An estimated 90 to 95% of Indigenous people in Amazonia died after European contact. This
population collapse is postulated to have caused decreases in atmospheric carbon dioxide …

The savannas (lavrados) of Roraima are located in the far northern portion of the Brazilian
Amazon and are part of the “Savannas of Guyana” ecoregion of the Amazonian Biome. They …

Humans have been present in Amazonia throughout the Holocene, with the earliest
archaeological sites dating to 12 000 years ago. The earliest inhabitants began managing …

Aim To investigate the influence of Holocene climatic and human‐induced changes on a
region of high biodiversity in southern Peruvian Amazonia. Location Four palaeoecological …

Two sediment cores up to 42m in length were raised from the wide, deep, section of the
lower Tapajós River, Amazonia, referred to as Lago Tapajós. These cores reveal a history of …

Aim Ongoing and future anthropogenic climate change poses one of the greatest threats to
biodiversity, affecting species distributions and ecological interactions. In the Amazon …

Data from palynology, taxonomy, and isotopic analyses, allied to climate models, reveal the
complexity of the history of Amazon ecosystems. Evidence from these records suggests that …

Paleoecological analysis of three lake sediment cores from the Roraima savannas in
northern Brazil revealed systems dominated by Poaceae pollen throughout most of the …

Data from palynology, taxonomy and isotopic analyses, allied to climate models, reveal the
complexity of the history of Amazon ecosystems. Evidence from these records suggests that …