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Adoption of sustainable low-impact fishing practices is not enough to secure sustainable livelihoods and social wellbeing in small-scale fishing communities by de la Puente, Santiago, López de la Lama, Rocío, Llerena-Cayo, Camila, Martínez, Benny R., Rey-Cama, Gonzalo, Christensen, Villy, Rivera-Ch, María, Valdés-Velasquez, Armando

“…Improving small-scale fishers’ wellbeing is a core policy objective in efforts to achieve just, equitable and sustainable futures. Nonetheless, fishers’…”
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Exploring the building blocks of social capital in the Sechura Bay (Peru): Insights from Peruvian scallop (Argopecten purpuratus) aquaculture by López de la Lama, Rocío, Valdés-Velasquez, Armando, Huicho, Luis, Morales, Estefanía, Rivera-Ch, María

“…Social capital has been a key factor for co-management initiatives' success in small-scale fisheries. Nonetheless, this is a complex concept, which can be…”
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Molecular Epidemiology of Avian Malaria in Wild Breeding Colonies of Humboldt and Magellanic Penguins in South America by Sallaberry-Pincheira, Nicole, Gonzalez-Acuña, Daniel, Herrera-Tello, Yertiza, Dantas, Gisele P. M., Luna-Jorquera, Guillermo, Frere, Esteban, Valdés-Velasquez, Armando, Simeone, Alejandro, Vianna, Juliana A.

“…Avian malaria is a disease caused by species of the genera Haemoproteus , Leucocytozoon , and Plasmodium . It affects hundreds of bird species, causing varied…”
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Metabolic syndrome risk unexpectedly predicted by traditional food consumption: shifting food systems and health among the Awajún of the Peruvian Amazon by Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana, Tallman, Paula S., Valdes-Velasquez, Armando

“…Dietary changes, especially declines in traditional food diversity and increases in the consumption of processed foods, have previously been shown to increase…”
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Trace Moisture Detection Using Continuous-Wave Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy by Dudek, John B, Tarsa, Peter B, Velasquez, Armando, Wladyslawski, Mark, Rabinowitz, Paul, Lehmann, Kevin K

“…We have developed an instrument to measure trace concentrations of small hydride species in gases using continuous-wave cavity ring-down spectroscopy with…”
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Bird species richness, diversity and abundance in Polylepis woodlands, Huascaran biosphere reserve, Peru by Ríos, Steven Sevillano, Lloyd, Huw, Valdés-Velásquez, Armando

“…We examined patterns in bird community composition across a fragmented high-Andean Polylepis landscape currently afforded protection within the Huascaran…”
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Waterscapes meet socio‐ecological models: A relational framework to examine water insecurity and human health and well‐being by Tallman, Paula Skye, Piland, Natalia C., Villarmarzo, Melanie, Victoria‐Lacy, Lulu, Valdés‐Velásquez, Armando

“…Water insecurity, the inability to benefit from affordable, adequate, reliable and safe water, is one of the greatest contemporary threats facing humans. While…”
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Reflections on the impact and response to the Peruvian 2017 Coastal El Niño event: Looking to the past to prepare for the future by Yglesias-González, Marisol, Valdés-Velásquez, Armando, Hartinger, Stella M, Takahashi, Ken, Salvatierra, Guillermo, Velarde, Rodrigo, Contreras, Alvaro, Santa María, Hugo, Romanello, Marina, Paz-Soldán, Valerie, Bazo, Juan, Lescano, Andrés G

“…Climate-related phenomena in Peru have been slowly but continuously changing in recent years beyond historical variability. These include sea surface…”
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Ecosyndemics: The potential synergistic health impacts of highways and dams in the Amazon by Tallman, Paula Skye, Riley-Powell, Amy R., Schwarz, Lara, Salmón-Mulanovich, Gabriela, Southgate, Todd, Pace, Cynthia, Valdés-Velásquez, Armando, Hartinger, Stella M., Paz-Soldán, Valerie A., Lee, Gwenyth O.

“…Ecosyndemics refer to disease interactions that result from environmental changes commonly caused by humans. In this paper, we push scholarship on ecosyndemics…”
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Critical linkages between land use change and human health in the Amazon region: A scoping review by Mastel, Molly, Bussalleu, Alejandra, Paz-Soldán, Valerie A, Salmón-Mulanovich, Gabriela, Valdés-Velásquez, Armando, Hartinger, Stella M

“…Land use change (LUC) is a main cause of global environmental change, and is an important activity to be studied. Our research aims to examine the current…”
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A systems framework for planning and evaluating capacity development in conservation: recommendations for practitioners by Porzecanski, Ana L., Sterling, Eleanor J., Copsey, Jamieson A., Appleton, Michael R., Barborak, James R., Bruyere, Brett L., Bynum, Nora, Farmer, Kay H., Finchum, Ryan, Rakotobe, Domoina, Stanoss, Ricardo B., Valdés-Velásquez, Armando

“…Capacity development is increasingly recognized as central to conservation goals. Efforts to develop individual, organizational and societal capacity underpin…”
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Have we achieved a sustainable balance? Evaluating the effects of regulated guano extraction on an important penguin breeding colony (2008–2019) by Doig-Alba, Leonardo, Bussalleu, Alonso, Cárdenas-Alayza, Susana, Cardeña-Mormontoy, Marco, Valdés-Velásquez, Armando

“…Guano extraction in Peru has caused significant impacts on the endangered Humboldt penguin (HUPE, Spheniscus humboldti) colonies. These impacts include HUPE…”
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Uncovering population structure in the Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) along the Pacific coast at South America by Dantas, Gisele P M, Oliveira, Larissa R, Santos, Amanda M, Flores, Mariana D, Melo, Daniella R de, Simeone, Alejandro, González-Acuña, Daniel, Luna-Jorquera, Guillermo, Le Bohec, Céline, Valdés-Velásquez, Armando, Cardeña, Marco, Morgante, João S, Vianna, Juliana A

“…The upwelling hypothesis has been proposed to explain reduced or lack of population structure in seabird species specialized in food resources available at…”
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The 2022 South America report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: trust the science. Now that we know, we must act by Hartinger, Stella M., Yglesias-González, Marisol, Blanco-Villafuerte, Luciana, Palmeiro-Silva, Yasna K., Lescano, Andres G., Stewart-Ibarra, Anna, Rojas-Rueda, David, Melo, Oscar, Takahashi, Bruno, Buss, Daniel, Callaghan, Max, Chesini, Francisco, Flores, Elaine C., Gil Posse, Carolina, Gouveia, Nelson, Jankin, Slava, Miranda-Chacon, Zaray, Mohajeri, Nahid, Helo, Juliana, Ortiz, Laura, Pantoja, Chrissie, Salas, Maria Fernanda, Santiago, Raquel, Sergeeva, Milena, Souza de Camargo, Tatiana, Valdés-Velásquez, Armando, Walawender, Maria, Romanello, Marina

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Contrasting patterns of selection between MHC I and II across populations of Humboldt and Magellanic penguins by Sallaberry‐Pincheira, Nicole, González‐Acuña, Daniel, Padilla, Pamela, Dantas, Gisele P. M., Luna‐Jorquera, Guillermo, Frere, Esteban, Valdés‐Velásquez, Armando, Vianna, Juliana A.

“…The evolutionary and adaptive potential of populations or species facing an emerging infectious disease depends on their genetic diversity in genes, such as…”
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Bird community composition across an Andean tree‐line ecotone by LLOYD, HUW, SEVILLANO RÍOS, STEVEN, MARSDEN, STUART J, VALDÉS‐VELÁSQUEZ, ARMANDO

“…Few studies have found strong evidence to suggest that ecotones promote species richness and diversity. In this study we examine the responses of a high‐Andean…”
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Effect of Source of Trace Minerals on Nutrient Digestibility and Rumen Fermentation of Dairy Cows by Rios, Cesar Armando Velasquez

“…The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of trace mineral source supplementation on apparent nutrient digestibility, apparent retention and…”
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A "Cookbook" for Vulnerability Research by Tallman, Paula S, Valdés-Velásquez, Armando, Salmón-Mulanovich, Gabriela, Lee, Gwenyth O, Riley-Powell, Amy R, Blanco-Villafuerte, Luciana, Hartinger, Stella M, Paz-Soldán, Valerie A

“…There is a growing need to facilitate the interdisciplinary study of the relationship between the environment and human health and well-being. It is…”
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The "Double Burden of Malnutrition" in the Amazon: dietary change and drastic increases in obesity and anemia over 40 years among the Awajún by Tallman, Paula S., Valdes-Velasquez, Armando, Sanchez-Samaniego, Giuliana

“…Undernutrition and overnutrition are interconnected. Yet few studies have examined the "double burden of malnutrition" (DBM) over time in indigenous…”
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Mucormycosis: A sweet enemy, case series by Manrique-Castaño, Santiago, Velásquez-Trujillo, Luis Armando, Ángel Correa, Mariana, Bravo, José Humberto, Matta Cortes, Lorena

“…Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by fungi of the Mucorales order that occurs in immunocompromised individuals or with loss of skin or mucosa…”
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