Anthropogenic disturbances represent the main threat to biodiversity around the globe, yet
effects are not restricted to species loss. Assessing the functional diversity, which measures …

Forest management affects conditions for both early‐and late‐seral organisms, and
managers and conservationists require information for balancing the ostensibly opposing …

Whether listening in a forest or on an open plain, by the side of a river or in the ocean, at the
outskirts of suburbia or right downtown, the Earth abounds with sounds. The use of the term …

The mangrove ecosystem of Bintuni Bay, West Papua, Indonesia is one of the largest in the
world covering more than 250,000 ha. In the southern part of the bay,±82,120 ha of …

Context Slash-and-burn agriculture generates landscape mosaics composed of different
land uses. Ecological theory postulates that in these mosaics, the structure of species …

Despite forests are a biodiversity reservoir and a wellbeing source for the humankind, they
have been largely disturbed in the past decades. Disturbed and naturally-regenerated …

Logging, including selective and illegal activities, is widespread, affecting the carbon cycle
and the biodiversity of tropical forests. However, automated approaches using very high …

Simple Summary In this study, we aimed to evaluate the relationship between human
transformations of land use/land cover and adult dragonfly diversity. Based on previous …

Anthropogenic environmental impacts can disrupt the sensory environment of animals and
affect important processes from mate choice to predator avoidance. Currently, these effects …

Birds are the most widespread vertebrate group, as they can be found in practically every
type of habitat. However, lack of knowledge on bird ecology in Afrotropical highlands and …