In the face of anthropogenic climate change, species must acclimate, adapt, move, or die.
Although some species are moving already, their ability to keep up with the faster changes …

The S outh A merican continent is composed of several biogeographical regions harbouring
the highest biodiversity on the globe, encompassing five of the world's biodiversity 'hot …

As reflected in the ecosystem approach, conservation strategies for the natural environment
are responding to society's needs and the changing climate. Ecosystem assessments …

Under the influence of climate and human activities, fluvial systems have natural ability to
make adjustments so that the river hydrology, sediment movement, and channel morphology …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Humans now play a major role in altering Earth and its biota. Finding ways to ameliorate
human impacts on biodiversity and to sustain and restore the ecosystem services on which …

In order to develop niche models for tree species characteristic of the cerrado vegetation
(woody savannas) of central South America, and to hindcast their distributions during the …

Conservation paleobiology has coalesced over the last two decades since its formal coining,
united by the goal of applying geohistorical records to inform the conservation …

Until recently, ecological palaeoecology (a part of long-term ecology) and conservation
biology were considered two separate subjects with little relevance to each other. With the …

Mauritia flexuosa Lf is one of the more widely distributed neotropical palms and is
intensively used by humans. This palm can grow in tropical rainforests or can develop a …