Deforestation Dynamics on an Amazonian Peri-Urban Frontier: Simulating the Influence of the Rio Negro Bridge in Manaus, Brazil
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DOI: 10.1007/s00267-018-1097-3
Abstract: AbstractPeri-urban expansion is an increasingly important source of tropical deforestation, and a bridge over the Rio Negro in Brazil’s state of Amazonas provides an unusual opportunity to quantify these impacts with clear “before” and “after”… read more here.
Keywords: bridge; rio negro; manaus; brazil ... See more keywords
Ionoregulatory Characteristics of Non–Rio Negro Characiforms and Cichlids
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DOI: 10.1086/690306
Abstract: We examined ionoregulatory characteristics of two species of characiform fish and two species of cichlids that are not native to the Rio Negro, an extremely ion-poor, acidic tributary of the Amazon River, in order to… read more here.
Keywords: ionoregulatory characteristics; characteristics non; convict cichlids; rio ... See more keywords
Diversity, multilingualism and inter-ethnic relations in the long-term history of the Upper Rio Negro region of the Amazon
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DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2022.0050
Abstract: The Upper Rio Negro regional social system is made up of more than 30 languages belonging to six linguistic families. This results from socio-historical processes stretching back at least two millennia, which have built a… read more here.
Keywords: inter ethnic; ethnic relations; diversity; rio negro ... See more keywords
Moenkhausia restricta, a new species from the upper Rio Negro, Amazon basin, northwestern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae).
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DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.4.7
Abstract: A new shallow-bodied species of Moenkhausia is described from the upper Rio Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil. The new species is diagnosed from all congeners by the combination of a body depth not surpassing 33% in… read more here.
Keywords: upper rio; new species; rio negro; amazon basin ... See more keywords
Look Upstream: Measurement for Innovation on the Upper Rio Negro of the Amazon Basin
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DOI: 10.3389/fped.2020.567257
Abstract: The growth of the randomized controlled trial (RCT) as the “gold standard” for evaluation has justly been praised as an advance in the professionalization of social programs and projects, an “adoption of science” - in… read more here.
Keywords: rio negro; measurement; innovation; amazon basin ... See more keywords