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Floristic and ecological attributes of a Seasonal Semideciduous Atlantic Forest in a key area for conservation of the Zona da Mata region of Minas Gerais State, Brazil [PDF]

Hoehnea, 2017
We evaluated the floristic and ecological attributes of a seasonal semideciduous forest remnant (SSF) (500-1,050 m) located in a key area for biodiversity conservation.
Maria José Reis da Rocha, Mônica A. Cupertino-Eisenlohr, Lúcio S. Leoni, Aderbal Gomes da Silva, Mauro Eloi Nappo   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

catalogoUCsBR: A new R package and application for creating comprehensive plant species lists for Brazilian Protected Areas. [PDF]

Appl Plant Sci
Abstract Premise The increased online publication of data associated with Brazilian botanical collections and biodiversity information systems has significantly improved access to information on plant species occurring in Brazil. However, information about Brazilian flora within Protected Areas is fragmented.
Bochorny T, de Melo PHA, Forzza RC.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Microclimate refugia shape microclimatic niches and predict individual variability in post-breeding migration in a partially migratory species. [PDF]

J Anim Ecol
The niche is characterized along a gradient of temperature and microclimate refugia. Individuals in breeding areas with low microclimate refugia availability are more likely to cover larger distances to post‐breeding areas, increasing exposure to risks.
Ramos RF, Zalewska K, Gilroy JJ, Silva JP, Franco AMA.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Dispersal Ability Reduces Thermal Specialization and Prevents Climate-Driven Extinctions in a Neotropical Rainforest. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
We found that species with higher dispersal ability are less specialized in their temperature tolerances and more likely to persist under climate change. By analyzing more than 6 thousand species of plants, invertebrates, and vertebrates distributed in the Atlantic Rainforest, we show that more mobile species can avoid extinction by shifting locations,
Chaves CJN, Carnaval AC, Leal BSS, Santos JP, Monteiro ECS, Palma-Silva C.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Development of a SNP Panel for Geographic Assignment and Population Monitoring of Jaguars (<i>Panthera onca</i>). [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We have developed a genome‐enabled single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) panel for use in jaguar geographic traceability, individual identification, kinship, and sexing. Our panel, named “Jag‐SNP”, comprises 459 SNPs selected from an initial pool of 13,373,949 markers based on the inter‐biome FST, followed by rigorous filtering and addition of eight sex‐
Zenato Lazzari G, Figueiró HV, Sartor CC, Donadio E, Di Martino S, Draheim HM, Eizirik E.   +6 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Identifying Mozambique's most critical areas for plant conservation: An evaluation of protected areas and Important Plant Areas

Biotropica, Volume 55, Issue 6, Page 1183-1194, November 2023., 2023
Plants are often overlooked in conservation planning. In Mozambique, we find that the richest areas for rare and threatened plant species are poorly represented within the protected area network. We use Important Plant Areas and the Weighted Endemism including Global Endangerment (WEGE) index to identify opportunities to better conserve Mozambique's ...
Sophie L. Richards, Harith Farooq, Hermenegildo Matimele, Tereza Alves, Castigo Datizua, Clayton Langa, Alice Massingue, Jo Osborne, Saba Rokni, Camila de Sousa, Iain Darbyshire   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Estimating the cumulative impact and zone of influence of anthropogenic features on biodiversity

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 9, Page 2362-2375, September 2023., 2023
Abstract The concept of cumulative impacts is widespread in policy documents, regulations and ecological studies, but quantification methods are still evolving. Infrastructure development usually takes place in landscapes with preexisting anthropogenic features. Typically, their impact is determined by computing the distance to the nearest feature only,
Bernardo Brandão Niebuhr, Bram Van Moorter, Audun Stien, Torkild Tveraa, Olav Strand, Knut Langeland, Per Sandström, Moudud Alam, Anna Skarin, Manuela Panzacchi   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal trends in floral visitation and interaction networks reveal shifting niches for bats in a Neotropical savanna

Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 92, Issue 7, Page 1442-1455, July 2023., 2023
The article reveals that the temporal and spatial axes are important drivers of the floral‐visitor niche of anthophilous bats in a Neotropical savanna, defining the structure of their interaction networks with plants. These findings may aid in the management of the endangered Cerrado bat Lonchophylla dekeyseri. Abstract Flower‐vising bats are important
Ugo Mendes Diniz, Ludmilla Moura de Souza Aguiar   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Herbarium records provide reliable phenology estimates in the understudied tropics

Journal of Ecology, Volume 111, Issue 2, Page 327-337, February 2023., 2023
Herbarium specimens are verified to be a vital resource for closing the gap in our phenological knowledge of tropical systems. Tropical plant reproductive phenology inferred from herbarium records are widely congruent with field observations, suggesting that they can and should be used to investigate phenological variation and their associated ...
Daniel S. Park, Goia M. Lyra, Aaron M. Ellison, Rogério Katsuhito Barbosa Maruyama, Débora dos Reis Torquato, Renata C. Asprino, Benjamin I. Cook, Charles C. Davis   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Functional redundancy of Amazonian dung beetles confers community‐level resistance to primary forest disturbance

Biotropica, Volume 53, Issue 6, Page 1510-1521, November 2021., 2021
We collected dung beetles from Amazonian forests and used simulated extinction scenarios to determine how species loss influences community functional structure at regional and local scales. We found that the functional redundancy in the regional pool of species buffers the impact of local species losses and confers community‐level functional ...
Cássio Alencar Nunes, Jos Barlow, Filipe França, Erika Berenguer, Ricardo R. C. Solar, Julio Louzada, Rafael P. Leitão, Laís F. Maia, Victor H. F. Oliveira, Rodrigo Fagundes Braga, Fernando Z. Vaz‐de‐Mello, Emma J. Sayer   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source