**Background and aims** – Understanding the distribution of Amazonian tree species is hindered by sparse occurrence data and strong environmental heterogeneity. Species with wide geographic ranges but restricted habitat occupancy challenge …
Plant functional traits connect biodiversity to ecosystem processes, serving as key metrics for assessing how biota responds to environmental conditions. Functional seed traits are critical because they underpin recruitment and colonization, shaping …
Bamboo has emerged as a prominent structural material worldwide due to its high mechanical strength, low density, flexibility, and sustainability, demonstrating strong potential for applications in civil construction, furniture, textiles, and …
Giant trees in the Amazon serve as critical carbon sinks and underpin diverse forest ecosystems. Yet, these emergent giants are increasingly vulnerable to climatic change, jeopardizing their distribution and ecological niches. Here, we integrate …
In an era when tropical forest regeneration, seedling ecology, and restoration science have become central to biodiversity conservation, Guide to Amazonian Fruits, Seeds & Seedlings offers a long-needed reference for researchers and practitioners …
_Pouteria decorticans_ is an Amazonian canopy tree whose distribution, ecological amplitude, and environmental drivers remain poorly known due to sparse and uneven botanical sampling across the basin. Here, we compile and validate all available …
Species identification in Amazonian forest inventories is challenging due to a shortage of taxonomists, high biodiversity, and morphological similarities leading to taxonomic errors. Full-range spectroscopy (350–2500 nm) is a promising tool for …
Spectral reflectance measured from herbarium specimens represents a potentially vast source of information relevant to plant taxon identification and functional traits, which has inspired many laboratories world-wide to initiate next-generation …
*Copaifera ferrazii* Carmo is described and illustrated as a new tree species from the southeast of Amazonas state, in the Brazilian Amazon. In foliage characters, the new species most resembles three congeners: *C. oblongifolia* (Amazon and Central …
A new tree species of *Ecclinusa* (Sapotaceae, Chrysophylloideae) from Central Amazonia is described and illustrated. It occurs in non-flooded upland forests (terra-firme) in the municipalities of Manaus, Presidente Figueiredo, and Rio Preto da Eva …