Detection of white sand patches in central Amazonia using remote sensing and meteorological data
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DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2025.2476776
Abstract: ABSTRACT Mapping the extent and different types of wetlands is essential in order to establish coherent policies for the sustainable management and protection of these important ecosystems. Few studies have been carried out on white-sand… read more here.
Keywords: white sand; detection white; remote sensing; meteorological data ... See more keywords
Myrcia psammophila (Myrtaceae), a new species from the Amazonian white-sand vegetation
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DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.414.5.3
Abstract: The new species Myrcia psammophila is here described, illustrated and compared with M. grandis and M. umbraticola, two morphologically similar taxa. It may be distinguished from these two latter species based on possession of leaves… read more here.
Keywords: new species; sand vegetation; white sand; myrcia psammophila ... See more keywords