[HTML][HTML] How effective are conservation areas to preserve biodiversity in Mexico?

A Falcón-Brindis, JL León-Cortés… - Perspectives in ecology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Most conservation of biological diversity is achieved via networks of protected areas,
including national parks, wilderness areas, and nature reserves. Protected areas are chosen …

Elevational and seasonal patterns of butterflies and hawkmoths in plant-pollinator networks in tropical rainforests of Mount Cameroon

JEJ Mertens, L Brisson, Š Janeček, Y Klomberg… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Butterflies and moths are conspicuous flower visitors but their role in plant-pollinator
interactions has rarely been quantified, especially in tropical rainforests. Moreover, we have …

Seasonal variation in community composition and distributional ranges of birds along a subtropical elevation gradient in China

D Liang, X Pan, X Luo, C Wenda, Y Zhao… - Diversity and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Seasonal variation in community composition and species distributional ranges along
elevational gradients remain poorly known but are essential to inform conservation. In this …

Seasonality and landscape characteristics impact species community structure and temporal dynamics of East African butterflies

T Schmitt, W Ulrich, A Delic, M Teucher, JC Habel - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Species community structures respond strongly to habitat changes. These are either driven
by nature or human activities. The biota of East African drylands responds highly sensitively …

[HTML][HTML] Network resilience of plant-bee interactions in the Eastern Afromontane Biodiversity Hotspot

FF Dzekashu, AA Yusuf, K Takemoto, MK Peters… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Interaction network resilience can be defined as the ability of interacting organisms to
maintain their functions, processes or populations after experiencing a disturbance. Studies …

Spatiotemporal variation in the role of floral traits in sha** tropical plant‐pollinator interactions

Y Klomberg, R Tropek, JEJ Mertens, IN Kobe… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The pollination syndrome hypothesis predicts that plants pollinated by the same pollinator
group bear convergent combinations of specific floral functional traits. Nevertheless, some …

Seasonal and elevational changes of plant‐pollinator interaction networks in East African mountains

FF Dzekashu, CWW Pirk, AA Yusuf… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Across an elevation gradient, several biotic and abiotic factors influence community
assemblages of interacting species leading to a shift in species distribution, functioning, and …

Nutrient use by tropical ant communities varies among three extensive elevational gradients: A cross‐continental comparison

J Moses, MK Peters, Y Tiede, O Mottl… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Many studies demonstrate that climate limits invertebrates along tropical elevational
gradients, but we have only a rudimentary understanding of the role of nutrient limitation and …

Bird pollination syndrome is the plant's adaptation to ornithophily, but nectarivorous birds are not so selective

K Chmel, FL Ewome, GU Gómez, Y Klomberg… - Oikos, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Many tropical plants are pollinated by birds and several bird phylogenetical lineages have
specialised to a nectar diet. The long‐assumed, intimate ecological and evolutionary …

Suitable climate space and genetic diversity of the mountain-affiliated moth Cosmosoma maishei (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini: Euchromiina) in cloud forests of …

M Montañez-Reyna, JL León-Cortés… - Journal of Insect …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Cosmosoma maishei (Laguerre, Antenor 1: 153–172, 2014) is an Arctiini moth
restricted to high elevations in the mountain Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspots. A narrow …