Comparative models disentangle drivers of fruit production variability of an economically and ecologically important long-lived Amazonian tree

Abstract 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, howeve...

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Main Authors: Christina L. Staudhammer, Lúcia Helena O. Wadt, Karen A. Kainer, Thiago Augusto da Cunha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-81948-4