Humans have long utilized resources from all forest biomes, but the most indelible
anthropogenic signature has been the expanse of human populations in temperate forests …

Abstract Background Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Kuntze (Araucaria brasiliensis), known
as Paraná pine, is the sole native gymnosperm of the Atlantic forest in Brazil and has great …

Xylem vulnerability to embolism is emerging as a major factor in drought‐induced tree
mortality events across the globe. However, we lack understanding of how and to what …

Rain forests represent the world's richest repository of terrestrial biodiversity, and play a
major role in regulating the global climate. They support the livelihoods of a substantial …

Tropical South America has the highest plant diversity of any region today, but this richness
is usually characterized as a geologically recent development (Neogene or Pleistocene) …

The origins of South America's exceptional plant diversity are poorly known from the fossil
record. We report on unbiased quantitative collections of fossil floras from Laguna del Hunco …

South American Araucaria species include Araucaria araucana (Mol.) C. Koch (Argentina
and Chile) and Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Kuntze (Brazil and Argentina). Both species …

Abstract The southern Atlantic Forest comprises tropical dense, seasonal, and mixed forests,
occurring south of the Doce River in S and SE Brazil, NE Argentina, and SE Paraguay …

Abstract Background Lethal amanitas (Amanita section Phalloideae) are a group of wild,
fatal mushrooms causing many poisoning cases worldwide. However, the diversity and …

The long-term Colônia record is located in the Atlantic rainforest domain in Brazil (23° 52′
S 46° 42′ 20 ″W 900 m asl). The 780 cm long core CO3 provides a coverage of a …