Giants of the Amazon: How does environmental variation drive the diversity patterns of large trees?

Here, we use a machine learning approach to quantify the importance of environmental factors and apply it to generate spatial predictions of the species diversity of all trees (dbh ≥ 10 cm) and for very large trees (dbh ≥ 70 cm) using data from 243 forest plots (108,450 trees and 2832 species) distributed across different forest types and biogeographic regions of the Brazilian Amazon.

Amazon forest biomass: intra- and interspecific variability in wood density drive divergences in Brazil’s far north

The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of environmental conditions on the intra- and interspecific variability of WD for tree assemblages in forests of the northern Brazilian Amazon.

The discovery of Scaphyglottis punctulata (Laeliinae) in the highlands of Brazilian Amazonia with a key to the species of the region

Here, we report new records of Scaphyglottis punctulata in two regions of the Brazil portion of the Guiana Shield.

A review of Neotropical Burseraceae

This review of Neotropical Burseraceae emphasizes developments since the last major review of the family in 2011.

Certification of açaí agroforestry increases the conservation potential of the Amazonian tree flora

The harvesting of açaí berries (palm fruits from the genus Euterpe ) in Amazonia has increased over the last 20 years due to a high local and global market demand and triggered by their widely acclaimed health benefits as a ‘superfood’