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Biogeographic Disconnect and Biotic Homogenization in the Heart of the Amazon: Dominance of Exotic Species in Urban Trees

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.
Exotic taxa dominate the urban woody flora, with potentially invasive species posing a direct risk to adjacent primary forest remnants. Historical management has favored a simplified, cosmopolitan species pool over regional biodiversity. There is failure to implement local native‐priority mandates, offering concrete ecological targets for urban ...
Mariana Rabello Mesquita, Marcelo Gordo, Nadir Dantas Said, Cintia Cornelius, João Carlos Pena, Eduardo Martins Venticinque   +5 more
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Pond Edge Vegetation Influences Movement and Spatial Ecology in the Monkey Leaf Frog (Phyllomedusa iheringii Boulenger, 1885)

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.
Tracking Phyllomedusa iheringii across breeding ponds: Individual photo‐identification over three reproductive seasons (2018–2021) in 12 permanent ponds revealed movements among all ponds, demonstrating connectivity through migration at the study's spatial scale.
Guilherme Castro Franco de Lima, Tiago Gomes dos Santos, Michelle Abadie, Rodolfo Mei Pelinson, Denise de Cerqueira Rossa‐Feres   +4 more
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Human Disturbances and Woody Flora Diversity Along a Caatinga–Brejo de Altitude Gradient in Northeastern Brazil

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Tropical dry forests are among the ecosystems most threatened by human activities worldwide. The Caatinga, a seasonally dry tropical forest restricted to northeastern Brazil, exemplifies this scenario, as local human populations strongly depend on forest resources.
Lilia Patricia Sampaio Sousa, Katharyne Jessyca Carvalho de Barbosa, Wanessa Vieira Silva Menezes Batista, Elâine Maria dos Santos Ribeiro   +3 more
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Spatial Ecology of Jaguars in a Coastal Amazon Island Ecosystem

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACTUnderstanding the spatial ecology of large carnivores is critical for conservation, particularly in insular or fragmented systems where movement is constrained. Jaguars (Panthera onca) are especially informative because their behavior and diet are highly flexible in response to local ecological conditions.
Leandro Silveira, Anah T. A. Jácomo, Tiago J. Silveira, Gediendson R. de Araujo, Renato A. Moreira, Francesca B. L. Palmeira, Marcia de A. M. M. Ferraz, Michael J. Noonan   +7 more
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The Interplay of Fire and Vertical Strata Shaping Herbivorous Insect Communities in Altimontane Forest Islands

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 5, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Understanding how fire and vertical stratification interact to shape insect communities is essential in increasingly fire‐prone montane systems. We investigated how herbivorous insect communities vary across vertical strata (canopy and understory) and fire incidence in 14 altitudinal forest islands within the Espinhaço Range, Brazil.
Juliana Kuchenbecker, Flávio Camarota, Pedro Giovâni da Silva, Lucas Neves Perillo, Luiz Eduardo Macedo Reis, Milton Barbosa, Bernardo Puliero, Joaquin Hortal, Frederico Neves   +8 more
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Whole-Genome sequencing of the schizomid arachnid <i>Rowlandius potiguar</i> from the caves of the Brazilian semiarid. [PDF]

Biodivers Genomes
Dantas OB, Lúcio da Rocha MA, Ferreira RL, Bento DM, Lima SMQ, Pirro S, Berbel-Filho WM.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

refloraR: An R package for efficiently retrieving and analyzing plant specimen data from the Herbário Virtual Reflora. [PDF]

Appl Plant Sci
Calderón Del Cid C, Versiane AFA, Leitman P, Filardi FR, Forzza RC, Cardoso D.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Distribution models of polysphinctine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) reveal sampling bias and flag potentially overlooked host interactions

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 19, Issue 5, Page 980-1001, September 2026.
We quantified the geographical overlap between parasitoid wasps and their known host spiders. We could assess which parasitoid species have more limited information about their interactions and are subject to geographical survey bias. We generated sampling bias maps to assist other researchers in identifying where the main sampling gaps are.
Gabriel M. Xavier, Angélica M. Penteado‐Dias, Rafael R. Moura, Marcelo O. Gonzaga   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Congenital Ocular Findings in an Antillean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus). [PDF]

Vet Med Sci
Attademo FLN, Oliveira REM, Luna FO, Val HGPD, Melo LIDS, Silva LHSD, Bezerra B, Sá FB.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Extinct Species Unearth Bergmann's Rule in Canidae

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Interspecific patterns of Bergmann's rule may be concealed by species extinctions within clades. We evaluate whether incorporating extinct species and paleoenvironmental information improves the detection of Bergmann's rule in the family Canidae, and test whether temperature and net primary productivity (NPP) explain interspecific ...
Jônatas Chaves‐Silveira, Sidney F. Gouveia, Miguel Ángel Olalla‐Tárraga, Pablo Ariel Martinez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source