Acta Amazonica 49(2) - Summary
   
Issues: 49-2 Agronomy and Forestry
Title: Allometric models to estimate tree height in northern Amazonian ecotone forests  
Authors: Reinaldo Imbrozio BARBOSA, Perla Natalia RAMÍREZ-NARVÁEZ, Philip Martin FEARNSIDE, Carlos Darwin Angulo VILLACORTA, Lidiany Camila da Silva CARVALHO  
Keywords: allometry, Amazon forest, hypsometric relationships, dendrometry, seasonal forest PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201801642

   
Issues: 49-2 Agronomy and Forestry
Title: Evaluation of forest inventory processes in a forest under concession in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon  
Authors: Felipe KAUAI, Ana Paula Dalla CORTE, Vinicius CYSNEIROS, Allan Libanio PELISSARI, Carlos Roberto SANQUETTA  
Keywords: forestry, sampling procedures, volume stocks, error decay rate PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201801331

   
Issues: 49-2 Agronomy and Forestry
Title: Do polyembryonic seeds of Carapa surinamensis (Meliaceae) have advantages for seedling development?  
Authors: Débora Najara de SOUZA FERREIRA, José Luís Campana CAMARGO, Isolde Dorothea Kossmann FERRAZ  
Keywords: polyembryony, andiroba, crabwood, seedling production, competition PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201801211

   
Issues: 49-2 Biodiversity and Conservation
Title: Reproductive and feeding biology of the common lancehead Bothrops atrox (Serpentes, Viperidae) from central and southwestern Brazilian Amazonia  
Authors: Pedro Ferreira BISNETO, Igor Luis KAEFER  
Keywords: diet, natural history, Neotropics, reproduction PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201802371

   
Issues: 49-2 Biodiversity and Conservation
Title: Insights into the development of a juvenile harpy eagle’s hunting skills  
Authors: Thiago CAVALCANTE, Carlos Augusto TUYAMA, Italo MOURTHE  
Keywords: hunting behavior, juvenile raptor, predator-prey interaction, foraging, Harpia harpyja PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201803841

   
Issues: 49-2 Biodiversity and Conservation
Title: Description of immature stages of Ablabesmyia cordeiroi Neubern, 2013 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)  
Authors: Fabíola Lima DA SILVA, Galileu Petronilo da Silva DANTAS, Neusa HAMADA  
Keywords: aquatic insects, non-biting midges, Pentaneurini, Brazil PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201801151

   
Issues: 49-2 Biodiversity and Conservation
Title: Anuran diversity in urban and rural zones of the Itacoatiara municipality, central Amazonia, Brazil  
Authors: Marcelo MENIN, Rafaela Fernanda Batista FERREIRA, Izomar Barbosa MELO, Marcelo GORDO, Gustavo Yomar HATTORI, Bruno Sampaio SANT’ANNA  
Keywords: floodplain forests, unflooded forest, rarefaction curves, species composition, time-constrained searches PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201800284

   
Issues: 49-2 Biodiversity and Conservation
Title: Record of the rare Caribbean mud eel, Pythonichthys sanguineus (Heterenchelyidae, Anguilliformes), in the region of the Amazon Reef  
Authors: Matheus Marcos ROTUNDO, Leonardo MACHADO, Claudio OLIVEIRA, Wagner César Rosa dos SANTOS, Alexandre Pires MARCENIUK  
Keywords: fisheries, conservation, Brazilian northern coast, new record, systematics PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201802883

   
Issues: 49-2 Biodiversity and Conservation
Title: Orthomene (Menispermaceae) in the Brazilian Amazon  
Authors: Julio dos Santos de SOUSA, Ely Simone Cajueiro GURGEL, Maria de Nazaré do Carmo BASTOS  
Keywords: Anomospermeae, botany, Menispermoideae, taxonomy PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201802351

   
Issues: 49-2 Chemistry and Pharmacology
Title: Evaluation of antimutagenic and cytotoxic activity of skin secretion extract of Rhinella marina and Rhaebo guttatus (Anura, Bufonidae)  
Authors: Angellica Fernandes de OLIVEIRA, Lindsey CASTOLDI, Gerardo Magela VIEIRA JUNIOR, Evaldo dos Santos MONÇÃO FILHO, Mariana Helena CHAVES, Domingos de Jesus RODRIGUES, Marina Mariko SUGUI  
Keywords: genotoxicity, bioprospecting, micronuclei, chemoprevention PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201801751

   
Issues: 49-2 Food Sciences
Title: Effect of Alpinia zerumbet essential oil on the shelf life of tambaqui fillets during short-term refrigerator storage  
Authors: Ana Karolinne Anastacio de SOUSA, Fabíola Helena dos Santos FOGAÇA, Thais Danielly Santos ARAUJO, Karina Neoob de Carvalho CASTRO, Alitiene Moura Lemos PEREIRA, Kirley Marques CANUTO, Edy Sousa de BRITO, Mônica Giacometti MAI, João Avelar de MAGALHÃES  
Keywords: antioxidant, psychrotrophic count, quality, fish storage PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201801252

   
Issues: 49-2 Health Sciences
Title: First report of Myxobolus (Cnidaria: Myxozoa) spores in human feces in Brazil  
Authors: Lisiane Lappe dos REIS, Lucas Carvalho de JESUS, Ormezinda Celeste Christo FERNANDES, David Eduardo BARROSO  
Keywords: myxosporean, human infection, Amazon, fish consumption PDF
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201802671