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Amazon basin : plant life, wildlife and environment /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Science Publishers,
©2010.
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| Colección: | Environmental research advances series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- AMAZON BASIN: PLANT LIFE, WILDLIFE AND ENVIRONMENT; CONTENTS; PREFACE; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS IN THE SAVANNA-FOREST ECOTONE OF VENEZUELAN AMAZONIAN: EVALUATION OF SOIL QUALITY INDICATORS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; Physical and Geographic Characterization; Demographic, Socioeconomic and Cultural Characterization; METHODS; Soil sampling and analysis; Sampling for additional biochemical and microbial biomass studies; Microbial C and N biomass; Enzymatic activities; Pedofauna sampling; RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION; Agricultural Systems in the Forest; 1. Traditional Conuco (TC)
- 2. Conuco for Surplus (CS)3. Conuco in Fallow (CF); 4. Improved Conuco (IC); Agricultural Systems in Savannas, Organic and Inorganic Fertilized; Organic agricultural systems assessed in savannas; 5. Agroforestry sytems in savannas (AFS); Farm amended with chicken manure (OCH); Farm amended with compost (OCO); 6. Majada (OM); 7. Organic fertilized system with crop residues (OGM); Inorganic agricultural systems assessed in savanna; 8. Association of grass and leguminous inorganic fertilized (IBL); 9. Traditional cattle ranch (Hato llanero) cropped with Brachiaria (IB)
- Changes in the fertility of soils and in soil quality indicators as related to land useSoil chemical changes in the different types of Venezuelan Amazonian conucos; Microbial C, N and enzymatic activities in the conucos; Soil changes in the different types of agricultural systems in Venezuelan Amazonian savannas; Soil physical and chemical changes of organic agricultural systems (OAS); Microbial C, N and P and enzymatic activities in organic agricultural systems (OAS); Soil chemical analysis of Inorganic Agricultural Systems (IAS) in savannas.
- Microbial C, N and P and enzymatic activities in inorganic agricultural systems (IAS)Monitoring soil organisms to evaluate biodiversity and sustainability; Community structure and abundance of earthworms; Community structure and abundance of macro arthropods; DISCUSSION; Evaluation of AS in Forest; Potential Use of Local Resources of Flora and Fauna from the Forest; Evaluation of AS in Savannas; General Considerations on AS in Forests and Savannas; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEGMENTS; REFERENCES; FACTORS DETERMINING FISH SPECIES DIVERSITY IN AMAZONIAN FLOODPLAIN LAKES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION.
- GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF THE AMAZONIAN ENVIRONMENTTHE AMAZON AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; TYPOLOGY OF RIVERS WITHIN THE AMAZON REGION; ENVIRONMENTS OF THE AMAZON REGION SUBJECT TO FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN LAKES AND FLOODING PULSE; THE MEANING OF FISH SPECIES DIVERSITY; FISH DIVERSITY IN WHITE-WATER LAKES; FISH DIVERSITY IN BLACK-WATER LAKES; FACTORS IN THE FISH DIVERSITY OF LAKES OF AMAZONIAN FLOODPLAINS; CONCLUSION; LITERATURE CITED; MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY OF NEOTROPICAL CHARACIFORMES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; MATERIAL AND METHODS; RESULTS; Species Diversity; Body Shape Diversity; DISCUSSION.