Ecuador belongs to the megadiverse countries of the world. However, the high diversity in
species, ecosystems and their services are under threat by land use changes, invasive …

Resumen Tejedor Garavito, N., Álvarez, E., Arango Caro, S., Araujo Murakami, A., Blundo,
C., Boza Espinosa, TE, La Torre Cuadros, MA, Gaviria, J., Gutiérrez, N., Jørgensen, PM …

Deforestation and fragmentation are major components of global change; both are
contributing to the rapid loss of tropical forest area with important implications for ecosystem …

We studied the spatial heterogeneity of tree diversity, and of forest structure and productivity
in a highly diverse tropical mountain area in southern Ecuador with the aim of understanding …

Increased nitrogen (N) depositions expected in the future endanger the diversity and stability
of ecosystems primarily limited by N, but also often co‐limited by other nutrients like …

''La variedad de climas y la asombrosa diversidad de sus plantas y producciones, en los
reinos animal, vegetal y mineral, presenta una fuente de abundancia donde pueden …

Aim The biodiversity of geometrid moths (Lepidoptera) along a complete tropical elevational
gradient was studied for the first time. The patterns are described, and the role of geometric …

A tropical mountain ecosystem in one of the" hottest" biodiversity hotspots worldwide was
investigated by some 30 research teams of numerous disciplines in the natural and social …

Aims We aim to document elevational richness patterns of geometrid moths in a globally
replicated, multi‐gradient setting, and to test general hypotheses on environmental and …

We present the first comprehensive taxonomic revision and review the biology of the
olingos, the endemic Neotropical procyonid genus Bassaricyon, based on most specimens …