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Author(s): BRONDÍZIO, E. S.; CAK, A.; CALDAS, M. M.; MENA, C.; BILSBORROW, R.; FUTEMMA, C. T.; LUDEWIGS, T.; MORAN, E. F.; BATISTELLA, M.

This chapter discusses the relationship between small farmers land use and deforestation, with particular attention paid to the past 30 years of Amazonian colonization in Brazil and Ecuador. Our analy... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2009

Author(s): ALVES, D. S.; MORTON, D. C.; BATISTELLA, M.; ROBERTS, D. A.; SOUZA JR, C.

Investigating the rates and patterns of land cover and land use change (LCLUC) in Amazonia is a central issue for Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) research. LCLUC, along w... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2009

Author(s): BATISTELLA, M.; ALVES, D. S.; MORAN, E. F.; SOUZA, Jr. C.; WALKER, R.; WALSH, S. J.

Amazonia is the arena for an ongoing extraordinary transformation of nature and society. This process of change can be depicted in many and by various disciplines, with emphasis on the biosphere or th... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2009

Author(s): FONTES, M. P. F.; XAVIER, B. T. L.; KER, J. C.; LIMA, H. N.; SOUZA, K. W.

ABSTRACT: The Amazonia Forest is an important biome that possesses great diversity of fauna and flora, which can play a significant role in several science areas, specially, the gene reserve for the f... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2014

Author(s): VAZ, V.; CARVALHO, S.; BENDAHAN, A. B.; POCCARD-CHAPUIS, R.; DUARTE, L. G.; TOURRAND, J. F.

The objective of this chapter is to present, based on a diachronic analysis, the main steps of livestock farming in the Brazilian Amazonia and the policies that have been associated with it.

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2020

Author(s): COSTA, F. M.; SILVA, N. C. de A.; VIDAL, R.; CLEMENT, C. R.; ALVES, R. P.; BIANCHINI, P. C.; HAVERROTH, M.; FREITAS, F. de O.; VEASEY, E. A.

Maize (Zea mays spp. mays L.) is the major domesticated cereal of the Americas and is of great relevance for global food security. For a long time, Amazonia represented an empty space in the racial di... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2020

Author(s): O'CONNELL, C. S.; CARLSON, K. M.; CUADRA, S. V.; FEELEY, K. J.; WEST, P. C.; POLASKY, S.; FOLEY, J.

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2014

Author(s): COSTA, F. de S.; KLEIN, M. A.; BRITO, E. S.; CAMPOS FILHO, M. D.; LAMBERTUCCI, D. M.; DICK, D. P.; AQUINO, I. O. de; TAVELLA, L. B.

Soil conservation management (SCM) system with no-till (NT), cover crop sandcash crops in rotation and/or succession, limestone and fertilizers can recover and/or maintain soil quality in terms of its... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2018

Author(s): BRITO, L. G.; OLIVEIRA, M. C. de S.; ROCHA, R. B.; SILVA NETTO, F. G. da; MARIM, A. D.; SOUZA, G. C. R. de; VENDRAME, F. B.; MOURA, M. M. da F.

study provides the first epidemiological data regarding infection by Anaplasma marginale in cattle reared in south-western Brazilian Amazonia. One simple procedure was adapted for the extraction of DN... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2010

Author(s): ROUSSEAU, G. X.; SILVA, P. R. dos S.; CARVALHO, C. J. R. de

Deforestation of the Amazonian rainforest and conversion to agriculture with the use of fire creates a mosaic of occupied lands and secondary forests. Considering the fundamental role of soil macrofau... ...

Repository: BDPA     Publication year: 2010

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