Weaker Atlantic overturning circulation increases the vulnerability of northern Amazon forests

TK Akabane, CM Chiessi, M Hirota, I Bouimetarhan… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) and the Amazon forest are viewed as
connected tipping elements in a warming climate system. If global warming exceeds a …

Is there a relationship between forest fires and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?

C Furtado Lima, FT Pereira Torres, LJ Minette… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The Brazilian Legal Amazon is an extensive territory in which different factors influence the
dynamics of forest fires. Currently, the Brazilian government has two tools in the public …

Phylogeography of the Red‐Headed Manakin Supports the River‐Refuge Hypothesis

E Mikkelsen, D Lavareda, M Vallinoto… - Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Aim The Amazon rainforest is one of the most biodiverse regions on earth, but
our understanding of the processes that have shaped its patterns of diversity remains …

Integrative species delimitation uncovers hidden diversity within the Pithecopus hypochondrialis species complex (Hylidae, Phyllomedusinae) and its phylogeography …

RF Magalhães, EKS Ramos, LN Bandeira… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite their limited vagility and pronounced habitat heterogeneity in the tropics, many
anuran species have unexpectedly extensive geographic ranges. One prominent example …

Origin of sandy substrates controlling the distribution of open vegetation ecosystems in Amazonia

FCG Rodrigues, CC Ribas, FN Pupim, N Porat… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding the role of open vegetation, particularly in white-sand ecosystems (WSE) and
savannas, is crucial for elucidating their role in Amazonian biotic diversification. These …

Vrba was right: Historical climate fragmentation, and not current climate, explains mammal biogeography

S Gamboa, S Galván, S Varela - Global Change Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate plays a crucial role in shaping species distribution and evolution over time. Dr
Vrba's Resource‐Use hypothesis posited that zones at the extremes of temperature and …

The southern Brazilian tropical forest during the penultimate Pleistocene glaciation and its termination

AMC Aviles, MP Ledru… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To describe the composition of the penultimate glacial Brazilian Atlantic forest, we analyzed
pollen, charcoal and diatoms deposited in the section from 871 to 1400 cm of core CO14 …

Amazonian avian biogeography: Broadscale patterns, microevolutionary processes, and habitat-specific models revealed by multidisciplinary approaches

JMG Capurucho, LJ Musher, A Lees, MA Rego… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Our understanding of Amazonian biogeography is quickly increasing, catalyzed by the
growing use of genomic datasets, improved knowledge of species distributions, and the …

Radiocarbon dating and isotopic palaeoecology of Glossotherium phoenesis from the Late Pleistocene of the Santa Elina rock shelter, Central Brazil

TR Pansani, MAT Dantas, L Asevedo… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Santa Elina rock shelter (Central Brazil) stands out with two human occupation
layers with ground sloth fossil remains from the Late Pleistocene. Here, we explore the …

Whole genomes show contrasting trends of population size changes and genomic diversity for an Amazonian endemic passerine over the late quaternary

J Dalapicolla, JT Weir, ST Vilaça… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The “Amazon tipping point” is a global change scenario resulting in replacement of upland
terra‐firme forests by large‐scale “savannization” of mostly southern and eastern Amazon …