Through Amazonian Eyes: The Human Ecology of Amazonian Populations

Contents, Tables, Figures

Contents Preface, xiii Acknowledgments, xvii I Amazonia: People and Environment, I 2 Blackwater Ecosystems, 35 3 Upland Forests, 57 4 Floodplains, 85 5 Savannas, 117 6 Human Ecology as a Critique of Development, 14I Notes, 163 Bibliography, 169 Index, 227 Tables I Distribution of Soils in the Humid Tropics, 12 2 Common Constraints in Soils of the Humid Tropics, 12 3 Types of Vegetation in the Amazon Basin, 25 4 Soil Types in the Amazon Basin, 66 5 Mean Returns from Hunting and Fishing, 79 6 Returns with Various Fishing Techniques at Itacoatiara, 102 7 Comparison of Hunting and Fishing Efficiency, I I I 8 Use of Biotopes of the Upper Floodplain, 113 9 Soils and Vegetation of the Savannas, 123 10 Characteristics of Savannas, 125 I I Xavante Height and Weight Measures, 135 12 Appropriate Management Strategies, 147 Figures I Map of the Legal Amazon and the Amazon Basin, 3. 2 Impact of Epidemics on Age and Sex Distribution, 5 3 Rubber Exports from Belem, Para, 1847-1915,6 4 Catch-up Fertility Following Epidemics among the Surui Indians, 8 5 Areal Extent of the Humid Tropic Biome, 10 6 Variation in Rainfall in Amazonia, 10 7 Soil Order Map of Amazonia, 13 8 Area-Species Association, 16 9 Biomass Distribution in Tropical Forests, 20 10 Amazon Basin Habitats, 21 I I Water Cycling, 22 12 Water Recycling, 23 13 Whitewater, Blackwater, and Clearwater Watersheds, 23 14 Mosaic of Vegetation in the Tapaj6s Basin, 26 15 The Rio Negro Basin and Its Affiuents, 37 16 Vegetational Gradient in the Rio Negro, 39 17 Association of Location with Fishing Success, 49 18 Height-for-Age Growth Rates in the Rio Negro and Rondonia, 5I 19 Cross Section of a Terra Firme and a Varzea Forest, 64-65 20 Species of Vegetation Indicative of Good and Poor Soils for Agriculture Identified by Amazonian Caboclos, 74 21 Agricultural Calendar of the Surui Indians, 77 22 Map of the Floodplains of the Amazon Basin, 87 23 Dendritic River System with Oxbow Lakes, 89 24 Floodplain Biotopes, 9I 25 Vegetation in Floodplain Lakes, 93 26 Vertical Zonation in the Floodplain, 99 27 Fishing with Seine Nets, 101 28 Fishing with Baited Trotlines and Drifting Deepwater Gillnets, 103 29 Conical Fish Trap, 104 30 Dolphin/Fisheries Interactions, 106 3I Biotopes in an Upper Floodplain Region, 108- 109 32 Use of a Managed Lake in the Upper Amazon, 110 33 Upland Savannas of Amazonia, II9 xii FIGURES 34 Biomass Productivity of Savannas, 124 35 Ge and Xinguano Ecological Differences, 128 36 Biotopes of the Kayap6 Gorotire, 133 37 Islands of Resources in Gorotire, 134 38 Development Activities in the Amazon Basin, 152- I 53 ...