ASPECTS OF GEODIVERSITY IN THE WEST OF ACRE STATE - BRAZIL

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-10
Author(s):  
FRANK OLIVEIRA ARCOS ◽  
ELISANDRA MOREIRA DE LIRA ◽  
HILZA DOMINGOS SILVA DOS SANTOS ARCOS
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
The State ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
The West ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Andes Mountain

Geodiversity is associated with aspects of geoconservation, natural geological and hydrogeomorphological heritage in each morphoclimatic domain in Brazil. In the Amazon domain, such aspects have been forged in an environment of sedimentary origin since the Cretaceous, identified in the Rio Branco, Juruá-Mirim, Moa and Jaquirana mountains, composed predominantly of sandstones and siltstones. The Serra do Divisor National Park (PNSD) is located in the state of Acre, on the border with Peru and the Andes mountain range. The region has a natural heritage and a geological-geomorphological structure, where waterfalls, caves, valleys and high hills are found, endogenous to the site. The general objective of this article is to present elements of the Geodiversity of the Serra do Divisor National Park (PNSD) focused on the category of geotourism aiming at dissemination at regional, national and international levels.

Parochodaeus bituberculatus (Erichson) (Coleoptera: Ochodaeidae) and Faargia gentilii (Martínez) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), two species newly discovered in Chile

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4608 (1) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
JOSÉ MONDACA ◽  
ANDRÉS FIERRO ◽  
SERGIO ROTHMANN
Keyword(s):  
Andes Mountains ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
The West ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Andes Mountain ◽  
Scarab Beetles

The presence in Chile of scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) described originally from Peru and Argentina have been reported previously, as a result of the distributional corridors through passes in the Andes Mountains (Gutiérrez 1947, 1950; Roig-Juñent et al. 2005; Ruiz-Manzanos 2006; Mondaca 2011). The purpose of this paper is to report the presence of Parochodaeus bituberculatus (Erichson, 1847) (Coleoptera: Ochodaeidae: Ochodaeinae: Ochodaeini) and Faargia gentilii (Martínez, 1975) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Tanyproctini) in Chile, expanding the distribution of the second species to the west of the Andes Mountain range. The presence of both species in Chile is not surprising, due to the similarity of habitats in the collection areas with neighboring localities in Peru and Argentina. 

scholarly journals High altitude headaches in climbers of Mount Aconcagua in the Andes Mountain range

2015 ◽  
Vol 357 ◽  
pp. e170-e171
Author(s):  
A. Marengo ◽  
L.J. Zavala ◽  
H.A. Zavala ◽  
B.B. Saravia
Keyword(s):  
High Altitude ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Andes Mountain

scholarly journals Origin and Dissemination across the Colombian Andes Mountain Range of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 3121-3125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Corredor ◽  
Claribel Murillo ◽  
Diego F. Echeverry ◽  
Julie Benavides ◽  
Richard J. Pearce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasmodium Falciparum ◽  
Therapeutic Efficacy ◽  
Northwest Pacific ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Triple Mutant ◽  
Infected People ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Colombian Andes ◽  
Andes Mountain ◽  
Parasite Populations

ABSTRACT The therapeutic efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria is unevenly distributed in Colombia. The Andes mountain range separates regions in the west where malaria is endemic from those in the east and constitutes a barrier against gene flow and the dispersal of parasite populations. The distribution of dhfr and dhps genotypes of 146 P. falciparum samples from the eastern Amazon and Orinoco basins and Northwest and Southwest Pacific regions of Colombia was consistent with the documented levels of therapeutic efficacy of SP. The diversity of four dhfr- and dhps-linked microsatellites indicated that double- and triple-mutant alleles for both resistance loci have a single origin. Likewise, multilocus association genotypes, including two unlinked microsatellite loci, suggested that genetic exchanges between the eastern Orinoco and Northwest Pacific populations has taken place across the Andes, most probably via migration of infected people.

scholarly journals First record of the White-winged Vampire bat, Diaemus youngii (Jentink, 1893) (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) for the state of Goiás, Brazil, with a revised distribution map

Check List ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-64
Author(s):  
João Paulo Maires Hoppe ◽  
Gabriella Marchezi ◽  
Albert David Ditchfield
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
The West ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Widespread Species ◽  
Mata Atlântica ◽  
Caribbean Islands ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Vampire Bat

Diaemus youngii (Jentink, 1893) is a widespread species occurring from southern Mexico to northern Argentina. Along its distribution, however, this bat is rare to uncommon. Here, we report its record for the state of Goiás, central-western Brazil, based on a specimen found in the mammal collection of the Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica, former Museu de Biologia Professor Mello Leitão. Diaemus youngii is known from 129 unique localities, with 81 (over 62%) in Brazil, followed by Peru (7), Bolivia (6) and Venezuela (6). It is absent in the west of the Andes, southern Argentina, Uruguay, and Caribbean islands, except for Trinidad.

Slow Development Towards Park Creation: A History of the Black Forest in Post-War Germany

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuki Okauchi
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The State ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Secondary Forests ◽  
Black Forest ◽  
Slow Development ◽  
Post War ◽  
Nature Parks

Germany is among the more eco-friendly industrialised nations, and since 1945 there has been a remarkable development in the spread of nature/national parks as instruments for large-scale nature conservation. However, its most beloved wooded mountain range, the Black Forest in the state of Baden-Württemberg, lacked these parks for decades: it was not until 1999/2000 that the local municipalities formed two nature parks, and the state government established the Black Forest National Park only in 2014. While recognising that forestry interests and municipality heads were influential opponents of the government’s park plans, this article also focuses on other contexts and social groups. Nature parks were intended for the promotion of recreational land use during the post-war boom years, but in Baden-Württemberg the idea of creating parks provoked dissent among conservation officials. In national park debates of the early 1990s and the early 2010s, a circle of hikers asserted that local secondary forests were not an ideal location for a park, and opposing residents also argued against the principle of ‘let nature be nature’ in terms of maintaining the various environmental functions of forests. This regional history serves as a reminder of the diversity of alternative views about park formation.

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