Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago by Julio Mercader, Pamela Akuku, Nicole Boivin, Alfredo Camacho, Tristan Carter, Siobhán Clarke, Arturo Cueva Temprana, Julien Favreau, Jennifer Galloway, Raquel Hernando, Haiping Huang, Stephen Hubbard, Jed O. Kaplan, Steve Larter, Stephen Magohe, Abdallah Mohamed, Aloyce Mwambwiga, Ayoola Oladele, Michael Petraglia, Patrick Roberts, Palmira Saladié, Abel Shikoni, Renzo Silva, María Soto, Dominica Stricklin, Degsew Z. Mekonnen, Wenran Zhao, Paul Durkin

“…Abstract Questions about when early members of the genus Homo adapted to extreme environments like deserts and rainforests have traditionally focused on Homo sapiens. …”
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A revised classification of Dryopteridaceae based on plastome phylogenomics and morphological evidence, with the description of a new genus, Pseudarachniodes by Zheng-Yu Zuo, Germinal Rouhan, Shi-Yong Dong, Hong-Mei Liu, Xin-Yu Du, Li-Bing Zhang, Jin-Mei Lu

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Subgenome asymmetry of gibberellins-related genes plays important roles in regulating rapid growth of bamboos by Ling Mao, Cen Guo, Liang-Zhong Niu, Yu-Jiao Wang, Guihua Jin, Yi-Zhou Yang, Ke-Cheng Qian, Yang Yang, Xuemei Zhang, Peng-Fei Ma, De-Zhu Li, Zhen-Hua Guo

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Contrasting spatial variations between above and below-ground net primary productivity in global grasslands by Ying Hu, Yue Yang, Yu Wei, Xiaozhen Li, Yue Jiao, Jiapei Liao, Ruiyu Fu, Lichong Dai, Zhongmin Hu

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Global climate changes and the evolution of area suitability for marmosets of genus Callithrix by Cesar Rogerio Leal do Amaral, Antonio Carlos de Freitas, Rodrigo Goldenberg-Barbosa, Anna Luiza dos Santos Donato, Izar Aximoff, Victor Cordeiro de Moura, Dafne Adriana Abreu dos Anjos

“…The study used the present-day distribution of the Atlantic Rainforest marmosets of the genus Callithrix and several bioclimatic layers to model and project the habitat suitability for all Callithrix species for recent and for the next few decades. …”
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A colheita da floresta: Uma estratégia de desenvolvimento social e economicamente viável ao desmatamento? by Patricia Andrade de Oliveira

“…The principle of the Rainforest Harvest is, therefore, that if it can be shown that forests are more valuable while they are standing, they will have more chance to be preserved.This article examines the partnership deal between the British cosmetics company The Body Shop and the Kaiapó communities Pycany and A’Ukre in the the brasilian state of Pará. …”
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Effects of Habitat Change on the Web Characteristics and Fitness of the Giant Wood Spider (Nephila pilipes) in Sri Lanka by Tharaka Wijerathna, Dilini Tharanga, Inoka C. Perera, Mayuri R. Wijesinghe

“…We compare web properties and fitness of the Giant wood spider Nephila pilpes within and outside its natural rainforest habitat in Sri Lanka. The nonforest habitats comprised rural home gardens and plantations. …”
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Aminopropyl-Functionalized Silica CO2 Adsorbents via Sonochemical Methods by Gregory P. Knowles, Alan L. Chaffee

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O projeto de integração Amazônica visto pela turistificação dos lugares by Terence Keller Andrade, Maria Goretti Tavares

“…The speech about the development of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest gives an important place to the process of touristification. …”
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L’açaí en France d'Outre-Mer : La Guyane française vers une nouvelle frontière agricole de l'Euterpe oleracea dans l'Amazonie septentrionale by Francisco Cortezzi

“…Originating from the palm Euterpe oleracea, the açaí is an endemic fruit of the Amazon rainforest, the consumption of which has grown strongly in Brazil since the 1990s and is emerging in other regions of the world. …”
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Colony Composition of Two Malaysian Ponerine Ants, Platythyrea Tricuspidata and P. Quadridenta: Sexual Reproduction by Workers and Production of Queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Fuminori Ito

“…Colonies of ponerine ants Platythyrea quadridenta and P. tricuspidata were collected in the rainforest of West Malaysia. Two colonies of P. tricuspidata were composed only of workers, and three and eight workers were inseminated per colony, respectively. …”
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État nutritionnel et environnement pathogène d’enfants d’une population forestière du Sud-Cameroun by Olivier Bernard, Hélène Pagezy, Daniel Bley

“…This study concerns the relationship between splenomegaly as an indicator of a chronic context of parasitic load and the growth in height or weight of preschool children from rainforest Southern Cameroon. The anthropometric study shows that 31,6% of the 0-6 years old children are stunded and 3,6% wasted. …”
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Ethnoecology and ethnomedicinal use of fish among the Bakwele of southeastern Cameroon by Takanori Oishi

“…Because of the current bushmeat trade crisis, the aquatic resources in the Congo Basin rainforest are increasingly viewed has promising alternate resources and have recently drawn the attention of conservation and development agencies. …”
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The History of Porridge in Bantuphone Africa, with Words as Main Ingredients by Birgit Ricquier

“…Moreover, in many communities living in the equatorial rainforest, porridge— be it from cereals or other crops—never attained status as the staple and remained one of many starch food preparations.…”
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Taxonomic study of Oxalis section Thamnoxys (Oxalidaceae) in Brazil by Maria Carolina de Abreu, Ykaro Richard Oliveira, Juliana Silva dos Santos, Reginaldo Carvalho, Marcos José da Silva, Margareth Ferreira de Sales

“…These species are mostly distributed in rainforest and seasonal semi-deciduous forest.…”
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“Invisible” and “unheard” children in fragile contexts – reflections from field research among the Ba’Aka in the Central African Republic by Urszula Markowska-Manista

“…In the present article I outline the situation of children who belong to an indigenous community of Ba’Aka Pygmies, a group inhabiting the Sangha-Mbaéré region of rainforest in the Central African Republic. These children are inscribed in the categories of “invisible” and “unheard” children. …”
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Sacha Inchi (<i>Plukenetia volubilis</i>): Potential Bioactivity, Extraction Methods, and Microencapsulation Techniques by Sarah Gustia Redjeki, Alfa Fildzah Hulwana, Rizqa Nurul Aulia, Ira Maya, Anis Yohana Chaerunisaa, Sriwidodo Sriwidodo

“….), an oilseed native to the Peruvian rainforest, has garnered attention for its valuable components and its potential applications in the food, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical industries. …”
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Bioactive and agroindustrial potential of Amazonian fruit species: a review by Liceth Natalia Cuéllar Álvarez, Juliana María García-Chacón, Francisco J. Heredia, M. Lourdes González-Miret

“…Its high biodiversity makes the Amazon rainforest a strategic place to carry out bioprospecting of fruit and plant species with nutritional, biofunctional, and technological value. …”
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New connections between brand and environmentally sustainable businesses in the Amazon forest and local business owner’s perception by Luiz Diego Vidal Santos, Francisco Sandro Rodrigues Holanda, Pedro Vinícius Bertulino de Menezes, Catuxe Varjão de Santana Oliveira, Ana Paula Schervinski Villwock, Alceu Pedrotti

“…Abstract The debate surrounding entrepreneurship in the Amazon rainforest region highlights the importance of sustainable actions developed by local brands. …”
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Environmental impacts of certification programmes at Colombian coffee plantations by Diego Ivan Caviedes Rubio, Daniel Ricardo Delgado, Alfredo Olaya Amaya

“…The main certification program assessed in this review is the Rainforest Alliance. However, this study also reports the existence of several gaps caused by multi-certification effects. …”
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