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Urban–Wild Interface Diversity: A Comprehensive Checklist of Herpetofauna of Guayaquil, Ecuador

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.
Amphibians and reptiles in Guayaquil comprise multiple taxonomic orders and occur across conservation areas, forest remnants, and urban parks, including several endemic species and numerous taxa with type localities in the city. Although most species are globally classified as Least Concern, discrepancies between global and national threat assessments ...
Keyko Cruz‐García   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interacción colibrí-flor en tres remanentes de bosque tropical seco (BsT) del municipio de Chimichagua (Cesar, Colombia)

open access: yesCaldasia, 2015
<p>Se caracterizó la interacción colibrí-planta en tres remanentes de bosque tropical seco (BsT), ubicados en el municipio de Chimichagua (Cesar, Colombia) con base en la observación de las visitas a los recursos florales y en los análisis de las cargas de polen en el pico y en otras partes del cuerpo de las aves.
LEÓN-CAMARGO, DANIEL   +1 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Influence of sex‐organ positions on pollen transfer and self‐interference in plants with stylar polymorphisms: An experimental approach using three‐dimensional printed flowers

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 9, Page 2526-2538, September 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Heterostylous plants are defined by the reciprocal positioning of stigmas and anthers in floral morphs—a trait proposed by Darwin to enhance the efficiency of disassortative (intermorph) pollen transfer.
Victoria Ferrero   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estructura de la fauna de escarabajos (Insecta: Coleoptera) en bosques remanentes del oeste de Puerto Rico

open access: yesThe Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico, 2009
Se estudió la riqueza y abundancia de familias de escarabajos en dos fragmentos de bosques sucesionales en localidades cercanas en el campus de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez (UPRM), en el oeste de Puerto Rico. El periodo de estudio se extendió de abril a diciembre de 2005, e incluyó nueve repeticiones mensuales de muestreos ...
null Neis J. Martínez   +2 more
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Diversidad y abundancia de la quiropterofauna en la Estación Científica Pedro Franco Dávila, durante los meses mayo-agosto 2015

open access: yesRevista Científica de Ciencias Naturales y Ambientales, 2021
El presente estudio se realizó en la Estación Científica Pedro Franco Dávila, Jauneche, localizada en el cantón Palenque, provincia de Los Ríos. El principal objetivo fue evaluar el estado de conservación de la quiropterofauna en este remanente de ...
Andrea Au Hing, Jaime A. Salas
doaj   +1 more source

Sample coverage affects diversity measures of bird communities along a natural recovery gradient of abandoned agriculture in tropical lowland forests

open access: yesJournal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 3, Page 480-491, March 2025.
Our results highlight the importance of standardizing biodiversity measures and incorporating beta diversity in biodiversity monitoring. We demonstrate that taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional bird diversity can be high in secondary forests within smallholder agricultural landscapes.
Mareike Kortmann   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vertebrate diversity and biomass along a recovery gradient in a lowland tropical forest

open access: yesBiotropica, Volume 57, Issue 1, January 2025.
Deforestation of tropical forests has resulted in large areas of secondary forests with the potential for biodiversity to re‐establish to levels usually found in old‐growth forests. This study shows that diversity and biomass of mammals and birds in regenerating forests can recover to old‐growth levels within a relatively short time.
Nina Grella   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bat winter foraging habitat use in working forests: a multispecies spatial occupancy approach

open access: yesAnimal Conservation, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 478-491, August 2024.
We examined winter occupancy and foraging habitat associations of bats in working pine forests of the southeastern United States Coastal Plain using acoustic detection. Although responses varied among species, we found that sites with high proportions of contiguous forest and low levels of basal area had higher bat community richness and species ...
S. Perea   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Un testimonio desde los remanentes del bosque seco tropical

open access: yesMammalogy Notes
El Bosque Seco Tropical (Bs-T) en Colombia está altamente amenazado y actualmente cuenta con menos del 8% de su cobertura original, debido a la expansión agrícola y urbana. Se llevó a cabo un inventario de mamíferos grandes y medianos en una localidad periurbana de Bs-T en el municipio de Ibagué (departamento del Tolima), con el propósito de contribuir
Valencia-Berrio, Carolina   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Complex patch geometries maximize species richness at the expense of forest specialists

open access: yesBiotropica, Volume 56, Issue 3, May 2024.
We assessed the reptile and amphibian community at 54 sites spanning four habitat types in a fragmented landscape in Costa Rica. Our study revealed that small forest patches and corridors play an important role in herpetofauna conservation, as they support a similar richness, abundance, and community composition to large forest preserves. We also found
Stephanie L. Clements   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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