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Adaptive strategies in young Inga vera subsp. affinis plants under flooding [PDF]

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Inga vera subsp. affinis (DC.) T.D.Penn. is a common species in riparian vegetation of the Atlantic Forest within the Upper Paraná River Floodplain (UPRF) and of great ecological importance in the restoration of native forests.
R. M. P. Feitosa, G. R. Ximenez, L. H. Pastorini, M. B. Romagnolo   +3 more
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Foraging and movement flexibility shape seed dispersal by an arboreal primate in a modified landscape

Oikos, EarlyView.
As habitats change, the effectiveness of animal‐mediated seed dispersal increasingly depends on animal responses to altered structure and resources. With habitat loss and degradation accelerating across the tropics, understanding how dispersers' foraging behavior and movement influence seed removal and deposition is critical to promoting forest ...
Anaid Cárdenas‐Navarrete, Sarie Van Belle, Onja H. Razafindratsima   +2 more
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Effects of Climate, Soil, Topography and Disturbance on Liana Prevalence

Ecology and Evolution
Lianas (woody vines and climbing monocots) are increasing in abundance in many tropical forests with uncertain consequences for forest functioning and recovery following disturbances.
Emma J. Mackintosh, Catherine E. Waite, Francis E. Putz, Marion Pfeifer, Chengrong Chen, Zhongming Lan, Sophie Brennan, Andrew R. Marshall   +7 more
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Habitat differentiation among three Nigeria–Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) populations

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Ecological niche models (ENMs) are often used to predict species distribution patterns from datasets that describe abiotic and biotic factors at coarse spatial scales.
Ekwoge E. Abwe, Bethan J. Morgan, Barthelemy Tchiengue, Fabrice Kentatchime, Roger Doudja, Marcel E. Ketchen, Eric Teguia, Ruffin Ambahe, Dana M. Venditti, Matthew W. Mitchell, Bernard Fosso, Albert Mounga, Roger C. Fotso, Mary Katherine Gonder   +13 more
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A Teacher, a Totem, and a True Tropical Story: A Reading

eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics, 2013
A transformative spiritual experience with an Aboriginal rainforest family was not on the radar in 1999 when Hazel Menehira spent some spectacular months in Kuranda, Far North Queensland working with the Aboriginal Mayi Wunba (Native Honey Bee) Dance ...
Hazel Menehira
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Partial recovery of large seed arrival following ecological restoration in fragmented tropical rainforests

Oikos, EarlyView.
Forest restoration success depends crucially on the reinitiation of ecological processes such as seed arrival that drive natural regeneration. We know little about whether, by increasing and diversifying local seed sources to alleviate seed limitation, and attracting animal frugivores to alleviate dispersal limitation, restoration could shift seed ...
Aparna Krishnan, Jyotsna Nag, S. Arun, Divya Mudappa, T. R. Shankar Raman, Mahesh Sankaran, Anand M. Osuri   +6 more
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Ecological significance of fruit displays in Myrtaceae: relationship between fruit colour, maturation stage, attractiveness and seed germination

Oikos, EarlyView.
Fruit colour has long fascinated scientists and is widely considered an evolutionary adaptation to attract both avian and mammalian frugivores. While fleshy fruits play a key role in plant–animal interactions by promoting seed dispersal, the functional significance of colour variation, particularly multicoloured displays during ripening, remains poorly
Hercília Freitas da Cunha, Eduardo Luiz Voigt, Eliana Cazetta, Vanessa Graziele Staggemeier   +3 more
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Trait‐associated pathway links plant diversity to litterfall phenology in a seasonally dry tropical forest

Oikos, EarlyView.
Phenology plays a central role in regulating energy flow and nutrient cycling, yet remains insufficiently integrated into biodiversity–ecosystem functioning frameworks. This gap is especially relevant in strongly seasonal systems, where community‐wide synchrony in leaf litterfall may arise from either temporal niche differentiation among species or ...
Ana E. Bonato Asato, Otávio Sena, José L. A. Silva, Gabriel H. S. Silva, Mery I. G. de Alencar, Eduardo Arlé, Bruno T. Goto, Anderson da R. Gripp, Jorge G. F. Genovez, Rodrigo L. Martins, Nico Eisenhauer, André Y. S. P. Belo, Adriano S. Mota, Alexandre F. Souza, Adriano Caliman   +14 more
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Asymmetric transferability of trait–environment relationships between native and exotic plant species in Singaporean forests differing in land‐use history

Oikos, EarlyView.
Functional traits allow ecologists to synthesise general rules of community assembly. In joint species distribution modelling, traits are increasingly used to explain species–environment relationships, with the intention of being able to generalise predictions to other species in other systems.
Hao Ran Lai, Kwek Yan Chong, Louise Neo, David A. Wardle, Peter A. Vesk   +4 more
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Impacto da Conversão da Cobertura Natural em Pastagem e Área Urbana sobre Variáveis Biofísicas no Sul do Amazonas

Revista Brasileira de Meteorologia
Resumo A substituição da cobertura natural por áreas de pastagem afeta o albedo superficial, que por sua vez influencia no saldo de radiação e na temperatura superficial.
Vagner Marques Pavão, Danielle Christine Stenner Nassarden, Larissa Leite Pavão, Nadja Gomes Machado, Marcelo Sacardi Biudes   +4 more
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