Disentangling domestication from food production systems in the Neotropics

CR Clement, A Casas, FA Parra-Rondinel, C Levis… - Quaternary, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Neolithic Revolution narrative associates early-mid Holocene domestications with the
development of agriculture that fueled the rise of late Holocene civilizations. This narrative …

Contributions of human cultures to biodiversity and ecosystem conservation

C Levis, BM Flores, JV Campos-Silva… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
The expansion of globalized industrial societies is causing global warming, ecosystem
degradation, and species and language extinctions worldwide. Mainstream conservation …

Climate change threatens native potential agroforestry plant species in Brazil

VP Lima, RAF de Lima, F Joner, I Siddique, N Raes… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change is one of the main drivers of species extinction in the twentyfirst-century.
Here, we (1) quantify potential changes in species' bioclimatic area of habitat (BAH) of 135 …

Ethnobiology's contributions to sustainability science

A Arrivabene, L Lasic, J Blanco… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Progress toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is
insufficient at a global scale. A thorough and interdisciplinary understanding of barriers and …

Cold spot microrefugia hold the key to survival for Brazil's Critically Endangered Araucaria tree

OJ Wilson, RJ Walters, FE Mayle… - Global change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Brazil's Araucaria tree (Araucaria angustifolia) is an iconic living fossil and a
defining element of the Atlantic Forest global biodiversity hotspot. But despite more than two …

Testing the keystone plant resource role of a flagship subtropical tree species (Araucaria angustifolia) in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

JA Bogoni, M Muniz-Tagliari, N Peroni, CA Peres - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
Ecological attributes enable the identification of Keystone Plant Resources (KPRs),
including their community-wide contribution to vertebrate consumers, which are often highly …

Relict populations of Araucaria angustifolia will be isolated, poorly protected, and unconnected under climate and land-use change in Brazil

MM Tagliari, G Vieilledent, J Alves, TCL Silveira… - Biodiversity and …, 2021 - Springer
One of Brazil's most threatened tropical biome is the Atlantic Forest. This biome has distinct
forest formations, as the Araucaria Mixed Forest, a sub-tropical ecosystem distributed …

Disrupting a socio-ecological system: could traditional ecological knowledge be the key to preserving the Araucaria Forest in Brazil under climate change?

MM Tagliari, JA Bogoni, GD Blanco, AP Cruz, N Peroni - Climatic Change, 2023 - Springer
Socio-ecological systems (SESs) hinge on human groups and ecosystems, promoting
interdependence and resilience to environmental disturbances. Climate change effects …

Morphological, chemical and genetic analysis of southern Brazilian pecan (Carya illinoinensis) accessions

T Poletto, I Poletto, LMM Silva, MFB Muniz… - Scientia …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pecan (Carya illinoinensis) is an important commercially cultivated nut tree grown in several
countries around the world, including temperate, tropical and subtropical regions. We …

A review of the structure and dynamics of araucaria mixed forests in southern Brazil and northern Argentina

AF Souza - New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Araucaria Mixed Forests (AMF) are subtropical conifer-hardwood mixed
forests that are part of the Atlantic forest floristic dominion in Brazil and Argentina. The AMF …