2024
DOI: 10.3390/plants13152048
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Past Fire and Vegetation Change in the Hyperdiverse Forests of the Ecuadorian Amazon

Britte M. Heijink,
Annabel Zwarts,
Nina H. Witteveen
et al.

Abstract: The Ecuadorian Amazon holds more biodiversity than most other places on Earth. Palms are a particularly dominant component of the vegetation; however, it remains unknown to what degree the pattern has persisted through time. Here, we investigate the persistence of palm dominance through time and the degree to which past human activities (e.g., fire, cultivation, and forest opening) have affected changes in palm abundances across five regions of the Ecuadorian Amazon. We analyzed soil cores (40–80 cm depth) fro… Show more

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