The breakdown of ecosystem functionality driven by deforestation in a global biodiversity hotspot

D Faria, JC Morante-Filho, J Baumgarten… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The pace of deforestation in tropical forests has achieved unprecedented rates, requiring
effective and achievable conservation mitigations that are also easily understood by society …

Balancing economic and ecological functions in smallholder and industrial oil palm plantations

A Wenzel, C Westphal, J Ballauff, D Berkelmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
The expansion of the oil palm industry in Indonesia has improved livelihoods in rural
communities, but comes at the cost of biodiversity and ecosystem degradation. Here, we …

Amount of bird suitable areas under climate change is modulated by morphological, ecological and geographical traits

FMM Mota, NM Heming, JC Morante-Filho… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Biodiversity is already experiencing the effects of climate change through range expansion,
retraction, or relocation, potentializing negative effects of other threats. Future projections …

Patch‐scale edge effects do not indicate landscape‐scale fragmentation effects

L Fahrig - Conservation Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Negative landscape‐scale fragmentation effects are often inferred from negative patch‐
scale edge effects. I tested this cross‐scale extrapolation using two evaluations. First, I …

Testing the habitat amount hypothesis and fragmentation effects for medium-and large-sized mammals in a biodiversity hotspot

E Rios, M Benchimol, P Dodonov… - Landscape …, 2021 - Springer
Context Habitat loss is widely recognized as the main driver of biodiversity loss around the
globe, yet the effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity have been extensively debated …

Climate change is expected to restructure forest frugivorous bird communities in a biodiversity hot‐point within the Atlantic Forest

FMM Mota, NM Heming… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Changes in climatic conditions are predicted to impact species distribution and hence
alter their diversity patterns. Modifications in the composition of biological communities are …

Using community science data to help identify threatened species occurrences outside of known ranges

HY Lin, AD Binley, R Schuster, AD Rodewald… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Predicting the occurrence of rare species is challenging, especially outside of their known
ranges. However, this information is critical for assessing conservation status, guiding …

[HTML][HTML] Can habitat quality index measured using the invest model explain variations in bird diversity in an urban area?

D Li, W Sun, F **a, Y Yang, Y **e - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biodiversity maintenance is a crucial ecosystem service. Due to time limits and data
availability, assessing biodiversity using indicators or models has become a hot topic in …

Avian species functional diversity and habitat use: The role of forest structural attributes and tree diversity in the Midlands Mistbelt Forests of KwaZulu‐Natal, South …

N Bitani, CP Cordier, DA Ehlers Smith… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Forest transformation has major impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Identifying the influence of forest habitat structure and composition on avian functional …

Effect of forest landscapes composition and configuration on bird community and its functional traits in a hotspot of biodiversity of Chile

F Lisón, C Matus-Olivares, E Troncoso… - Journal for Nature …, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the effect of landscape configuration on the bird species richness and their
functional traits (dietary preferences) is important to link the conservation and restoration …