The tropical forest carbon sink is known to be drought sensitive, but it is unclear which
forests are the most vulnerable to extreme events. Forests with hotter and drier baseline …

The area covered by Eucalyptus plantations is significantly increasing in Brazil for economic
reasons. However, the impact of such land use change is still unknown. In this study we …

Optimizing research efforts for biodiversity monitoring is crucial to conservation projects and
actions to increase our ability to inform conservation priorities. However, it requires the …

Background: Trees and arborescent palms adopt different rooting strategies and responses
to physical limitations imposed by soil structure, depth and anoxia. However, the …

We evaluated the influence of soil properties, climate, and space on the distribution of
herbaceous-shrub species in the Cerrado biome. We determined species composition …

In times of rapid global change, ecosystem monitoring is of utmost importance. Combined
field and remote sensing data enable large‐scale ecosystem assessments, while …

Abstract The Program for Biodiversity Research (PPBio) is an innovative program designed
to integrate all biodiversity research stakeholders. Operating since 2004, it has installed long …

Pyrogenic carbon (PyC) derived from charcoal particles (paleo+ modern) deposited in the
soil column has been little studied in the Amazon, and our understanding of the factors that …

Various explanations have been put forward for monodominance in otherwise diverse
tropical forests. This study assesses if the monodominance of Peltogyne gracilipes on …

Most studies on coarse woody debris (CWD) in Brazilian Amazonia have been done in
disturbed and undisturbed upland forests. However, oligotrophic forest types occupying …