Background The palm family occurs in all tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world.
Palms are of high ecological and economical importance, and display complex spatial …

This paper revisits various hypotheses about oligarchic patterns in Amazonian tree
communities put forward by Pitman et al.(2001). Together, these hypotheses predict that …

Palms (family Arecaceae) are abundant in Amazonian forests, but the allometry of these
monocotyledonous plants remains poorly quantified. Woody palm biomass is most …

This book explores the degree to which landscapes have been enriched with palms by
human activities and the importance of palms for the lives of people in the region today and …

Buriti and patawa are two endemic palm trees from the Amazon region. Their pulps are
traditionally consumed by the local population, but are underused and lesser known …

More than 200 scientific publications and Internet sources dealing with trade in palm
products in north-western South America are reviewed. We focus on value chains, trade …

To advance our understanding of the processes that govern the assembly of palm
communities and the local coexistence of numerous palm species, we here synthesize …

We describe patterns of tree community change along a 700‐km transect through terra firme
forests of western Amazonia, running from the base of the Andes in Ecuador to the Peru …

Abstract The Fitzcarrald Arch corresponds to a NE–SW-trending widespread dissected relief
of about 400,000 km2 located to the east of the sub-Andean thrust front. Analyses of …

Amazonian forest plots are used to quantify biodiversity and carbon sequestration, and
provide the foundation for much of what is known about tropical ecology. Many plots are …