Amphibian conservation, land-use changes and protected areas: A global overview

J Nori, P Lemes, N Urbina-Cardona, D Baldo… - Biological …, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Amphibians are undergoing a global conservation crisis, and they are one of the most
underrepresented groups of vertebrates in the global network of protected areas (PAs). In …

Central and south america

EJ Castellanos, MF Lemos, L Astigarraga, N Chacón… - 2022‏ - ri.conicet.gov.ar
Central and South America (CSA) is a highly diverse region, both culturally and biologically.
It has one of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet (Hoorn et al., 2010; Zador et al …

Brazilian Atlantic forest: impact, vulnerability, and adaptation to climate change

FR Scarano, P Ceotto - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2015‏ - Springer
Biodiversity hotspots are among some of the habitats most threatened by climate change,
and the Brazilian Atlantic forest is no exception. Only 11.6% of the natural vegetation cover …

South America climate change revealed through climate indices projected by GCMs and Eta-RCM ensembles

MS Reboita, CAC Kuki, VH Marrafon, CA de Souza… - Climate Dynamics, 2022‏ - Springer
Studies that evaluate climate change projections over the whole of South America (SA) and
including different seasons and models are scarce. In this context, the objective of this work …

The Atlantic Forest: an introduction to the megadiverse forest of South America

MCM Marques, W Trindade, A Bohn… - The Atlantic Forest: History …, 2021‏ - Springer
Abstract The Atlantic Forest, the second largest forest in South America and one of the most
biodiverse biomes in the world, is also one of the most threatened and important for …

Phylogenetic approaches reveal biodiversity threats under climate change

CE Gonzalez-Orozco, LJ Pollock, AH Thornhill… - Nature Climate …, 2016‏ - nature.com
Predicting the consequences of climate change for biodiversity is critical to conservation
efforts,,. Extensive range losses have been predicted for thousands of individual species, but …

Dissecting phylogenetic fuzzy weighting: theory and application in metacommunity phylogenetics

LDS Duarte, VJ Debastiani… - Methods in Ecology …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Metacommunity phylogenetics aims at evaluating environmental and/or historical factors
driving clade distribution. Phylogenetic fuzzy weighting (PFW) describes clade distribution …

Climate-driven range shifts of the king penguin in a fragmented ecosystem

R Cristofari, X Liu, F Bonadonna, Y Cherel… - Nature Climate …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Range shift is the primary short-term species response to rapid climate change, but it is often
hampered by natural or anthropogenic habitat fragmentation. Different critical areas of a …

Planning for conservation and restoration under climate and land use change in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

VP Zwiener, AA Padial, MCM Marques… - Diversity and …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim To propose and compare priority sites for conservation and restoration of woody plants
under diverse climate and land use scenarios, considering socio‐economic costs, presence …

Climate change threatens protected areas of the Atlantic Forest

P Lemes, AS Melo, RD Loyola - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2014‏ - Springer
Abstract Only 7% of the Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot is currently protected, though it
holds 18% of all amphibian species in South America. How effective would the Atlantic …