Search for dissertations about: "Amazonia"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 swedish dissertations containing the word Amazonia.

  2. 6. Origin, evolution and biodiversity of the Neotropical herpetofauna: patterns and processes of the world’s richest and most threatened biota

    Author : Josué Azevedo; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Amazonia; biodiversity indices; Cerrado; integrative taxonomy; phylogenetic endemism; phylogenetic turnover;

    Abstract : The biological diversity of tropical America (the Neotropics) is astonishing. However, even among terrestrial vertebrates, most biogeographical patterns are not fully described nor understood, especially for many Neotropical reptiles and amphibians (the herpetofauna). READ MORE

  4. 7. Negotiating Reproduction: Family Size and Fertility Regulation among Shuar People of the Ecuadorian Amazon

    Author : Charlotte Petersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ecuador; Amazonia; Shuar people; reproduction; ; conviviality; well-being; state; population policy; family planning; subjectivity; power;

    Abstract : The focus of this dissertation is situated in the realm of the global reproductive health discourse and its interplay with national politics in Ecuador. It addresses how high fertility rates are perceived as an issue that hinders development and modernisation. READ MORE

  5. 8. Morality as Practice : The Santo Daime, an Eco-Religious Movement in the Amazonian Rainforest

    Author : Titti Kristina Schmidt; Ing-Britt Trankell; Michael Lambek; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : Cultural anthropology; Brazil; Amazonia; Santo Daime; caboclos; environmentalism; religion; religious movements; social movements; morality; Kulturantropologi;

    Abstract : This study deals with Santo Daime, a religious and environmental movement in the Brazilian Amazon. It is based on 15 months of anthropological fieldwork in the foundational centre of the Santo Daime movement, Céu do Mapiá, Heaven of Mapiá, located deep inside the Brazilian State of Amazonas. READ MORE

  6. 9. "Gold is illusion" : the Garimpeiros of Tapajos Valley in the Brazilian Amazonia

    Author : Enrique Rodriguez Larreta; Michael Jackson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Guldgrävning; sociala aspekter; Brasilien; Tapajós; Social Anthropology; socialantropologi;

    Abstract : This study analyses the formation of power relations and hierarchy among the gold diggers of the region of the Tapajos in the lower Amazonas. Following the route of immigrants who escape from social death in the Brazilian Northeast driven on by the dream of gold, this book analyses the daily life of a community of gold diggers. READ MORE

  7. 10. Spatiotemporal Evolution of Neotropical Organisms: New Insights into an Old Riddle

    Author : Alexandre Antonelli; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Neotropics; Biodiversity patterns; Speciation models; Andean uplift; K T Event; Biogeography; Phylogenetics; Molecular dating; Rubiaceae; Chloranthaceae; Campanulaceae; Tetrapods; Biological systematics;

    Abstract : Nowhere else on Earth are there so many species of plants and animals as in the Neotropical region. Yet, many questions remain concerning the causes underlying such outstanding diversification. READ MORE