Predation risk is a function of alternative prey availability rather than predator abundance in a tropical savanna woodland ecosystem. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2019 Nordberg EJ, Schwarzkopf L.
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.This study investigated the drivers of seasonal habitat use by African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the fenced Mwea National Reserve, using dung‐based surveys and MaxEnt models. Results showed that water and forage availability primarily shaped dry‐season distribution, while boundary effects were more influential in the wet season, with ...
Josephat K. Wambua +5 more
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Generic methodologies applicable to multiple land-use categories [PDF]
, 2020 Baldock, Jeffrey +41 more
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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.Stable isotope analysis indicates that fragmentation and habitat loss in semideciduous dry forests in the Brazilian Cerrado drive trophic niche shifts in Gracilinanus agilis, with potential consequences for its role as a seed disperser. ABSTRACT Habitat loss and fragmentation have notable effects on species' trophic ecology, often most pronounced in ...
Ingrid de Mattos +4 more
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INFLUENCE OF PLUMES FROM BIOMASS BURNING ON ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY OVER THE EQUATORIAL AND TROPICAL SOUTH-ATLANTIC DURING CITE-3 [PDF]
, 1994 ANDERSON, BE +7 more
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Seasonality and Grazing Exclusions Shape Bird Community Dynamics in West African Drylands
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 5, May 2026.Seasonal changes, more than grazing exclusions, shape bird community composition in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso. However, grazing exclusions enhanced habitat heterogeneity, supporting regional bird biodiversity and providing seasonal refuges that mitigate the effects of overgrazing.
Alexandra Kuttnig +9 more
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The scaling of seed‐dispersal specialization in interaction networks across levels of organization
Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 5, May 2026.Natural ecosystems are characterized by a specialization pattern where few species are common while many others are rare. In ecological networks involving biotic interactions, specialization operates as a continuum at individual, species, and community levels. Theory predicts that ecological and evolutionary factors can primarily explain specialization.
Gabriel M. Moulatlet +3 more
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Trait‐filtered responses of mammal communities to land use change in a Neotropical dry forest
Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 5, May 2026.Abstract Land use change alters forest ecosystems by reducing habitat amount and often increasing fragmentation, but the relative importance of these drivers for community dynamics remains debated. It is also unclear whether functional traits consistently predict species' responses to forest change, particularly in tropical dry forests.
Merlin Weiss +5 more
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Invasive Andropogon gayanus (Gamba grass) alters litter decomposition and nitrogen fluxes in an Australian tropical savanna. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2017 Rossiter-Rachor NA +5 more
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Neotropical ants are at greater risk from global warming in savanna than in adjacent forest
Ecology, Volume 107, Issue 5, May 2026.Abstract Determining how the thermal tolerances of species are related to climatic conditions at multiple spatial scales can improve our understanding of species distributions and their vulnerability to climate change. We compare the warming tolerances—a metric of warming vulnerability—of arboreal and ground‐dwelling ants from savanna and adjacent ...
Lino A. Zuanon +3 more
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