Abstract Purpose of Review Resilience is a key concept to deal with an uncertain future in
forestry. In recent years, it has received increasing attention from both research and practice …

Wild palms are among the most important plants in the Neotropics due to their wide
distribution, species richness and cultural relevance for humans. In addition to their …

The dispersal of many large-seeded plants is thought to have been handicapped by the
extinction of megafauna in the late Pleistocene, and due to the ongoing defaunation of the …

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 …

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

Background and aims Palms are vital to worldwide human nutrition, in particular as major
sources of vegetable oils. However, our knowledge of seed and fruit lipid diversity in the …

Aim To synthesize published knowledge on palm–frugivore seed dispersal observations
and to test whether broad‐scale differences in geographic coverage, diversity, composition …

We developed a conceptual model of reproductive resilience based on spatio-temporal
diversity in spawning activity and the 'big old fat fecund female fish'effect, ie, trends in …

In the mysterious and pristine forests of the tropics, a wealth of ethnobotanical panaceas and
shamanic knowledge promises cures for everything from cancer and AIDS to the common …

Little is known about the interactive effects of multiple forms of disturbance–natural or
anthropogenic–on plant population dynamics. This limits our ability to understand the drivers …