Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and
sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a …

Habitat loss and fragmentation of forests are among the biggest threats to biodiversity and
associated ecosystem services in tropical landscapes. We use the vicinity of the Las Cruces …

The future of biodiversity and ecosystem services depends largely on the capacity of human‐
dominated ecosystems to support them, yet this capacity remains largely unknown. Using …

Agriculture is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity worldwide, but knowledge of how
agriculture modifies animal movement, which is crucial for survival, is limited. Here, we …

More than 90% of harlequin frog species (Atelopus spp.), endemic to the Americas, are
currently threatened with extinction. We report the discovery of the only currently known …

Sex differences in personality traits, such as boldness, are often driven by differences in life
history strategies. Specifically, in a polygynous mating system where males defend …

Lithobateswarszewitschii is a species of ranid frog distributed from southern Honduras to
Panama. This species suffered severe population declines at higher elevations (above 500 …

Habitat loss and fragmentation are the greatest threats to reptiles and amphibians
(herpetofauna) around the globe, but especially in the Neotropics where high diversity and …

Ptychoglossus bicolor is a small gymnophthalmid lizard distributed in the Magdalena Valley
of Colombia. We studied ecological features of diet, microhabitat use, and thermal …

Roughly 40% of amphibian species are in decline with habitat loss, disease, and climate
change being the most cited threats. Heterogeneity of extrinsic (eg climate) and intrinsic (eg …