Agriculture, the world's most dominant land use type, burdens freshwater biodiversity with a
multitude of stressors such as diffuse pollution and hydromorphological alteration. However …

All animals on Earth compete for free energy, which is acquired, assimilated, and ultimately
allocated to growth and reproduction. Competition is strongest within communities of …

Agricultural land use is a primary driver of environmental impacts on streams. However, the
causal processes that shape these impacts operate through multiple pathways and at …

Habitat degradation leads to biodiversity loss and concomitant changes in ecosystem
processes. Tropical river floodplains are highly threatened by land cover changes and …

Trait diversity is believed to influence ecosystem dynamics through links between
organismal traits and ecosystem processes. Theory predicts that key traits and high trait …

Understanding mechanisms by which agricultural practices affect freshwater ecosystems
helps to inform land‐use policies and management strategies aimed at mitigating effects of …

Deforestation is a primary driver of biodiversity change through habitat loss and
fragmentation. Stream biodiversity may not respond to deforestation in a simple linear …

Deforestation can modify stream habitat and the functional structure of fish assemblages.
The aims of this study were (a) to identify whether deforestation has a similar effect on local …

Abstract Neotropical Ichthyology promotes the Special Issue (SI)“Human impacts and the
loss of Neotropical freshwater fish diversity” with the purpose of publishing relevant scientific …

Despite the importance of small tropical streams for maintaining freshwater biodiversity and
providing essential ecosystem services to humans, relatively few studies have investigated …