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Amazon basin : plant life, wildlife and environment / Nicolás Rojas and Rafael Prieto, editors.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Environmental research advances seriesPublication details: New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 218 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781617614897
  • 1617614890
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Amazon basin.DDC classification:
  • 508.81/1 22
LOC classification:
  • QH112 .A425 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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