In Brazil, the country with the highest plant species richness in the world, biodiverse
savannas and grasslands–ie, grassy ecosystems, which occupy 27% of the country–have …

Large mammal herbivores are important drivers of plant evolution and vegetation patterns,
but the extent to which plant trait and ecosystem geography currently reflect the historical …

The state of Amapá within the Amazon biome has a high complexity of ecosystems formed
by forests, savannas, seasonally flooded vegetation, mangroves, and different land uses …

The Amazon forest is far from uniform, containing different forest types and even savannas,
but quantitative analyses of this variation are lacking. Here, we applied ordination analyses …

The Cerrado contains a wide variety of vegetation types, and it is known for its high
biodiversity but is highly threatened. We review the changes through time of geographical …

Aim The interconnectedness and biotic interchange among Neotropical biomes are thought
to play an important role in driving adaptation and diversification. However, how these …

Amazonian savannas are isolated patches of open habitats found within the extensive
matrix of Amazonian tropical forests. There remains limited evidence on how Amazonian …

The quillwort Isoëtes cangae is a critically endangered species occurring in a single lake in
Serra dos Carajás, Eastern Amazon. Low genetic diversity and small effective population …

Aerosol particles from forest fire events in the Amazon can be effectively transported to
urban areas in southeastern South America, thus affecting the air quality over those regions …

In the past two decades, Amazon rainforest countries (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador,
Guyana, Peru and Venezuela) have experienced a substantial increase in fire frequency …