The expansion of oil palm plantations has led to land‐use change and deforestation in the
tropics, which has affected biodiversity. Although the impacts of the crop on terrestrial …

The global area cultivated with oil palm has doubled in the past two decades, causing
deforestation, land-use change, freshwater pollution, and species loss in tropical …

This study examines how state mechanisms for water allocation and enforcement shape
patterns of injustice in water management among various actors in the Brazilian state of …

Dragonflies and damselflies have become model organisms in ecological and evolutionary
studies, mainly because they are considered flagship taxa for the conservation of water …

In the south of Bahia state, a large part of the native Atlantic Forest areas has been modified
for the cultivation of cocoa (Theobroma cacao). These crops are cultivated under the shade …

We evaluated whether ecological thresholds could be detected along gradients of
disturbances by using larval Odonata genera. Morphological, physiological, and behavioral …

Introducción. La palma de aceite (Elaeis guineensis) es uno de los monocultivos perennes
que se ha extendido a casi un poco más de diecinueve millones de hectáreas en el mundo …

The conversion of riparian vegetation into monocultures alters the input of allochthonous
energy and the heterotrophy of streams. Here, we aimed to assess the implication of leaf …

The present study evaluated the effects of habitat quality on the alpha and beta diversity of
odonate larvae under conditions of reduced impact and conventional logging. We …

Contamination by pollutants in freshwater ecosystem has been identified extensively in river,
sediments, and freshwater biota. Pollutants may have incorporated into the sediments and …