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In this addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, ecologist and conservationist Mark Plotkin offers an overview of Amazonia, the largest and most important rainforest and ecosystem in the world.
In this addition to the What Everyone Needs to Know® series, ecologist and conservationist Mark Plotkin offers an overview of Amazonia, the largest and most important rainforest and ecosystem in the world.
Über den Autor
Mark J. Plotkin is President of the Amazon Conservation Team. He is the author of Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice, Medicine Quest, and coauthored The Killers Within.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- What is a Tropical Rainforest?
- What Do We Mean When We Say the Amazon?
- Why is the Amazon Important?
- Geology, Soils and Vegetation
- Geological history - What is the geological history of Amazonia?
- Soils - Do large and diverse Amazonian rainforests thrive on poor soil?
- Terra preta - What is terra preta?
- Vegetation - What are the major forest and vegetation types in Amazonia?
- Savannas - What are savannas and how are they created?
- Tepuis - What are tepuis?
- Nutrient cycling - If the soils are so poor, how can lush rainforests flourish?
- Rivers
- The Amazon
- Source of the Amazon - What is the source of the Amazon River?
- River types - What are the various river types in Amazonia?
- Aquatic habitats - What are some of the characteristic aquatic habitats of Amazonia?
- Casiquiare canal - What is the Casiquiare Canal?
- Coral reef - Is there a coral reef in the Amazon?
- Indians
- 1492 population
- Languages - How many indigenous languages are there in Amazonia?
- Paleoindians, the first arrivals - When did the first humans arrive in Amazonia?
- Shamans - What is a Shaman?
- Shrunken heads - Shrunken heads: fact or fiction?
- Slash and burn agriculture - What is slash-and-burn agriculture?
- Uncontacted tribes - Do uncontacted tribes still exist?
- History
- The Struggle for the Amazon
- Treaty of Tordesillas - What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
- Aguirre - Was Werner Herzog's film "Aguirre, the Wrath of God," based on a historical figure?
- Teixeira - What role did Pedro Teixeira play in the colonization of the Amazon?
- Mapping - What is the history of the mapping of the Amazon?
- The Advent of the European Scientists
- Merian - Was the first European scientific explorer of the Amazon a woman?
- Darwin - What is the connection between the Amazon and the origins of the Theory of Evolution?
- Agassiz / Harvard
- Amazon Rubber and the Jari Project
- Rubber atrocities - What were the Putumayo Rubber Atrocities?
- Rubber as commodity - How Did Amazonian Rubber Become A Key Global Commodity?
- Rubber / Fordlandia - Why did Henry Ford fail at Fordlandia in Brazil?
- Jari Project - Fordlandia redux - What was the Jari Project, and why did it fail?
- Rondon / Mendes - Who were Cândido Rondon and Chico Mendes?
- Amazonian biota
- Animals
- Faunal origins - What is the origin of the Amazonian fauna?
- Vampire bats - Do vampire bats suck human blood?
- Spiders - How dangerous are Amazonian spiders?
- Cats, crocodilians and serpents - Do jaguars, crocs and snakes eat people in Amazonia?
- Frogs - Are there hallucinogenic frogs in the Amazon Rainforest?
- Pink dolphins - Are there pink dolphins in the Amazon?
- Fish diversity - Why does Amazonia harbor the most diverse freshwater fish fauna in the world?
- Candiru catfish - Is the tiny candiru catfish as terrifying as its reputation?
- Electric eels - How dangerous are electric eels?
- Piranhas - Do piranhas deserve their fearsome reputation?
- Sharks - Are there man-eating sharks in the Amazon?
- Plants
- Ayahuasca - What is ayahuasca?
- Bromeliads - What are the aerial aquaria of the Amazon?
- Coca - What is the traditional use of coca in the Amazon?
- Curare - What is Curare and Why is it Important?
- Lianas - Why are lianas so important and yet so poorly understood?
- Figs - Why are strangler figs not considered to be lianas?
- Palms - Why are palms the single most useful group of organisms to the indigenous peoples of the Amazon?
- Palms with economic promise - Which Amazonian palms offer the greatest economic promise for the future?
- Victoria lily - Did an Amazonian water lily serve as the inspiration for steel frame architecture?
- Threats
- Cattle - What is the role of cattle ranching in Amazonian agriculture?
- Dams - What is the status of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon?
- Gold - What is the impact of gold mining in the Amazon?
- Agriculture / Big - The Role of Export-Driven Large-Scale Agricultural Production in Deforestation
- Agriculture / Small - What is the role of small-scale farming in deforestation?
- Logging - What is the status of logging in the Amazon?
- Climate Change - How will climate change affect Amazonia?
- Deforestation - What drives deforestation in the Amazon?
- Oil and gas - What is the impact of oil and gas exploration on forest peoples?
- Overhunting - What is the impact of overhunting and overfishing on the Amazon?
- China - What is the Impact of China in Amazonia?
- Conclusion
- Conservation - How to Save the Amazon?
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Umwelt |
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Ökologie |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 248 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780190668280 |
| ISBN-10: | 0190668288 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Plotkin, Mark J |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press, USA |
| Maße: | 208 x 141 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Mark J Plotkin |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.03.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,301 kg |
Über den Autor
Mark J. Plotkin is President of the Amazon Conservation Team. He is the author of Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice, Medicine Quest, and coauthored The Killers Within.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- What is a Tropical Rainforest?
- What Do We Mean When We Say the Amazon?
- Why is the Amazon Important?
- Geology, Soils and Vegetation
- Geological history - What is the geological history of Amazonia?
- Soils - Do large and diverse Amazonian rainforests thrive on poor soil?
- Terra preta - What is terra preta?
- Vegetation - What are the major forest and vegetation types in Amazonia?
- Savannas - What are savannas and how are they created?
- Tepuis - What are tepuis?
- Nutrient cycling - If the soils are so poor, how can lush rainforests flourish?
- Rivers
- The Amazon
- Source of the Amazon - What is the source of the Amazon River?
- River types - What are the various river types in Amazonia?
- Aquatic habitats - What are some of the characteristic aquatic habitats of Amazonia?
- Casiquiare canal - What is the Casiquiare Canal?
- Coral reef - Is there a coral reef in the Amazon?
- Indians
- 1492 population
- Languages - How many indigenous languages are there in Amazonia?
- Paleoindians, the first arrivals - When did the first humans arrive in Amazonia?
- Shamans - What is a Shaman?
- Shrunken heads - Shrunken heads: fact or fiction?
- Slash and burn agriculture - What is slash-and-burn agriculture?
- Uncontacted tribes - Do uncontacted tribes still exist?
- History
- The Struggle for the Amazon
- Treaty of Tordesillas - What was the Treaty of Tordesillas?
- Aguirre - Was Werner Herzog's film "Aguirre, the Wrath of God," based on a historical figure?
- Teixeira - What role did Pedro Teixeira play in the colonization of the Amazon?
- Mapping - What is the history of the mapping of the Amazon?
- The Advent of the European Scientists
- Merian - Was the first European scientific explorer of the Amazon a woman?
- Darwin - What is the connection between the Amazon and the origins of the Theory of Evolution?
- Agassiz / Harvard
- Amazon Rubber and the Jari Project
- Rubber atrocities - What were the Putumayo Rubber Atrocities?
- Rubber as commodity - How Did Amazonian Rubber Become A Key Global Commodity?
- Rubber / Fordlandia - Why did Henry Ford fail at Fordlandia in Brazil?
- Jari Project - Fordlandia redux - What was the Jari Project, and why did it fail?
- Rondon / Mendes - Who were Cândido Rondon and Chico Mendes?
- Amazonian biota
- Animals
- Faunal origins - What is the origin of the Amazonian fauna?
- Vampire bats - Do vampire bats suck human blood?
- Spiders - How dangerous are Amazonian spiders?
- Cats, crocodilians and serpents - Do jaguars, crocs and snakes eat people in Amazonia?
- Frogs - Are there hallucinogenic frogs in the Amazon Rainforest?
- Pink dolphins - Are there pink dolphins in the Amazon?
- Fish diversity - Why does Amazonia harbor the most diverse freshwater fish fauna in the world?
- Candiru catfish - Is the tiny candiru catfish as terrifying as its reputation?
- Electric eels - How dangerous are electric eels?
- Piranhas - Do piranhas deserve their fearsome reputation?
- Sharks - Are there man-eating sharks in the Amazon?
- Plants
- Ayahuasca - What is ayahuasca?
- Bromeliads - What are the aerial aquaria of the Amazon?
- Coca - What is the traditional use of coca in the Amazon?
- Curare - What is Curare and Why is it Important?
- Lianas - Why are lianas so important and yet so poorly understood?
- Figs - Why are strangler figs not considered to be lianas?
- Palms - Why are palms the single most useful group of organisms to the indigenous peoples of the Amazon?
- Palms with economic promise - Which Amazonian palms offer the greatest economic promise for the future?
- Victoria lily - Did an Amazonian water lily serve as the inspiration for steel frame architecture?
- Threats
- Cattle - What is the role of cattle ranching in Amazonian agriculture?
- Dams - What is the status of hydroelectric dams in the Amazon?
- Gold - What is the impact of gold mining in the Amazon?
- Agriculture / Big - The Role of Export-Driven Large-Scale Agricultural Production in Deforestation
- Agriculture / Small - What is the role of small-scale farming in deforestation?
- Logging - What is the status of logging in the Amazon?
- Climate Change - How will climate change affect Amazonia?
- Deforestation - What drives deforestation in the Amazon?
- Oil and gas - What is the impact of oil and gas exploration on forest peoples?
- Overhunting - What is the impact of overhunting and overfishing on the Amazon?
- China - What is the Impact of China in Amazonia?
- Conclusion
- Conservation - How to Save the Amazon?
Details
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Umwelt |
| Produktart: | Nachschlagewerke |
| Rubrik: | Ökologie |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 248 |
| Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| ISBN-13: | 9780190668280 |
| ISBN-10: | 0190668288 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Plotkin, Mark J |
| Hersteller: | Oxford University Press, USA |
| Maße: | 208 x 141 x 22 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Mark J Plotkin |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 30.03.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,301 kg |
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