The pace of deforestation in tropical forests has achieved unprecedented rates, requiring
effective and achievable conservation mitigations that are also easily understood by society …

With endangered status and more than 8,000 endemic species, the Atlantic Forest is one of
the world's 25 biodiversity hotspots. Less than 100,000 km2 (about 7%) of the forest …

Recent global assessments have shown the limited coverage of protected areas across
tropical biotas, fuelling a growing interest in the potential conservation services provided by …

Habitat loss is the dominant threat to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in terrestrial
environments. In this study, we used an a priori classification of bird species based on their …

Molecular phylogenetic studies have become a major area of interest in plant systematics,
and their impacts on historical biogeographic hypotheses are not to be disregarded. In …

After 500 years of exploitation and destruction, the Brazilian Atlantic Forest has been
reduced to less the 8% of its original cover, and climate change may pose a new threat to …

Habitat fragmentation is a major cause of biodiversity erosion in tropical forests. The
Brazilian Atlantic forest has both high species richness and a long history of anthropogenic …

Recent studies on the effects of tropical forest fragmentation indicate that fragmented
landscapes are complex and heterogeneous systems influenced by factors other than the …

We evaluated floristic and ecological changes in plant communities after disturbance in
Southern Atlantic Rain Forests, in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná …

Plant‐diversity hotspots on a global scale are well established, but smaller local hotspots
within these must be identified for effective conservation of plants at the global and local …