Abstract
This paper presents 14C, 13C and chemical data of soil organic matter (SOM) in three soil profiles under native forests from Brazil: Londrina (southern), Piracicaba (southeastern) and Altamira (northern). The main objective is to use carbon isotopes in tropical and subtropical soils of Brazil to provide information about vegetation changes that occurred in relation to climate changes during the Holocene. 14C data from SOM indicate that the organic matter in the soils studied is of at least Holocene age. 13C data indicate that C4 plants probably provided the dominant vegetation in Londrina and Piracicaba during the early and mid-Holocene and that C3 plants provided the dominant vegetation in the Altamira region during the Holocene.
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