Jorge Justino Araujo

National University of Misiones | UNaM · Instituto de Biología Subtropical (IBS)

This study analyses the perceived interactions between wildlife and the local landscape in Mbya Guaraní communities in the province of Misiones, Argentina. The objectives of this work are to identify the fauna of cultural importance from the perspective of the Mbya Guaraní communities, characterize the landscape units associated with the animals an...

Globally and particularly in Argentina, biodiversity is declining due to the loss of species and habitats, while indigenous cultures are being eroded simultaneously. This results in a reduced capacity to transmit indigenous cultural diversity, the EIK (ecological indigenous knowledge), and biological and cultural resources for future generations. T...

The study of plant-insect interactions and how cultural groups perceive and manage them constitutes one of the interests of ethnoentomology. This work describes the association between host plants and longhorn beetles (Order: Coleoptera; Family: Cerambycidae), an important food among the Guaraní peoples of the province of Misiones, Argentina. Diffe...

The study of the management practices that different Guarani settlements have carried out in the environment over time constitutes one of the objectives of ethnoecology and historical ecology as the way through which these communities obtain forest resources affects landscape settings. In this work, based on a local classification system of the ont...

This study describes the diversity of uses and applications given to the different biological structures (roots, stems, leaves, apical buds (cogollos), inlorescences, spathes, fruits and seeds) of Syagrus romanzofiana palm by the Guarani of the Argentine Atlantic Forest. The information wasobtained from different bibliographic sources, which includ...

En este estudio se describe la diversidad de usos y aplicaciones que reciben las diferentes estructuras biológicas (raíces, tallos, hojas, yemas apicales (cogollo), inlorescencias, espatas, frutos y semillas) de la palmera Syagrus romanzofiana por los guaraníes del Bosque Atlántico argentino. La información fue obtenida a partir de diferentes fuent...

Rearing of coleopteran larvae on palm tree stems as a food source is extended among Amerindian groups is as a food source as coleopteran larvae are reared on their stems. Guarani groups settled in the province of Misiones, in northeastern Argentina, consume three species of Dryophthoridae larvae (Metamasius hemipterus, Rhynchophorus palmarum and Rh...

Globally, and particularly in Argentina, biodiversity is declining due to the loss of species and habitats, while indigenous cultures are being eroded simultaneously. This results in a reduced capacity to transmit indigenous cultural diversity, the EIK (Ecological Indigenous Knowledge), and biological and cultural resources for future generations....

Lianas, woody vines, are fundamental components of tropical and subtropical forests of the world and have a key role in its dynamics. Tree crown infestation by lianas is one of the main constraints on growth in forests managed for timber production. The abundance and biomass of lianas are increasing in neotropical forests. This phenomenon intrigues...

Liana abundance and host tree colonization dynamics during a 10-year period were studied in a subtropical Atlantic Forest in Northeastern Argentina. The impact of liana and woody bamboo cutting on liana abundance and diversity, tree infestation and advanced tree regeneration (individuals >5 cm and <10 cm DBH) was assessed during the same time perio...

Keller, H. A., V. Clifford & J. J. Araujo. 2010. The diversity and sustainability of ornamental plants tra-ded by guarani communities of Misiones province, Argentina. Bonplandia 19(2): 135-146. ISSN: 0524-0476. The study covers ornamental plants species that are traded by two Guarani communities in Argentina. The trade is described, as well as the...