The Atlantic Forest of South America: spatiotemporal dynamics of the vegetation and implications for conservation

MH Vancine, RL Muylaert, BB Niebuhr… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Atlantic Forest in South America (AF) is one of the world's most diverse and
threatened biodiversity hotspots. We present a comprehensive spatiotemporal analysis of 34 …

Evaluating the potential of biodiversity offsets to achieve net gain

BA Souza, JCS Rosa, PBR Campos… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Evaluating the outcomes and tracking the trajectory of biodiversity offsets is essential to
demonstrating their effectiveness as a mechanism to conciliate development and …

[HTML][HTML] Key connectivity areas in the Llanganates-Sangay Ecological Corridor in Ecuador: A participative multicriteria analysis based on a landscape species

G Ríos-Alvear, P Meneses, HM Ortega-Andrade… - Landscape and Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Habitat loss and fragmentation are critical threats to biodiversity decline as they decrease
the species occurrence and dispersal probability between natural habitats. Thus, promoting …

Dispersal movement through fragmented landscapes: the role of step** stones and perceptual range

ÉG Rocha, E Brigatti, BB Niebuhr, MC Ribeiro… - Landscape …, 2021 - Springer
Context Dispersal is a crucial process for species persistence under natural and disturbed
landscapes. The effectiveness of step** stones as a connectivity strategy for increasing …

Defining priority areas for conservation based on multispecies functional connectivity

WL Lamounier, JS dos Santos, EL Rodrigues… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Habitat fragmentation poses a significant challenge to biodiversity conservation. Well-
designed ecological corridors can effectively enhance connectivity between habitat areas …

How 30 years of land-use changes have affected habitat suitability and connectivity for Atlantic Forest species

MF Diniz, MTP Coelho, AM Sánchez-Cuervo… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Land-use changes have severely degraded natural landscapes around the world,
constituting the primary driver of biodiversity loss. In recent decades, agriculture expansion …

Balancing multi-species connectivity and socio-economic factors to connect protected areas in the Paraguayan Atlantic Forest

MF Diniz, F Dallmeier, T Gregory, V Martinez… - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Atlantic Forest in Paraguay has been severely affected by large-scale habitat
loss and fragmentation, processes that have increasingly isolated its protected areas. Here …

Methodological proposal for an ecological corridor and financial cost estimate: a way to help conserve biodiversity

RA de Oliveira, LM Nery, E de Lima Andrade… - Journal for nature …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the increasing human pressure on ecosystems, it is necessary to use tools to reduce
the effects of fragmentation, increasing the gene flow of species, and the resilience of forest …

Identifying structural connectivity priorities in eastern Paraguay's fragmented Atlantic Forest

NU de la Sancha, SA Boyle, NE McIntyre - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract The Atlantic Forest of eastern Paraguay has experienced extensive recent
deforestation. Less than one-third of the region is forested, and the remaining forest largely …