Acta Amazonica 49(2) 2024 - Summary
   
Issues: 49-2 Agronomy and Forestry PDF
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
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201801642

   
Issues: 49-2 Agronomy and Forestry PDF
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
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201801331

   
Issues: 49-2 Agronomy and Forestry PDF
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
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201801211

   
Issues: 49-2 Biodiversity and Conservation PDF
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
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201802371

   
Issues: 49-2 Biodiversity and Conservation PDF
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
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201803841

   
Issues: 49-2 Biodiversity and Conservation PDF
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
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201801151

   
Issues: 49-2 Biodiversity and Conservation PDF
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
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201800284

   
Issues: 49-2 Biodiversity and Conservation PDF
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
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201802883

   
Issues: 49-2 Biodiversity and Conservation PDF
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
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201802351

   
Issues: 49-2 Chemistry and Pharmacology PDF
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
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201801751

   
Issues: 49-2 Food Sciences PDF
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
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201801252

   
Issues: 49-2 Health Sciences PDF
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
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1809-4392201802671