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

Functional 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, Luis Navarro, James D. Thomson, Spencer C. H. Barrett   +3 more
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Sample coverage affects diversity measures of bird communities along a natural recovery gradient of abandoned agriculture in tropical lowland forests

Journal 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, Anne Chao, H. Martin Schaefer, Nico Blüthgen, Rudy Gelis, Constance J. Tremlett, Annika Busse, Marcel Püls, Sebastian Seibold, Peter Kriegel, Dominik Rabl, Maria de la Hoz, Çağan H. Şekercioğlu, Matthias Schleuning, Heike Feldhaar, Felicity L. Newell, Sonja Kümmet, Oliver Mitesser, Marcel K. Peters, Jörg Müller   +19 more
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Vertebrate diversity and biomass along a recovery gradient in a lowland tropical forest

Biotropica, 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, Karen Pedersen, Nico Blüthgen, Annika Busse, David A. Donoso, Ana Falconí‐López, Christian Fiderer, Marco Heurich, Maria de la Hoz, Peter Kriegel, Felicity L. Newell, Marcel Püls, Dominik Rabl, H. Martin Schäfer, Sebastian Seibold, Constance J. Tremlett, Heike Feldhaar, Jörg Müller   +17 more
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Bat winter foraging habitat use in working forests: a multispecies spatial occupancy approach

Animal 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, G. Fandos, A. Larsen‐Gray, D. U. Greene, R. Chandler, S. B. Castleberry   +5 more
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Complex patch geometries maximize species richness at the expense of forest specialists

Biotropica, 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, Dunia Villalobos Alpízar, Christopher A. Searcy   +2 more
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Caracterización estructural de fragmentos de Podocarpus oleifolius en bosques remanentes del suroccidente colombiano

Madera y Bosques
Las áreas de bosque altoandino en Colombia se han reducido considerablemente, por lo que especies ecológicamente relevantes como Podocarpus oleifolius presentan una disminución considerable en sus poblaciones y han sido categorizadas en estado vulnerable a la extinción (VU).
Camilo José López Duymovic, Farid Ernesto Perdomo Hurtado, Adriana María Marín Vélez, Jorge Andrés Ramírez Correa   +3 more
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Área de vida de la especia invasora Achatina fulica Browdich, 1822 (Gastropoda: Achatinidae) en un área de conservación de bosque seco ecuatoriano

Revista Peruana de Biología, 2019
Achatina fulica es un gasterópodo terrestre invasivo, conocido como una de las 100 especies invasoras más dañinas del mundo, el cual arribó a Ecuador hace 10 años, pero no se ha evaluado aún su impacto sobre los ecosistemas nativos. El objetivo principal
Jessica Cuasapaz-Sarabia, Jaime Antonio Salas   +1 more
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Valoración de los servicios ecosistémicos de recreación y turismo: un mecanismo para el desarrollo sustentable de la Reserva Forestal Grecia, Costa Rica

Economía y Sociedad, 2021
El estudio se aborda en el marco del proyecto “Servicios de los Ecosistemas en las Cuencas Hidrográficas de la Gran Área Metropolitana de Costa Rica”, que busca entre otras cosas, contribuir con la conservación y preservación del Bosque del Niño.
Marjorie Hartley Ballestero, Rocío Hartley Ballestero   +1 more
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Land use determines Mediterranean ecosystems' multifunctionality more than plant richness or habitat composition

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 61, Issue 3, Page 476-488, March 2024.
Our results highlight the importance of remnant native forest to provide multiple ecosystem functions and the potential to restore them and complement these uses with sustainable agriculture. By merging landscape and ecosystem approaches we provide specific numbers regarding the proportion that each land use should have in order to maximise ...
Paula Lopezosa, Santiago Soliveres, Lluís Serra, Soraya Constán‐Nava, Miguel Berdugo   +4 more
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Insectos de los remanentes de bosques secos andinos del norte de Ecuador

Ecosistemas, 2016
Las investigaciones biológicas en los bosques secos de Ecuador se centran en aspectos botánicos y ecológicos, mientras que el conocimiento de la entomofauna es casi nulo. Utilizando trampas Malaise , de caída, y golpeteo, se realizaron muestreos en cuatro localidades de bosque seco Andino con el objetivo de identificar la composición de la fauna de ...
Troya, A., Bersosa, F., Espinoza, L.
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