Food plants in Brazil: origin, economic value of pollination and pollinator shortage risk

W Oliveira, LF Colares, RG Porto, BF Viana… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Pollination is a key ecosystem service of critical importance for food production. However,
globally, several regions are already experiencing pollinator shortage as pollinators are …

Markedly declining reproductive functional diversity of food plants in the world's largest tropical country despite rapid cropland expansion

W Oliveira, O Cruz-Neto, M Tabarelli, L Galetto… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cropland intensification in tropical regions is usually associated with agricultural commodity
expansion that penalizes the species diversity and environmental services of natural …

[HTML][HTML] Planning Ginkgo biloba future fruit production areas under climate change: Application of a combinatorial modeling approach

L Feng, J Sun, YA El-Kassaby, D Luo, J Guo… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ginkgo biloba forests are widely studied for their fruits' high medicinal, edible, and economic
values with an increasing global demand for its fruits supply. The impact of climate change …

Seasonality and Activity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Rhizosphere of Endemic Tree Species

ÉO Lambais, TAF de Souza, P Késsia… - Journal of Basic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study analyzed arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) activity and soil chemical properties
in Aspidosperma pyrifolium, Bauhinia ungulata, Caesalpinia pyramidalis, and Caesalpinia …

Reproductive functional organization of woody plant assemblages along regeneration in a Caatinga dry forest

JLS Silva, MF Barros, KF Rito, O Cruz-Neto… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Tropical forest regeneration across old fields has been mainly described as a predictable
sequence of functional plant assemblages in response to environmental filtering. However …

Recovery of the reproductive functional diversity of edible fruit plant assemblages along the regeneration of a Caatinga dry forest

W Oliveira, JLS Silva, MF Barros, M Tabarelli… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ability of dry forests to deliver ecosystem services of both local and global relevance
depends on the capacity of those forests to recover from constant disturbances in human …

Potential distribution of wild edible fruit trees under climate change scenarios: promoting food security in a Neotropical region

G Benítez, I Estrada-Contreras… - Regional Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Wild edible fruits are important genetic and economic plant resources. They represent a
significant livelihood resource for the population and are valuable in coping with climate …

Use of woody species in the Caatinga dry forest may lead to higher vulnerability to extirpation: An assessment based on ethnobiological, reproductive and …

JLS Silva, MF Barros, KF Rito, O Cruz-Neto, M Tabarelli… - Flora, 2024 - Elsevier
Tropical forests play an important role in maintaining, replenishing and conserving a large
portion of the planet's biodiversity. However, these forests have been converted into …

Aridity mediates the effect of wood extraction on the reproductive output of an endemic disturbance‐adapted woody species (Cenostigma microphyllum …

W Oliveira, O Cruz‐Neto, JLS Silva, M Tabarelli… - Austral …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic anthropogenic disturbances and climate change have been recognized as drivers
of biological reorganization across human‐modified tropical landscapes, also negatively …

Influência dos efeitos antrópicos, edáficos e vegetacionais sobre a estrutura populacional de Attalea pindobassu Bondar–babaçu, na caatinga

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O surgimento de habitats antropizados afeta negativamente a biodiversidade e os serviços
ecossistêmicos. Nestes habitats têm sido intensificados a exploração de produtos florestais …