The shadow of the Balbina dam: A synthesis of over 35 years of downstream impacts on floodplain forests in Central Amazonia

J Schöngart, F Wittmann… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Balbina hydropower dam in the Central Amazon basin, established in the Uatumã River
in the 1980s, is emblematic for its socio‐environmental disaster. Its environmental impacts …

Diversity and distribution of tropical ectomycorrhizal fungi

A Corrales, RA Koch, AM Vasco-Palacios, ME Smith… - Mycologia, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The tropics were long considered to have few ectomycorrhizal fungi, presumably due to a
paucity of ectomycorrhizal host plants relative to higher-latitude ecosystems. However, an …

The global abundance of tree palms

R Muscarella, T Emilio, OL Phillips… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Palms are an iconic, diverse and often abundant component of tropical ecosystems that
provide many ecosystem services. Being monocots, tree palms are evolutionarily …

Geographic patterns of tree dispersal modes in Amazonia and their ecological correlates

DF Correa, PR Stevenson, MN Umaña… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To investigate the geographic patterns and ecological correlates in the geographic
distribution of the most common tree dispersal modes in Amazonia (endozoochory …

[HTML][HTML] Biotic interactions with mycorrhizal systems as extended nutrient acquisition strategies sha** forest soil communities and functions

T Netherway, J Bengtsson, EJ Krab… - Basic and Applied Ecology, 2021 - Elsevier
Plant nutrient acquisition strategies involving ectomycorrhizal (EcM) and arbuscular
mycorrhizal (AM) associations, are key plant functional traits leading to distinct carbon (C) …

Flood‐pulse disturbances as a threat for long‐living Amazonian trees

AF Resende, MTF Piedade, YO Feitosa… - New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The long‐lived tree species Eschweilera tenuifolia (O. Berg) Miers is characteristic of
oligotrophic Amazonian black‐water floodplain forests (igapó), seasonally inundated up to …

Map** density, diversity and species-richness of the Amazon tree flora

H Ter Steege, NCA Pitman, IL Do Amaral… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Using 2.046 botanically-inventoried tree plots across the largest tropical forest on
Earth, we mapped tree species-diversity and tree species-richness at 0.1-degree resolution …

Expanding tropical forest monitoring into Dry Forests: The DRYFLOR protocol for permanent plots

PW Moonlight, K Banda‐r, OL Phillips… - Plants, People …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Societal Impact Statement Understanding of tropical forests has been revolutionized by
monitoring in permanent plots. Data from global plot networks have transformed our …

Molecular phylogeny and evolution of inflorescence types in Eperua

H Ter Steege, EA Fortes… - American journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Premise The Amazonian hyperdominant genus Eperua (Fabaceae) currently holds
20 described species and has two strongly different inflorescence and flower types, with …

The pitfalls of biodiversity proxies: Differences in richness patterns of birds, trees and understudied diversity across Amazonia

CD Ritter, S Faurby, DJ Bennett, LN Naka… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Most knowledge on biodiversity derives from the study of charismatic macro-organisms,
such as birds and trees. However, the diversity of micro-organisms constitutes the majority of …