[HTML][HTML] Understanding Brazil's catastrophic fires: Causes, consequences and policy needed to prevent future tragedies

VR Pivello, I Vieira, AV Christianini, DB Ribeiro… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Brazil has experienced unprecedented wildfires in the last decade. Images of immense
burnt areas or dead animals that failed to escape the 2020 wildfires have shocked the world …

Spatial match–mismatch between predators and prey under climate change

G Carroll, B Abrahms, S Brodie… - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2024 - nature.com
Climate change is driving a rapid redistribution of life on Earth. Variability in the rates,
magnitudes and directions of species' shifts can alter spatial overlap between predators and …

Increased climate pressure on the agricultural frontier in the Eastern Amazonia–Cerrado transition zone

JA Marengo, JC Jimenez, JC Espinoza, AP Cunha… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Several large-scale drivers of both anthropogenic and natural environmental changes are
interacting nonlinearly in the transition zone between eastern Amazonia and the adjacent …

Human disturbance is the major driver of vegetation changes in the Caatinga dry forest region

HFP Araujo, NF Canassa, CCC Machado… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Drastic changes in vegetation structure caused by exceeding ecological thresholds have
fueled the interest in tropical forest responses to climate and land-use changes. Here, we …

The effect of past defaunation on ranges, niches, and future biodiversity forecasts

LP Sales, M Galetti, A Carnaval… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Humans have reshaped the distribution of biodiversity across the globe, extirpating species
from regions otherwise suitable and restricting populations to a subset of their original …

Fire‐related threats and transformational change in Australian ecosystems

DA Keith, SP Allen, RV Gallagher… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Megafire events generate immediate concern for wildlife and human well‐being, but
their broader ecological impacts likely extend beyond individual species and single fire …

[HTML][HTML] The rising impact of urbanization-caused CO2 emissions on terrestrial vegetation

S Yang, J Yang, S Shi, S Song, Y Luo, L Du - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Vegetation photosynthesis is largely determined by CO 2 concentrations, which have
significantly accumulated by urbanization. Thus, quantifying urbanization-caused CO 2 …

Identifying the most probable mammal reservoir hosts for monkeypox virus based on ecological niche comparisons

M Curaudeau, C Besombes, E Nakouné, A Fontanet… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Previous human cases or epidemics have suggested that Monkeypox virus (MPXV) can be
transmitted through contact with animals of African rainforests. Although MPXV has been …

Degradation of South American biomes: What to expect for the future?

RC Delgado, RO de Santana, YA Gelsleichter… - Environmental Impact …, 2022 - Elsevier
South America, a complex geographical area formed by physical, biological, and climatic
diversity and distributed over several biomes, is home to the greatest biodiversity on the …

Deforestation and fragmentation trends of seasonal dry tropical forest in Ecuador: Impact on conservation

CA Rivas, J Guerrero-Casado, RM Navarro-Cerillo - Forest Ecosystems, 2021 - Springer
Background Fragmentation and deforestation are one of the greatest threats to forests, and
these processes are of even more concern in the tropics, where the seasonal dry forest is …