Agricultural land use is a primary driver of environmental impacts on streams. However, the
causal processes that shape these impacts operate through multiple pathways and at …

To determine the effect of rivers, environmental conditions, and isolation by distance on the
distribution of species in Amazonia. Location: Brazilian Amazonia. Time period: Current …

The use of spatial variables is a common procedure in ecological studies. The technique is
based on the definition of a connectivity/distance matrix that conceptually defines the …

The Amazon rainforest has experienced rapid land‐use changes over the last few decades,
including extensive deforestation that can affect riparian habitats and streams. The aim of …

Many recent studies have quantified the relative importance of environmental variables and
dispersal limitations in sha** the structure of stream communities. However, the relative …

The need for biodiversity conservation is increasing at a rate much faster than the
acquisition of knowledge of biodiversity, such as descriptions of new species and map** …

Selective logging is one of the most prominent land uses in tropical forests and although it
involves harvesting a limited number of trees, the impact on forest structure, composition and …

This study presents an extensive review of published and unpublished occurrence records
of fish species in the Rio Negro drainage system within the Brazilian territory. The data was …

Pulsing hydrology is a major factor affecting fish communities in tropical river‐floodplain
ecosystems. Species responses to flow alteration are however poorly understood and are …

Although time can be subdivided to promote species coexistence, quantitative examination
of assemblage‐wide temporal niche overlap has seldom been explored with appropriate …