Acta Amazonica 47(4) - Summary
   
Issues: 47-4 Agronomy
Title: Analysis of soybean cropland expansion in the southern Brazilian Amazon and its relation to economic drivers  
Authors: Anibal GUSSO, Jorge Ricardo DUCATI, Virindiana Colet BORTOLOTTO  
Keywords: land use, agriculture, soybean mapping, Amazon biome PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201700543

   
Issues: 47-4 Agronomy
Title: Molecular characterization of progenies of bacurizeiro (Platonia insignis) from Marajó Island, northeastern Amazon  
Authors: Lígia Cristine Gonçalves PONTES, Elisa Ferreira MOURA, Mônika Fecury MOURA, Simone de Miranda RODRIGUES, Maria do Socorro Padilha de OLIVEIRA, José Edmar Urano de CARVALHO, Josette THERRIER  
Keywords: genetic diversity, germplasm bank, Clusiaceae PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201701302

   
Issues: 47-4 Animal Sciences/Fisheries Resources
Title: Metazoan parasite communities of Leporinus macrocephalus (Characiformes: Anostomidae) in cultivation systems in the western Amazon, Brazil  
Authors: Williane M. de O. MARTINS, Marcia C. N. JUSTO, Melissa Q. CÁRDENAS, Simone C. COHEN  
Keywords: diversity, Digenea, Monogenoidea, Nematoda PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201701243

   
Issues: 47-4 Ecology
Title: Observational and experimental evaluation of hemiparasite resistance in trees in the urbanafforestation of Santarém, Pará, Brazil  
Authors: Francisco Pinheiro da SILVA, Rodrigo Ferreira FADINI  
Keywords: Loranthaceae, mistletoe, tree parasites, urban silviculture PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201700033

   
Issues: 47-4 Geography
Title: Population and development in the Amazon: A longitudinal study of migrant settlers in theNorthern Ecuadorian Amazon  
Authors: Samuel SELLERS, Richard BILSBORROW, Victoria SALINAS, Carlos MENA  
Keywords: family planning, deforestation, livelihoods, migration PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201602663

   
Issues: 47-4 Health Sciences
Title: Antileishmanial activity of extracts from Libidibia ferrea: development of in vitro and in vivo tests  
Authors: Claudia Dantas COMANDOLLI-WYREPKOWSKI, Bruno Bezerra JENSEN, Iryna GRAFOVA, Pierre Alexandre dos SANTOS, Angela Maria Comapa BARROS, Fabiane Veloso SOARES, José Fernando Marques BARCELLOS, Aline Fagundes da SILVA, Andriy GRAFOV, Antonia Maria Ramos FRANCO  
Keywords: cutaneous leishmaniasis, natural products, topical formulations, experimental treatment PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201700871

   
Issues: 47-4 Health Sciences
Title: Zootherapy in the Amazon: green anaconda (Eunectes murinus) fat as a natural medicine totreat wounds  
Authors: Erika SOUZA, Fernanda P. WERNECK, Leonardo BRANDÃO, Rafael de FRAGA  
Keywords: ethnozoology, folk medicine, snakes, Wistar PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201702202

   
Issues: 47-4 Zoology
Title: A new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis (Insecta, Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from mangrove forests in the Brazilian Amazon, with a key to species identification  
Authors: Fernando da Silva CARVALHO-FILHO, Caroline Costa de SOUZA, Jéssica Maria Menezes SOARES  
Keywords: flesh fly, Calyptratae, Oestroidea, Brazil, Pará PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201700302

   
Issues: 47-4 Brief reports
Title: Supplementary taxonomic description of Demidospermus pinirampi (Monogenoidea, Dactylogyridae), with a new host record and anexpansion of its distribution range  
Authors: Julio Cesar Cenci de AGUIAR, Glauco Baptista Franco BUENO, Sonia Maria Cursino dos SANTOS, Edson Aparecido ADRIANO  
Keywords: South America, Tocantins, morphology, parasite, Pimelodidae PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201700112

   
Issues: 47-4 Brief reports
Title: Range extension of Diclidurus scutatus (Chiroptera,Emballonuridae) to southwestern Amazonia  
Authors: Roberto Leonan Morim NOVAES, Vinícius Cardoso CLÁUDIO, Adriana Akemi KUNIY  
Keywords: distribution, lesser ghost bat, western Amazon, Rondônia PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201700083

   
Issues: 47-4 Brief reports
Title: Bat necrophagy by a whip-spider (Arachnida, Amblypygi, Phrynidae) in a cave in the eastern Brazilian Amazon  
Authors: Xavier PROUS, Thadeu PIETROBON, Mariane S. RIBEIRO, Robson de A. ZAMPAULO  
Keywords: Heterophrynus longicornis, Chiroptera, cave, feeding behavior PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201700993

   
Issues: 47-4 Brief reports
Title: Postmortem interval estimation based on Chrysomya albiceps (Diptera, Calliphoridae) in a forensic case in the Andean Amazon, Caquetá, Colombia  
Authors: Yardany RAMOS-PASTRANA, Marta WOLFF  
Keywords: forensic science, carrion insetcs, death time, Amazon rainforest PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201700392