The effects of land use conversion on the maintenance of biodiversity remains a major issue
in conservation biology. With this as context, recent studies have successfully evaluated the …

By testing some of the most known ecogeographic rules, such as Rapoport'rule, and
Bergmann's rule, we expand our knowledge on the spatial patterns governing the …

Currently, natural forests face significant loss of vegetation cover linked to habitat loss due to
urban expansion. Therefore, we investigated the effects of changes in different land uses …

Drylands correspond to ca. 40% of the world's land surface. Because of their ecological
importance, these areas are regularly considered for agricultural purposes. Scorpion …

Body size is believed to be one of the most fundamental functional traits in animals and is
evolutionarily conserved in order to guarantee the survival of the species. Besides the …

A systematic understanding of the variation in species composition across time and space is
urgently needed to protect threatened Brazilian forests. This study has disentangled the …

Harvestmen are mostly composed of very endemic and narrow-ranged species, especially
those living in tropical forests. Hygrophily, cryptic behavior, and low dispersion capacity are …

Altitudinal enclaves of rainforest are fragile and highly disturbed ecosystems located in high-
altitude plateaus and mountains that are surrounded by Caatinga dry forest. Regardless of …

Scorpions are venomous synanthropic arachnids, in 2019 they were responsible for more
than 37000 cases of envenomation in the state of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. To update the …

Aguascalientes es uno de los estados más pequeños del país, sin embargo, posee una
gran diversidad biológica, en parte porque convergen tres provincias biogeográficas …