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Fossil palm reading: using fruits to reveal the deep roots of palm diversity. [PDF]

open access: yesAm J Bot, 2021
PREMISE Fossils are essential for understanding evolutionary history because they provide direct evidence of past diversity and geographic distributions. However, resolving systematic relationships between fossils and extant taxa, an essential step for many macroevolutionary studies, requires extensive comparative work on morphology and anatomy.
Matsunaga KKS, Smith SY.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Descripción del nido de Scolomys melanops (Rodentia, Cricetidae) y su relación con Lepidocaryum tenue (Arecales, Arecaceae)

open access: yesRevista Peruana de Biología, 2012
Se describe el nido de Scolomys melanops (Rodentia: Cricetidae), encontrado en el Nororiente de Perú en un hábitat de Colinas bajas. Se identificó tres estructuras en el nido: a) Orificio de acceso y salida; b) Túnel y c) Dormidero, en este último se ...
Edgardo M. Rengifo, Rolando Aquino
doaj   +1 more source

Weedy and secundary palm species in central amazonian forest Fragments Palmeiras invasoras e sucessoras secundárias em fragmentos amazônicos

open access: yesActa Botânica Brasílica, 2001
Forest fragmentation may affect the abundance and distribution of organisms. Some species populations decrease being eventually driven to local extinction while other species may experience population increase.
Aldicir Scariot
doaj   +1 more source

Useful palms (Arecaceae) near Iquitos, Peruvian Amazon

open access: yesRevista Peruana de Biología, 2014
This paper describes the uses of 64 species of palms in 28 villages in Departamento de Loreto, Peru. There, the palms are of great use as food (Bactris gasipaes, Mauritia flexuosa, Euterpe precatoria, Oenocarpus bataua), for fiber production ...
Henrik Balslev   +4 more
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Palm Demography Is Biased Towards Neotropical and Human‐Used Species, While the Richest Biogeographic Region and Threatened Taxa Are Neglected

open access: yesAustral Ecology, Volume 50, Issue 7, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Demographic studies are essential for understanding how species populations respond over time to environmental conditions and anthropogenic pressures. This knowledge is crucial for developing effective conservation and management strategies. The Arecaceae family (palms), comprising approximately 2500 species, plays significant ecological and ...
Eduardo Mendes   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Weedy and secundary palm species in central amazonian forest Fragments

open access: yesActa Botânica Brasílica, 2001
Forest fragmentation may affect the abundance and distribution of organisms. Some species populations decrease being eventually driven to local extinction while other species may experience population increase.
Scariot Aldicir
doaj  

Estimación de la oferta de frutos en el gradiente vertical de un bosque del medio Caquetá, Amazonía colombiana

open access: yesActa Biológica Colombiana, 2003
Se estimó la oferta de frutos en un bosque de tierra firme de la Amazonía. Fueron muestreadas siete parcelas de 50 x 50 m (1.75 ha), en las que se censaron todos los individuos fructificados.
Nicolás Castaño Arboleda
doaj  

Estimación de la oferta de frutos en el gradiente vertical de un bosque del medio Caquetá, Amazonia colombiana

open access: yesActa Biológica Colombiana, 2004
Durante el año 2001 se estimó la oferta de frutos en un bosque de tierra firme de la Amazonia colombiana. Se muestrearon siete parcelas de 50 x 50 m cada una (1,75 ha), en las que se censaron todos los individuos fructificados.
Nicolás Castaño Arbleda   +1 more
doaj  

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