Mapping Surface Parameters for Mesoscale Modeling in Forested and Deforested Southwestern Amazonia

Satellite surface parameters for mesoscale modelling

Satellite-derived land surface parameters for mesoscale modelling of the Mexico City basin B. de Foy, L. T. Molina, and M. J. Molina Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Received: 7 September 2005 – Accepted: 21 September 2005 – Published: 12 October 2005 Correspondence to: B. de Foy ([email protected]) © 2005 Author(s). This work is ...

Domestication of Peach Palm in Southwestern Amazonia

The peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) is the only Neotropical palm domesticated by Native Americans. Its place of origin as a crop (B. gasipaes var. gasipaes) has been debated for more than a century, with three hypotheses currently in discussion: southwestern Amazonia; northwestern South America; or multiple origins in the distribution of the wild relatives (B. gasipaes var. chichagui). The ...

“Purús Song”: Nationalization and Tribalization in Southwestern Amazonia

Dynamics of malaria transmission in forested and deforested regions of Mandla District, central India (Madhya Pradesh).

A longitudinal malaria study was undertaken in 1990-91 in 2 adjacent ecological zones in central India: villages in forest and villages away from the forest. The prevalence of Anopheles species varied widely between the 2 ecological settings. In the villages in forest, Anopheles culicifacies and An. fluviatilis were mainly exophilic, whereas in the villages away from forest, An. culicifacies wa...

Input of litter in deforested and forested areas of a tropical headstream.

Riparian vegetation is the main source of leaves and the main energy source for low order streams. Therefore, changes in its composition affect the structure and processes in streams. We studied the contribution of the riparian vegetation by analysing the annual input of litter in deforested and forested areas of a tropical stream. The lateral, vertical (aerial) and horizontal (drift) litter in...