Rabies transmitted by common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) has been known since
the early 1900s but continues to expand geographically and in the range of species and …

Mega dams in lowland tropical forests often create large archipelagos, leading to
biodiversity decay and disruption of ecosystem functioning in remnant habitat islands. We …

Abstract The Atlantic Forest of South America hosts one of the world's most diverse and
threatened tropical forest biota. After five centuries of European human expansion, most …

Regenerating forests occupy large areas in the tropics, mostly as a result of deforestation for
livestock and agriculture, followed by land abandonment. Despite the importance of …

Measures of traits are the basis of functional biological diversity. Numerous works consider
mean species‐level measures of traits while ignoring individual variance within species …

Anthropogenic land-use change alters wildlife habitats and modifies species composition,
diversity, and contacts among wildlife, livestock, and humans. Such human-modified …

Forecasting the effects of global change on biodiversity is necessary to anticipate the threats
operating at different scales in space and time. Climate change may create unsuitable …

Human land‐use changes are particularly extensive in tropical regions, representing one of
the greatest threats to terrestrial biodiversity and a key research topic in conservation …

Which functional traits allow a bat species to survive habitat disturbance? Empirical
evidence regarding this question remains limited for many tropical regions despite their …

Increased cattle ranching in Neotropical landscapes has led to human–wildlife conflicts that
complicate the relationship between agricultural production and biodiversity conservation …