The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

J Barlow, F França, TA Gardner, CC Hicks, GD Lennox… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
The tropics contain the overwhelming majority of Earth's biodiversity: their terrestrial,
freshwater and marine ecosystems hold more than three-quarters of all species, including …

How should beta-diversity inform biodiversity conservation?

JB Socolar, JJ Gilroy, WE Kunin, DP Edwards - Trends in ecology & …, 2016 - cell.com
To design robust protected area networks, accurately measure species losses, or
understand the processes that maintain species diversity, conservation science must …

Reconstructing three decades of land use and land cover changes in brazilian biomes with landsat archive and earth engine

CM Souza Jr, J Z. Shimbo, MR Rosa, LL Parente… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Brazil has a monitoring system to track annual forest conversion in the Amazon and most
recently to monitor the Cerrado biome. However, there is still a gap of annual land use and …

Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation

J Barlow, GD Lennox, J Ferreira, E Berenguer… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Concerted political attention has focused on reducing deforestation,,, and this remains the
cornerstone of most biodiversity conservation strategies,,. However, maintaining forest cover …

Multiple successional pathways in human‐modified tropical landscapes: new insights from forest succession, forest fragmentation and landscape ecology research

V Arroyo‐Rodríguez, FPL Melo… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Old‐growth tropical forests are being extensively deforested and fragmented worldwide. Yet
forest recovery through succession has led to an expansion of secondary forests in human …

Tracking the impacts of El Niño drought and fire in human-modified Amazonian forests

E Berenguer, GD Lennox, J Ferreira… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
With humanity facing an unprecedented climate crisis, the conservation of tropical forests
has never been so important–their vast terrestrial carbon stocks can be turned into …

A large‐scale field assessment of carbon stocks in human‐modified tropical forests

E Berenguer, J Ferreira, TA Gardner… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical rainforests store enormous amounts of carbon, the protection of which represents a
vital component of efforts to mitigate global climate change. Currently, tropical forest …

How pervasive is biotic homogenization in human‐modified tropical forest landscapes?

RRC Solar, J Barlow, J Ferreira, E Berenguer… - Ecology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Land‐cover change and ecosystem degradation may lead to biotic homogenization, yet our
understanding of this phenomenon over large spatial scales and different biotic groups …

Disentangling the pathways of land use impacts on the functional structure of fish assemblages in Amazon streams

RP Leitão, J Zuanon, D Mouillot, CG Leal… - …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural land use is a primary driver of environmental impacts on streams. However, the
causal processes that shape these impacts operate through multiple pathways and at …

Toward an integrated monitoring framework to assess the effects of tropical forest degradation and recovery on carbon stocks and biodiversity

MMC Bustamante, I Roitman, TM Aide… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests harbor a significant portion of global biodiversity and are a critical
component of the climate system. Reducing deforestation and forest degradation contributes …