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Up to 94% of Amazonian land might become unsuitable for the Brazil nut tree by 2100 under climate change, per modelling study including four climate scenarios

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Brazil nut journey under future climate change in Amazon

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Gain or loss of climatic suitability for Bertholletia excelsa by the end of the century in the different climate scenarios evaluated.

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Credit: Anjos et al., 2024, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Up to 94% of Amazonian land might become unsuitable for the Brazil nut tree by 2100 under climate change, per modelling study including four climate scenarios

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0312308

Article Title: Brazil nut journey under future climate change in Amazon

Author Countries: Brazil

Funding: The work in question received two types of public funding resources from Brazilian agencies for scientific research, as detailed below. LJSA - Postdoctoral grant Specific grant numbers: 88887.461811/2019-00 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior https://www.gov.br/capes/pt-br LJSA – Payment of fee publication Specific grant numbers: EDITAL 01/2023 – PROPESP Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Universidade Federal do Pará https://www.propesp.ufpa.br/ The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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