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Mid-late Pleistocene evolution of fluvial landscapes in Central Amazonia: Shaping ecosystems and areas of endemism.

Cristiano P Galeazzi, Renato P Almeida, Carlos E E Mazoca, Liliane Janikian, André O Sawakuchi, Felipe T Figueiredo, Camila C Ribas, Florian Wittmann, Fabiano N Pupim

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Cristiano P GaleazziState Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7285-2884
Renato P AlmeidaInstituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-3664-1558
Carlos E E MazocaInstituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-6554-264X
Liliane JanikianDepartamento de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Carvalho de Mendonça, 144, Santos, SP 11070-100, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-3025-3207
André O SawakuchiInstituto de Geociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Lago, 562, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-5016-2428
Felipe T FigueiredoDepartamento de Geologia, Programa de Pós-graduação em Geociências e Análise de Bacias (PGAB), Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Avenida Marechal Rondon Jardim, s/n - Rosa Elze, São Cristóvão, SE 49100-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-6998-8772
Camila C RibasCoordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Av. André Araújo, 2936, Manaus, AM 69060-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-9088-4828
Florian WittmannDepartment of River and Wetland Ecology, Institute for Geography and Geoecology, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology-KIT, Josefstr. 1, 76437 Rastatt, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9180-356X
Fabiano N PupimDepartamento de Geografia, Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 338, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP 05508-000, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7452-1376

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Abstract

The influence of Amazonian rivers and landscape changes on species origin and distribution remains debated. Here, we combine sedimentary, geomorphological, and chronological evidence from Central Amazonia to show that the main Amazonian rivers constructed large tracts of land that now support present-day Amazonian upland forest (terra firme). These deposits record a sequence of landscape rearrangements driven by river processes in Central Amazonia during the Pleistocene redefined the spatial boundaries of key habitats critical for many species. Our findings reveal that Amazonian rivers have acted not only as biogeographic barriers but also as powerful agents of landscape and habitat transformation, offering a unified framework for understanding how geological and biological processes together shaped the evolution of Amazonian biodiversity.

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Biological EvolutionEcosystemRiversAnimalsBiodiversityBrazilForestsGeography

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PMCPMC13170656

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