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Piper longiapiculatum (Piperaceae), a New Species From the Brazilian Amazon Piper longiapiculatum (Piperaceae), uma Nova Espécie da Amazônia Brasileira

Feddes Repertorium, Volume 137, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT In order to address the many lacunae in Amazonian Piper taxonomy and geography, we performed a field expedition in the Serra do Divisor National Park (Acre state, Brazil), resulting in the discovery of a new species, Piper longiapiculatum, herein described and compared to morphologically similar taxa.
Gabriel Marcusso Marcusso, Leonardo Biral, Layon Oreste Demarchi, Charles Eugene Zartman, Elsie Franklin Guimarães   +4 more
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Scaling from microsite to landscape to resolve litter decomposition dynamics in globally extensive drylands

Functional Ecology, Volume 40, Issue 9, Page 2726-2736, September 2026.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Decomposition is the transformation of dead organic matter into its inorganic constituents. In most biomes, decomposition rates can be accurately predicted with simple mathematical models, but these models have long under‐predicted decomposition in globally extensive ...
Heather L. Throop, Jiwei Li, Daryl L. Moorhead, Sasha C. Reed, Katherine E. O. Todd‐Brown, Alexi C. Besser, Dellena Evelyn Bloom, Thomas C. Ingalls, Alejandro Cueva   +8 more
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Acorn caching hotspots of the Eurasian jay in pine plantations: Ecological basis for understorey management to assist oak regeneration

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 8, August 2026.
Our findings show that Eurasian jay dispersal activity depends on specific understorey structures when selecting caching microsites—particularly shrub cover and standing pines. These features could be directly shaped by management to promote assisted natural oak regeneration.
Olivia Lorente‐Casalini, Pedro Villar‐Salvador, Carlota Arroyo‐Casas, Amaia Vieco‐Martínez, José María Rey‐Benayas   +4 more
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Biological legacies influence seedling survival and growth in post‐fire restoration of Patagonian Nothofagus pumilio forests

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 3, July–September 2026.
In post‐fire subantarctic forests of Torres del Paine National Park, nucleation‐based reforestation of Nothofagus pumilio was evaluated over 5 years to assess how the identity, proximity, and lateral coverage of biological legacies influence seedling survival and growth.
Patricio E. Salinas Dillems, Narkis S. Morales, Eduardo C. Arellano   +2 more
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Ecological Niche Divergence in an Invasive Non‐Native Shrub: Implications for Risk Assessments

Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 6, June 2026.
The worldwide spread invasive shrub Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco) underwent divergent niche shifts across two of its invaded regions. In the mediterranean region it presents high thermal seasonality and low thermal seasonality in the Caatinga (Brazil).
Fellipe Alves Ozorio do Nascimento, Matheus Silva Asth, Renato Garcia Rodrigues, Rafael Dudeque Zenni, Edson Gomes de Moura Júnior   +4 more
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Differences in characteristics between naturalized threatened plants and other threatened plants

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 3, June 2026.
Abstract Many non‐native plant species introduced by humans have become naturalized. At the same time many species are threatened in their native range. However, the number of plant species threatened in their native range that are naturalized elsewhere remains unknown.
Weihan Zhao, Trevor S. Fristoe, Amy J. S. Davis, Wayne Dawson, Franz Essl, Holger Kreft, Jan Pergl, Petr Pyšek, Patrick Weigelt, Marten Winter, Mark van Kleunen   +10 more
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How much sampling is enough? Four decades of understorey bird mist‐netting across Amazonia define the minimum effort to uncover species assemblage structure

Ibis, Volume 168, Issue 2, Page 571-587, April 2026.
Mist‐net sampling comprises a key methodological component of assemblage‐wide avifaunal studies, particularly in the understorey of closed‐canopy tropical forests. To investigate mist‐net bird captures and species assemblage structure, we compiled data from 312 sites across the Pan‐Amazon.
Pilar L. Maia‐Braga, Anderson S. Bueno, Richard G. Davies, Marina F. A. Maximiano, Torbjørn Haugaasen, Marina Anciães, John G. Blake, Bette A. Loiselle, Sergio H. Borges, Juliana Menger, Sidnei Dantas, Ramiro D. Melinski, Fernando H. T. de Abreu, Roberta L. Boss, Carlos A. Peres   +14 more
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A Novel Sampling Protocol for Fruit‐Feeding Butterflies in Grasslands and Open Habitats

Austral Ecology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January 2026.
This study proposed a novel sampling protocol for fruit‐feeding butterflies in grasslands and open areas in the subtropical region. The new method involves the use of Van Someren‐Rydon bait traps placed on specific supports closer to the ground, aiming to capture the true diversity of butterflies in these habitats.
Cristiano Agra Iserhard, Leandro Duarte, Bianca Machado, Aline Richter   +3 more
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Disentangling seed availability and establishment filters at alpine treelines through a decade‐long field manipulation

Journal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 12, Page 3830-3844, December 2025.
Treeline advance under warming occurs only when multiple filters align—adequate seed supply, favourable microclimatic windows, moderated herbivory and shrub effects that remain facilitative rather than competitive. Abstract Climate warming is expected to increase upslope shifts of alpine treelines globally.
Wentao Lin, Eryuan Liang, J. Julio Camarero   +2 more
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Foliar herbivory pushes plant individuals towards the periphery of a plant–floral visitor interaction network

Journal of Ecology, Volume 113, Issue 9, Page 2414-2428, September 2025.
The authors demonstrate how the effects of herbivory on a key plant trait can cascade to shape the interactions between individual plants and their flower visitors and how the indirect effects between herbivores and pollinators can modulate the structure of interaction networks in terrestrial ecosystems.
Luiz Rezende, Leandro G. Cosmo, Gustavo Q. Romero, Martín Pareja   +3 more
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