The tension between the large global demand for tropical timber, and ecological
sustainability and local socioeconomic development in the fragile natural ecosystems of the …

Against a background of increasing human populations in developing countries, and global
climate change, conservation of tropical forests remains one of the most important ecological …

We investigated the association between lianas and Bertholletia excelsa (Brazil nut), a long-
lived, emergent tree of significant ecological and economic importance in Amazonia. Our …

Avaliou-se a fitossociologia de floresta manejada em lotes de comunitários da Comunidade
Santo Antônio no Assentamento Moju I e II, município de Santarém, Amazônia brasileira …

Crescimento e mortalidade de Sterculia pruriens, Vouacapoua americana, Jacaranda
copaia, Protium paraensis, Newtonia suaveolens e Tabebuia serratifolia, considerando …

Analisou-se a sobrevivência de mudas plantadas em 400 clareiras causadas por
exploração florestal de impacto reduzido, em floresta de terra firme na Amazônia Oriental …

We address tree diameter growth, linking it to a species-specific approach to managing terra
firme forests in the Amazon, based on a long-term forest experiment testing the effect of tree …

Liana-dominated forest patches constitute 15–20% of old-growth forests in the Eastern
Amazon but are generally excluded from management for timber production. Here we ask if …

Key message Growth rings are investigated in trees harvested in the second cutting cycle in
southern Amazonia and have important implications for dendrochronological studies and for …

Key message Forest edge impacts emergent trees growth by reducing the number of growth
releases. This reduction seems to be related with lianas infestation found at the forest edge …