“Made in Brazil”: Human Dispersal of the Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa, Lecythidaceae) in Ancient Amazonia1

GH Shepard, H Ramirez - Economic Botany, 2011 - Springer
Abstract “Made in Brazil”: Human Dispersal of the Brazil Nut (Bertholletia excelsa,
Lecythidaceae) in Ancient Amazonia. The Brazil nut, Bertholletia excelsa, is a colossal tree …

Revisiting the 'cornerstone of Amazonian conservation': a socioecological assessment of Brazil nut exploitation

MR Guariguata, P Cronkleton, AE Duchelle… - Biodiversity and …, 2017 - Springer
The Brazil nut (the seeds of the rainforest tree Bertholletia excelsa) is the only globally
traded seed collected from the wild by forest-based harvesters across the Amazon basin …

Compatibility of timber and non-timber forest product management in natural tropical forests: perspectives, challenges, and opportunities

MR Guariguata, C García-Fernández, D Sheil… - Forest Ecology and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Tropical forests could satisfy multiple demands for goods and services both for present and
future generations. Yet integrated approaches to natural forest management remain elusive …

Uncovering spatial patterns in the natural and human history of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) across the Amazon Basin

E Thomas, C Alcázar Caicedo… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Our goal was to test the hypothesis that ancient humans substantially contributed to
sha** the current distribution of Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa), an Amazonian tree …

The regeneration of Brazil nut trees in relation to nut harvest intensity in the Trombetas River valley of Northern Amazonia, Brazil

R Scoles, R Gribel - Forest Ecology and Management, 2012 - Elsevier
This study examined the harvest of nuts from Brazil nut trees (Bertholletia excelsa) in the
valley of the Trombetas River, a 760-km tributary on the northern bank of the Amazon River …

Brazil nuts: Benefits and risks associated with contamination by fungi and mycotoxins

O Freitas-Silva, A Venâncio - Food Research International, 2011 - Elsevier
The monotypic type genus Bertholletia produces commercially nutritionally harvested edible
seeds, Brazil nuts. It is an important product from the Amazon forest in the food production …

Extraction of Brazil nut kernel oil using green solvents: Effects of the process variables in the oil yield and composition

HP Cornelio‐Santiago, MR Mazalli… - Journal of Food …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The extraction efficiency of isopropyl alcohol and ethyl alcohol was studied, and the effects
of the process variables, static time (St), solvent‐to‐feed (S/F) ratio, and temperature (T) in …

Anthropogenic landscape in southeastern Amazonia: contemporary impacts of low-intensity harvesting and dispersal of Brazil nuts by the Kayapó Indigenous people

MBN Ribeiro, A Jerozolimski, P de Robert, NV Salles… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Brazil nut, the Bertholletia excelsa seed, is one of the most important non-timber forest
products in the Amazon Forest and the livelihoods of thousands of traditional Amazonian …

Crescimento e sobrevivência de castanheira (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.) em diferentes condições ambientais na região do rio Trombetas, Oriximiná, Pará

R Scoles, R Gribel, GN Klein - Boletim do Museu …, 2011 - boletimcn.museu-goeldi.br
Este estudo analisa o crescimento e a sobrevivência da castanheira (Bertholletia excelsa,
Lecythidaceae) em diferentes condições ambientais a partir de plantios experimentais na …

Advances in Brazil nut tree ecophysiology: linking abiotic factors to tree growth and fruit production

KCP da Costa, JF de Carvalho Gonçalves… - Current Forestry …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of the Review The Brazil nut tree (Bertholletia excelsa) is a symbolic tree in
the Brazilian Amazonian. In a broad sense, it plays a crucial role in its social, economic, and …