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SUBMITTER: Staudhammer CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7843625 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Staudhammer Christina L CL Wadt Lúcia Helena O LHO Kainer Karen A KA da Cunha Thiago Augusto TA
Scientific reports 20210128 1
Trees in the upper canopy contribute disproportionately to forest ecosystem productivity. The large, canopy-emergent Bertholletia excelsa also supports a multimillion-dollar commodity crop (Brazil nut), harvested almost exclusively from Amazonian forests. B. excelsa fruit production, however is extremely variable within populations and years, destabilizing local harvester livelihoods and the extractive economy. To understand this variability, data were collected in Acre, Brazil over 10 years at ...[more]