Background A key challenge for conservation biology in the Neotropics is to understand how
deforestation affects biodiversity at various levels of landscape fragmentation. Addressing …

Climate change (CC) is expected to negatively impact global biodiversity and ecosystems,
resulting in profound ecological impacts and placing complex networks of biological …

The recovery of soil ecological processes during the restoration of tropical forests is greatly
influenced by arthropods that live in the litter and soil. However, these communities present …

Abstract Iguaçu National Park is the second largest (1852.62 km²) protected area in the
Atlantic Forest domain and harbors the largest area of semideciduous seasonal forest in …

This study reviewed the data on the Brazilian Ephemeroptera, based on the studies
published before July, 2013, estimated the number of species still to be described, and …

Habitat transformation and species loss bring enormous environmental damage, whereas
establishing protected areas promotes more sustainable use of environmental resources …

Abstract The Atlantic Forest holds the greatest diversity of fireflies on Earth. Although the
knowledge about lampyrids in the Atlantic Forest has increased in the last 10 years thanks to …

The present study aims to disclose the importance existing protected areas (PAs) and their
level of protection for the conservation of the threatened Brazilian butterflies. A total of 898 …

The aim of this study was to examine the species composition and the abundance of solitary
wasps that nest in preexisting cavities in the Ilha Anchieta State Park, Brazil. Sampling was …

The richness and abundance of the assemblage of species in a community are a way to
understand the patterns of diversity found around the world. This study describes the …