Wildlife trade is a key driver of extinction risk, affecting at least 24% of terrestrial vertebrates.
The persistent removal of species can have profound impacts on species extinction risk and …

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

Plant regeneration is essential for maintaining forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning,
which are globally threatened by human disturbance. Here we present the first integrative …

Ecosystem restoration is one of the most promising strategies for conservation in the
Anthropocene. Within ecosystems, plant-animal interactions are critical to their functioning …

Human activities have altered the abundance and distribution of animals, resha**
ecosystems into novel and generally more depauperate configurations. Whereas …

Zoochory is an ecologically and evolutionarily important seed dispersal type. The decline
and extinction of seed-dispersing large herbivores severely threatens dispersal-driven …

Although closed‐canopy forests are characterized by low‐light availability and slow
population dynamics, many are under threat from non‐native, invasive woody species that …

Forest fragmentation and defaunation are considered the main drivers of biodiversity loss,
yet the synergistic effects of landscape changes and biotic interactions on assemblage …

Mammals embody the apex of ecosystems processes, and their majestic diversity is
overwhelmingly threatened in the Neotropical realm. Mammal population declines erode not …

The impacts of ecotourism on biodiversity are poorly understood and the outcome of this
type of research is often contradictory. On the one hand ecotourism could impact the …