Background Land degradation and climate change pose serious threats to global
biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services. The key role of plant diversity in resisting …

The exceptional levels of biodiversity found today in the American tropics are the outcome of
tens of millions of years of evolution, shaped by the tumultuous geological history of the …

Abstract The Atlantic Forest in South America (AF) is one of the world's most diverse and
threatened biodiversity hotspots. We present a comprehensive spatiotemporal analysis of 34 …

Biodiversity is declining globally, yet many biodiversity hotspots still lack comprehensive
species conservation assessments. Using multiple International Union for Conservation of …

Abstract The “Height Variation Hypothesis” is an indirect approach used to estimate forest
biodiversity through remote sensing data, stating that greater tree height heterogeneity (HH) …

Understanding the mechanisms controlling forest carbon storage is crucial to support
“nature-based” solutions for climate change mitigation. We used a dataset of 892 Atlantic …

Forest restoration mitigates climate change by removing CO 2 and storing C in terrestrial
ecosystems. However, incomplete information on C storage in restored tropical forests often …

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 …

Climate change is one of the main drivers of species extinction in the twentyfirst-century.
Here, we (1) quantify potential changes in species' bioclimatic area of habitat (BAH) of 135 …

Fragmented tropical forest landscapes preserve much of the remaining biodiversity and
carbon stocks. Climate change is expected to intensify droughts and increase fire hazard …