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Rainforest Fragmentation Decreases the Robustness of Plant‐Frugivore Interaction Networks

Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 4, July 2025.
Our study in northern Costa Rica found that larger forest fragments and greater forest cover boost frugivore species richness and strengthen the modularity and robustness of plant–frugivore networks, with three tanager species serving as key species. Consequently, conserving these species and maintaining larger, contiguous forest areas is essential for
David Becker, Wande Li, Ashtha Gurung, Eduardo Rodriguez Martinez, Emmanuel Rojas, Bernal Rodríguez‐Herrera, Maximilian G. R. Vollstädt, Ingo Grass, Thomas Hiller   +8 more
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Highway Noise Worsens the Edge Effect on Bird Richness in Tropical Forests

Austral Ecology, Volume 50, Issue 5, May 2025.
Highway noise worsens the edge effect. ABSTRACT Anthropogenic noise represents a major threat to various taxonomic groups of fauna, especially birds, as they primarily use sound communication. Associated with the edge effect caused by highways, noise has a negative impact on birds.
José Nilton da Silva, Aureo Banhos, Cristiano Schetini de Azevedo, Pedro Diniz, Gleidson Ramos da Silva, Charles Duca   +5 more
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Fire Effects on Bird Communities From Seasonally Flooded Forests Along Amazonian Black Water Rivers of the Negro River Basin

Diversity and Distributions, Volume 31, Issue 5, May 2025.
ABSTRACT Aim Fire significantly contributes to Amazonian degradation, with igapó forests (seasonally flooded by blackwater rivers) being especially vulnerable. Igapó forests support species adapted to seasonal flooding, making fire a critical threat to these specialised organisms.
C. Valentim, J. M. G. Capurucho, P. E. D. Bobrowiec, G. A. Leite, G. M. Martins, J. Schöngart, C. C. Ribas   +6 more
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Aportes a la dieta y forrajeo de Tucán Grande (Ramphastos toco) en el Parque Nacional Iguazú, Misiones, Argentina

Nuestras Aves, 2020
En Argentina, el Tucán Grande (Ramphastos toco), se distribuye en las provincias de Salta, Jujuy, Tucumán, Misiones, Corrientes, Formosa, Chaco y norte de Santa Fe.
D. G. Moresco
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Thinking with Amazonian Indigenous Peoples to expand ideas on domestication

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 3, Page 560-574, March 2025.
Abstract Indigenous knowledges are being increasingly recognized as fundamental for environmental governance, ecosystem management and biodiversity conservation. However, they tend to be recognized by Western science only when they converge with Western scientific knowledge, while ontological differences are generally treated as irrelevant or ...
Mariana Franco Cassino, Guilherme Henriques Soares, Gilton Mendes dos Santos, Jonilda Hauwer Gouveia, João Paulo Lima Barreto, Dagoberto Lima Azevedo, Gabriel Sodré Maia, Juliana Lins, Clarinda Maria Ramos, Myrtle Pearl Shock, Marco Madella, Charles Roland Clement   +11 more
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Rafapicobia ramphastos Skoracki & Sikora & Spicer 2016, comb. nov.

, 2016
<i>Rafapicobia ramphastos</i> (Fain, Bochkov and Mironov, 2000) comb. nov. <p>(Fig. 59)</p> <p> <i>Picobia ramphastos</i> Fain <i>et al</i>., 2000: 65, figs. 97–102. Types deposited in RBINS,
Skoracki, Maciej, Spicer, Greg S., Sikora, Bozena   +2 more
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Abundance and frugivory of the toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) in a gallery forest in Brazil's Southern Pantanal

Brazilian Journal of Biology
Unlike other toucan species, the Toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) - the largest Ramphastidae - usually inhabits dry semi-open areas. This conspicuous canopy frugivore uses a large home range that includes a variety of vegetation types, among which gallery ...
J. Ragusa-Netto
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Avian diversity in five fragments of Atlantic Rainforest at Usina São José, Igarassu, Northern Pernambuco State, Brazil [PDF]

Biotemas, 2007
In northeastern Brazil, most well-preserved Atlantic Rainforest fragments are situated within privately-owned lands or sugarcane properties, mainly in the states of Alagoas and Pernambuco.
Ana Carolina Borges Lins e Silva, Ângelo Giuseppe Chaves Alves, Gilmar Beserra de Farias   +2 more
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Plant and frugivore species characteristics drive frugivore contributions to seed dispersal effectiveness in a hyperdiverse community

Functional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 238-253, January 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Seed dispersal by frugivores is a crucial step of the life cycle of most plants, influencing plant population and community dynamics. Although very important for most ecosystems, we are just beginning to understand which are the mechanisms driving frugivore‐mediated ...
Mariana Campagnoli, Alexander Christianini, Guadalupe Peralta   +2 more
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Anthropogenic nesting substrates increase parental fitness in a Neotropical songbird, the pale‐breasted thrush Turdus leucomelas

Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 1, January 2025.
The failure of breeding attempts is a major hindrance to bird reproduction, making nest site choice under strong selective pressure. Urbanization may offer lower risk of nest predation to certain bird species, but the impact of using anthropogenic structures as nesting sites on parental fitness is seldom studied.
Augusto Florisvaldo Batisteli, Hugo Sarmento, Marco Aurélio Pizo   +2 more
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