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... management of forest fruit trees in Peruvian Amazonia, pp. 86-98 in A.B. Anderson (ed.), Alternatives to Deforestation: Steps Toward the Sustainable Use of Amazon Rain Forest. Columbia University Press, NY. Peters, C.M., A. Gentry, and R. Mendelsohn, 1989. Valuation of a tropical forest in Peruvian Amazonia. Nature ...
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... the plant’s war machine. As one quickly learns in the Amazon rain forest, there is nothing wimpy about a plant. Because trees canâ ... of wild species of durian (Durio kinabaluensis, Bombacaceae), harvested in the forest of Kiau, a Dusun community near Kinabalu Park, Sabah, Malaysia. ... had found the sources of the Orinoco, let alone the Amazon. None had climbed the Andes or the many volcanoes of ...
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Welcome to University of Hawaii at Manoa Botany
... J.M.V. 2003. Red-rumped agouti (Dasyprocta leporina) home-Range use in an Amazonian forest: implications for the aggregated distribution of large-seeded trees. Biotropica 35: 74-83. Silvius K ... ., England. Fragoso, J.M.V. 1997. Tapir-generated seed shadows: scale-dependent patchiness in the Amazon rain forest. Journal of Ecology, 85: 519-529. Note: The above paper was the subject of an ...
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Amazon Conservation Team: ACT in the News
... Amazon rainforest in Amapá State in north-east Brazil. more>> Amazon Indians Go High-Tech to Map Their Land January 23, 2003 Ten million acres of the Amazon rain forest ... , a leading Amazonian Shaman, and the Amazon Conservation Team, a conservation group that integrates Western ... on the piedmont of the Colombian Amazon. more>> THE AMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM 4211 N. Fairfax Dr., Arlington VA 22203 ...
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Amazon Conservation Team: Publications
... the Amazon Rain Forest Mark J. Plotkin, Phd. / Hardcover / Published 1996 Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice: An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest Mark J. Plotkin, Phd. / Paperback / Published 1994 Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rain Forest Products Mark Plotkin / Paperback / Published 1994 Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rain Forest ...
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Natural Life Magazine March/April 2004 - Table of Contents
... Great Barrier Reef by Brad Cox Luring Beneficial Insects to Your Garden by Kate Worfolk Amazon Rain Forest – More Valuable Alive Than Dead Pillow Talk – The Why and How of a Good Night ...
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MBG: Research: Acanthosyris annonagustata (Santalaceae), a new species from eastern Ecuador
... and petiole below; old twigs with exfoliating bark; Pacific dry forest ..... A. glabrata 1. Fruit 2.9–4 cm long, densely ... along a road opened by an oil company in the Amazon rain forest at the Yasuní National Park and Huaorani Ethnic Reserve, Napo province ... is the only species in the genus that grows in tropical rain forest and has fruits known to be eaten by monkeys. Acanthosyris annonagustata ...
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Rainforest Links
... The Association Promoting Education and Conservation of the Amazon is a non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of the Peruvian Amazon rain forest, its native peoples and their cultures. Founded in 1993, APECA began as a floating health clinic, delivering medical services to the remote Amazon river ...
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Forestry Glossary: R is for ... radicle, rain, and rootlet
... bias is removed. The use of controls can help varify randomization. rain forest (n.) The tropical rain forest is a girdle of evergreen forest that encircles the Earth between the tropics. Temperature needs to exceed ... in a similar area. The largest continuous rainforest is in tropical America, centered on the Amazon Basin. Not the same as jungle. rare (adj.) A species that is uncommon. Locally Rare ...
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Open Directory - Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Business and Economy: Shopping: Home and Garden: Gardens: Plants: Seeds
... for cacti, sunflowers, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, bonsai, palms, acacia, trees, fruit and nuts, roses, and Amazon Rain forest plants. On line shopping. Boston Seeds supplies Lawn Seed, Grass Seed, Wildflower Seeds - and backs ...
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