Hydrological connectivity regulates the structure and function of Amazonian freshwater
ecosystems and the provisioning of services that sustain local populations. This connectivity …

Reforestation is an important tool for reducing or reversing biodiversity loss and mitigating
climate change. However, there are many potential compromises between the structural …

New remote sensing data on vegetation cover and restoration opportunities bring hope to
the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, one of the hottest of the 36 global biodiversity hotspots …

Roughly 53% of Brazil's native vegetation occurs on private properties. Native forests and
savannahs on these lands store 105±21 GtCO2e (billion tons of CO2 equivalents) and play …

Abstract The Native Vegetation Protection Law of Brazil, which replaced the Forest Code
from 1965, is still undergoing regulation at federal and state levels, and the constitutionality …

In the wake of widespread loss of old‐growth forests throughout the tropics, secondary
forests will likely play a growing role in the conservation of forest biodiversity. We considered …

Abstract The Neotropical Atlantic Forest is one of the world's top biodiversity hotspot.
Originally, the forest extended over 1.5 million km 2 along the South American Atlantic coast …

Graph theory, network theory, and circuit theory are increasingly being used to quantify
multiple aspects of habitat connectivity and protected areas. There has been an explosive …

Migrating wildlife species across the globe face a dire predicament as their traditional
migratory routes are cut off by human encroachment. Forced into smaller and smaller …

Time-lagged responses of biological variables to landscape modifications are widely
recognized, but rarely considered in ecological studies. In order to test for the existence of …