Emerging evidence suggests that insect populations may be declining at local and global
scales, threatening the sustainability of the ecosystem services that insects provide. Insect …

The Caatinga region, one of the world's most biodiverse tropical drylands, has been recently
portrayed as an aggregate of closed biotas that do not interact despite being contiguous …

Context Biodiversity is modulated by the spatial structure of the landscape. Thus, landscape
metrics can be useful indicators of biota integrity and vulnerability, hel** in conservation …

Recent paleoclimatic studies suggest that changes in the tropical rainbelt across the Atlantic
Ocean during the past two millennia are linked to a latitudinal shift of the Intertropical …

Our aims were to quantify and map the plant sub regions of the the Caatinga, that covers
844,453 km2 and is the largest block of seasonally dry forest in South America. We …

Study region This study was developed in two paired catchments under a tropical dry
climate with a tropical dry forest landcover subject to vegetation management in the …

Aboveground biomass is an important predictor of net primary productivity and provision of
ecosystem services such as carbon storage and food supply. However, biomass can be a …

Pollination is a key ecosystem service of critical importance for food production. However,
globally, several regions are already experiencing pollinator shortage as pollinators are …

Tropical forest regeneration has gained renewed interest in recent years as secondary
forests have being considered biodiversity repositories and a key source for globally …

Protected areas are an important strategy to safeguard biodiversity. However, if social
development is not considered, biological conservation targets may not be achieved. In this …