Visible and invisible effects of hurricanes on forest ecosystems: an international review

AE Lugo - Austral Ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Hurricanes have visible and invisible effects on forests. The visible effects are dramatic,
noticeable over the short‐term and relatively well documented in the literature. Invisible …

Meta-analysis reveals less sensitivity of non-native animals than natives to extreme weather worldwide

S Gu, T Qi, JR Rohr, X Liu - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - nature.com
Extreme weather events (EWEs; for example, heatwaves, cold spells, storms, floods and
droughts) and non-native species invasions are two major threats to global biodiversity and …

Revisiting methods for estimating parrot abundance and population size

FV Dénes, JL Tella, SR Beissinger - Emu-Austral Ornithology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Estimating abundance and population size is essential for many ecological and
conservation studies of parrots. Achieving these goals requires methods that yield reliable …

The responses of understorey birds to forest fragmentation, logging and wildfires: an Amazonian synthesis

J Barlow, CA Peres, LMP Henriques, PC Stouffer… - Biological …, 2006 - Elsevier
We combine mist-net data from 24 disturbance treatments taken from seven studies on the
responses of understorey Amazonian birds to selective logging, single and recurrent …

Populations are not declining and food webs are not collapsing at the Luquillo Experimental Forest

MR Willig, L Woolbright, SJ Presley… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - pnas.org
In PNAS, Lister and Garcia (1) report declines in abundances of understory arthropods and
lizards between 1976 and 2012 and claim similar declines in populations of arthropods …

Hurricanes, coral reefs and rainforests: resistance, ruin and recovery in the Caribbean

AE Lugo, CS Rogers, SW Nixon - AMBIO: A Journal of the Human …, 2000 - BioOne
The coexistence of hurricanes, coral reefs, and rainforests in the Caribbean demonstrates
that highly structured ecosystems with great diversity can flourish in spite of recurring …

Have bird distributions shifted along an elevational gradient on a tropical mountain?

M Campos‐Cerqueira, WJ Arendt… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
An upward shift in elevation is one of the most conspicuous species responses to climate
change. Nevertheless, downward shifts and, apparently, the absences of response have …

Hurricane disturbance drives trophic changes in neotropical mountain stream food webs

PE Gutiérrez‐Fonseca, CM Pringle, A Ramírez… - Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Food webs are complex ecological networks that reveal species interactions and energy
flow in ecosystems. Prevailing ecological knowledge on forested streams suggests that their …

Relative pollination effectiveness of floral visitors of Pitcairnia angustifolia (Bromeliaceae)

JJ Fumero‐Cabán… - American Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The effectiveness of flower visitors as pollinators will determine their potential role as
selective agents on flower traits. Pitcairnia angustifolia has floral characters that would fit …

Population characteristics of Black-throated Blue Warblers wintering in three sites on Puerto Rico

JM Wunderle Jr - The Auk, 1995 - academic.oup.com
I studied ecology and behavior of wintering Black-throated Blue Warblers (Dendroica
caerulescens) at three sites on Puerto Rico over four years. The site with tall mature forest …