Ducke Adolfo Ducke Forest Reserve
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Adolfo Ducke Forest Reserve (Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke) is 10,000 ha protected area on the outskirts of Manaus
, Brazil
. It is a member of the Long Term Ecological Research Network
. The reserve sits at the intersection of two major drainage areas, the Amazon River
and the Rio Negro. The reserve is made up of research plots designed to study the biota
of the regions, which may serve as a basis for biodiversity
surveys in other areas of the Amazon region, and to study the impacts of fragmentation. The grid of LTER sites is made up of 25 km2 plots inserted into a larger grid of 64 km2 plots.
Manaus
Manaus is a city in Brazil, the capital of the state of Amazonas. It is situated at the confluence of the Negro and Solimões rivers. It is the most populous city of Amazonas, according to the statistics of Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, and is a popular ecotourist destination....
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. It is a member of the Long Term Ecological Research Network
Long Term Ecological Research Network
The Long Term Ecological Research Network consists of a group of over 1800 scientists and students studying ecological processes over extended temporal and spatial scales...
. The reserve sits at the intersection of two major drainage areas, the Amazon River
Amazon River
The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...
and the Rio Negro. The reserve is made up of research plots designed to study the biota
Biota (ecology)
Biota are the total collection of organisms of a geographic region or a time period, from local geographic scales and instantaneous temporal scales all the way up to whole-planet and whole-timescale spatiotemporal scales. The biota of the Earth lives in the biosphere.-See...
of the regions, which may serve as a basis for biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet. Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems. Biodiversity is in part a function of climate. In terrestrial habitats, tropical regions are typically rich whereas polar regions...
surveys in other areas of the Amazon region, and to study the impacts of fragmentation. The grid of LTER sites is made up of 25 km2 plots inserted into a larger grid of 64 km2 plots.