Bark is a vital and very visible part of woody plants, yet only recently has bark characteristics
started to be considered as key traits structuring communities and biomes. Bark thickness is …

Tropical forests are recognized for their role in providing diverse ecosystem services (ESs),
with carbon uptake the best recognized. The capacity of tropical forests to provide ESs is …

The classification of the legume family proposed here addresses the long-known non-
monophyly of the traditionally recognised subfamily Caesalpinioideae, by recognising six …

The classification of the legume family proposed here addresses the long‐known non‐
monophyly of the traditionally recognised subfamily Caesalpinioideae, by recognising six …

This book explores the geography, ecology, and antiquity of'open ecosystems', which
include grasslands, savannas, and shrublands. They occur in climates that can support …

Roughly 3% of the Earth's land surface burns annually, representing a critical exchange of
energy and matter between the land and atmosphere via combustion. Fires range from slow …

Tropical moist forests and savannas are iconic biomes. There is, however, a third principal
biome in the lowland tropics that is less well known: tropical dry forest. Discussions on …

The Amazon submarine fan is a large sediment apron situated offshore Pará (Brazil) and
represents the most distal extent of the Amazon River. The age of onset of this …

The origin of fire‐adapted lineages is a long‐standing question in ecology. Although
phylogeny can provide a significant contribution to the ongoing debate, its use has been …

Several decades of frustrated attempts to prevent fires in the Brazilian Savanna (Cerrado)
have led to deleterious ecological and management consequences. In 2014, the first …