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This document summarizes a research article that analyzes patterns of palm species richness in the Amazon region relative to latitudinal gradient, sampling effort, and deforestation. The study builds a database of 17,310 palm species occurrence records for 177 species across the Amazon. It finds the highest palm species richness in the western, central, and northeastern Amazon at latitudes 0-5°S, and a strong correlation between species richness and number of records. Areas with the highest deforestation ra

Author

Gabriele Furtado

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EN