Intensification of açaí palm management largely impoverishes tree assemblages in the Amazon estuarine forest

• Published in: Biological conservation Vol. 261; p. 109251
• Main Authors: Freitas, Madson A.B., Magalhães, José L.L., Carmona, Carlos P., Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Vieira, Ima C.G., Tabarelli, Marcelo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2021
• Subjects: Amazon forest; biodiversity conservation; Brazil; canopy; Chronicle disturbance; ecosystems; estuaries; Euterpe oleracea; Forest integrity; forest management; forests; Legal regulations; NTFPs; soil fertility; species richness; trees; understory; woody plants; Brazil; NTFPs; Amazon forest; Forest integrity; Chronicle disturbance; Legal regulations

The exploitation of non-timber forest products has been encouraged in order to reconcile economic uses, biodiversity conservation and the provision of ecosystem services. In this paper we investigate how increments on the açaí palm density (Euterpe oleracea) via forest management change tree assembl...