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Refugia of the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest could be the basis for its regeneration

Changes that have occurred in Brasil tropical rainforest for more than 100 000 years were studied by a team of IRD researchers. They combined data from botany, palynology and genetics. Results indicated that this tropical. Such a finding should be useful for identification of such blocks of original forest, refugia that could be the basis for the forest's conservation in the face of climate change.

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