Amazonian floodplain forests along large rivers consist of two distinct floras that are traced to
their differentiated sediment-and nutrient-rich (várzea) or sediment-and nutrient-poor (igapó) …

For more than three decades, major efforts in sampling and analyzing tree diversity in South
America have focused almost exclusively on trees with stems of at least 10 and 2.5 cm …

For over two decades, Australia has sought to address the effects of the over allocation of
water resources in the Murray-Darling Basin through implementation of the Murray Darling …

Floodplains are one of the most threatened ecosystems. Even though the vegetation
composition in floodplain forests is expected to reflect the variation in groundwater levels …

Insects are the most diverse animal taxon on Earth and play a key role in ecosystem
functioning. However, they are often neglected by ecological surveys owing to the difficulties …

The Amazon basin is undergoing an unprecedented transformation during recent decades
driven by anthropogenic-dominated disturbance regimes and increasing hydroclimatic …

Floodplains contribute significantly to terrestrial ecosystem service provision but are also
among the most vulnerable and degraded ecosystems worldwide. Heterogeneity in …

This chapter presents the first attempt at a phytosociological analysis of forests in the upper
Rio Negro (north-western Amazon) and adjacent south-western Orinoco basins, based on …

Amazonia's floodplain system is the largest and most biodiverse on Earth. Although forests
are crucial to the ecological integrity of floodplains, our understanding of their species …

Globally, floodplain forests are experiencing shifts in species composition associated with
drier conditions and disruptions of flood pulse hydrology. The specific processes behind …