Elevation drives taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic β‐diversity of phyllostomid bats in the Amazon biome

WD Carvalho, IE Fluck, IJ de Castro… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We evaluated the relative importance of geographical and environment variables for
taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional β‐diversity of phyllostomid bats along the entire …

Habitat heterogeneity shapes multiple diversity dimensions of fruit-feeding butterflies in an environmental gradient in the Brazilian Cerrado

G de Brito Freire Jr, IR Diniz, DM Salcido… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Habitat heterogeneity affects species distribution, and a better understanding of this
relationship can inform biodiversity conservation. To understand how habitat heterogeneity …

Cerrado bat community assembly is determined by both present‐day and historical factors

DC Silva, HFM Oliveira, F Domingos - Journal of Biogeography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To investigate the influence of ecological factors, geologic and climatic history on
current diversity patterns of bat communities. We predicted that (i) our three different …

The soil-conscious forestry and the forbidden apple

A Zanella, N Bernier, R Zampedri, S Fusaro… - iForest: Biogeosciences …, 2024 - hal.science
In this article, we propose a silvicultural approach that takes soil health into account. Using a
biblical metaphor, the first chapter highlights the forest's critical role in the planet's future …

[HTML][HTML] Foreste nel futuro-No forest, no future

A Zanella - Forest@-Journal of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, 2024 - foresta.sisef.org
The paper examines the crucial role of forests in regulating climate and biodiversity,
proposing management and conservation approaches to address the climate crisis and …

[PDF][PDF] HOW DO RIVERS DIVIDE AMAZONIAN ANIMALS?

HFM Oliveira, MG Santos, RJ Bosque, LGA Goebel… - frontiersin.org
Rivers can be di cult barriers for animals to cross, especially animals that cannot swim or fly.
The Amazon region has many of the largest rivers in the world, which limits the movements …