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Use of species’ responses to cryptic anthropogenic disturbances for monitoring biodiversity outcomes in tropical forests [PDF]
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 2, April 2026.Abstract Measuring area‐based conservation outcomes in tropical forests is challenging due to cryptic human disturbances (e.g., hunting). As a result, comparative studies of management strategies providing quantitative outcomes remain scarce, especially in the Neotropics.
Lucy Perera‐Romero +5 more
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Interplay of diet and sympatry in the morphological evolution of noctilionoid bats
Journal of Biogeography, Volume 50, Issue 12, Page 2084-2094, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Aim The remarkable ecomorphological diversity of the bat superfamily Noctilionoidea is the result of a diet‐mediated adaptive radiation. Stemming from a putatively insectivorous ancestor, noctilionoid bats diversified to adapt to the widest range of dietary ecologies among mammals.
Camilo López‐Aguirre +2 more
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Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 2, March 2026.Tent‐roosting bats in the Lacandon Forest, Mexico, play a previously undocumented role in dispersing large seeds (> 5 mm) from mature forest species with important ecological and human uses. Sampling 21 feeding tents across two protected areas yielded 2137 seeds from 54 species, with seed deposition rates significantly higher under bat tents than in ...
Francisco Perera Rieder +2 more
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Systematic Entomology, Volume 51, Issue 1, January‐March 2026.A subgeneric classification is proposed for Triepeolus—the second‐largest genus of cleptoparasitic apid bees in the world—and its sister genus Epeolus, with support from a newly presented dated phylogeny. Phylogenomic analysis based on ultraconserved elements revealed strong support for the monophyly of Triepeolus, which diverged from Epeolus sometime ...
Thomas M. Onuferko +2 more
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Ecologic Traits Analysis for Identifying Rodent Hosts for Arenavirus and Hepacivirus in the Americas
Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 6, November 2025.Over half of emerging human pathogens originate from wildlife, with rodents serving as key zoonotic hosts. This study used ecological trait‐based models to identify rodent traits associated with arenavirus and hepacivirus infections and detect potential host species across the Americas, our models achieve high predictive accuracy (AUC = 0.92–0.96).
María del Carmen Villalobos‐Segura +3 more
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Limnology and Oceanography, Volume 70, Issue 10, Page 2858-2871, October 2025.Abstract The partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2) in rivers is influenced by carbonate weathering, soil CO2, photosynthesis, and the mineralization of dissolved organic carbon (DOC). In tropical regions, elevated temperatures intensify these processes. However, their seasonal dynamics remain poorly understood in large karst‐draining rivers.
Daniel Cuevas‐Lara +5 more
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Range‐restricted species are poor proxies for functional diversity in the world's largest avifauna
Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 7, Issue 9, September 2025.We assessed the relationship between avian taxonomic richness (four metrics) and functional diversity (three metrics) across Colombia, the country with the most bird species. We found total species richness and threatened species richness to be suitable proxies for both functional richness and evenness. Protecting the eastern slope of the Eastern Andes
Montague H. C. Neate‐Clegg +4 more
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Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 62, Issue 8, Page 1968-1979, August 2025.As Nephrolepis brownii primarily interferes through above‐ground competition, management of above‐ground tissues may mitigate its impact. However, additional research on the efficacy of this management strategy and potential allelopathic traits is needed.
Luis C. Beltrán +4 more
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High extinction risk of the endemic tree flora in a hyper‐diverse region of the Amazon
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 7, Issue 4, Page 998-1010, July 2025.The rapid global loss of biodiversity, especially in the Neotropics, underscores the need to understand how deforestation impacts endemic plant species' extinction risk and conservation status. Due to limited ranges and habitat specialization, endemics are particularly Vulnerable.
Juan Ernesto Guevara‐Andino +2 more
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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 30, Issue 2, June 2025.ABSTRACT Data from archaeology, ethnography, and ethnohistory document entanglements of dogs among South American Indigenous societies during pre‐Columbian and colonial times. The prolific presence and uses of dogs in the Central Andes and in parts of the Paraná Basin, Patagonia, and Circum‐Caribbean regions contrast with the conspicuous lack of ...
Marcelo R. Sánchez‐Villagra +2 more
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