Wetlands are some of the most important ecosystems on Earth. They play a key role in
alleviating floods and filtering polluted water and also provide habitats for many plants and …

Hydrological connectivity regulates the structure and function of Amazonian freshwater
ecosystems and the provisioning of services that sustain local populations. This connectivity …

Peatlands provide many important ecosystem services, including water regulation,
biodiversity conservation, and carbon sequestration and storage. To safeguard these …

Biogeographical and biodiversity studies in lowland Amazonian rain forests typically refer to
observed or postulated distribution barriers such as past unfavorable climates, mountains …

Summary 1 Unravelling which factors affect where tropical trees grow is an important goal
for ecologists and conservationists. At the landscape scale, debate is mostly focused on the …

Observational studies across the Amazon report a common occurrence of shallow water
table in lowland valleys and groundwater‐surface water exchange from small headwater …

New sedimentological and palynological data from the Tertiary sediments in the Upper
Amazon River area suggest that these sediments are fluvio-lacustrine deposits of Middle to …

An analysis was conducted of floristic patterns contained in 48 1-ha tree plots distributed at
29 sites in seven neotropical countries, with a primary emphasis on the Amazonian region …

Florisitic ground surveys in tropical rain forests are laborious and time consuming, so we
tested to what degree reflectance differences visible in Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) …

1 The floristic variation in Amazonian lowland forests is poorly understood, especially in the
large areas of non-inundated (tierra firme) rain forest. Species composition may be either …