprehensive, reasonable yet passionate volume, Emilio Moran introduces us to the range of human and ecological diversity in the Amazon Basin. By describing the complex heterogeneity on the Amazon's ecological mosaic and its indigenous populations' conscious adaptations to this diversity, he leads us to realize that there are strategies of resource use which do not destroy the structure and function of ecosystems. Finally, and most important, he examines ways in which we might benefit from the study of human ecology to design and implement a balance between conservation and use.
Change In The Amazon Basin Man S Impact On Forests And Rivers
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Author : John Hemming
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1985
Change In The Amazon Basin Man S Impact On Forests And Rivers written by John Hemming and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Amazon River Region categories.
Assessing Past Fire Regimes And Their Effects On Modern Vegetation In Amazonian Forests
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Author : Britte M. Heijink
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024
Assessing Past Fire Regimes And Their Effects On Modern Vegetation In Amazonian Forests written by Britte M. Heijink and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024 with categories.
"Amazonian rainforests are incredibly biodiverse and provide global ecosystem services, but are threatened by fires, which completely alter ecosystem function and structure. Fires, especially in western Amazonia, almost always have an anthropogenic origin. However, much is unknown about the long-term recovery and multi-generational successional processes following fire events. Due to the long lifespan of tropical trees, past fires may have left ecological legacies in modern forest composition in Amazonia. The goal of this thesis is to investigate how past fire events impact successional trajectories of past vegetation change and whether these fire events and related human impacts have left ecological legacies in modern Amazonian forests. I specifically focus on western Amazon and changes in palm abundances and composition through time, as palms were an economically important plant family to past peoples. I compared lake charcoal records across the Amazon Basin and found fire was least prevalent in western Amazonia. On a local scale, very limited evidence of past disturbances was present in forest plots in northwestern Amazonia. Palm abundances have been increasing since the mid-Holocene, but this increase is not related to past fire events. Past fire likely have left low to none ecological legacies in these forest plots. Modern trait composition across western Amazonia is associated with past fire events, but more research is necessary to disentangle relationships between past fire, soils, and modern vegetation. Overall, western Amazonia likely contains the least intense ecological legacies in comparison with the rest of Amazonia."--
Lessons From Amazonia
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Author : Richard O. Bierregaard
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2001-12-11
Lessons From Amazonia written by Richard O. Bierregaard and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-12-11 with Science categories.
Deforestation is occurring at an alarming rate in many parts of the world, causing destruction of natural habitat and fragmentation of what remains. Nowhere is this problem more pressing than in the Amazon rainforest, which is rapidly vanishing in the face of enormous pressure from humans to exploit it. This book presents the results of the longest-running and most comprehensive study of forest fragmentation ever undertaken, the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP) in central Amazonia, the only experimental study of tropical forest fragmentation in which baseline data are available before isolation from continuous forest took place.A joint project of Brazil’s National Institute for Research in Amazonia and the U.S. Smithsonian Institution, the BDFFP has investigated the many effects that habitat fragmentation has on plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates. The book provides an overview of the BDFFP, reports on its case studies, looks at forest ecology and tree genetics, and considers what issues are involved in establishing conservation and management guidelines.