Ecosystem succession and biodiversity change associated with grassland fires are crucial
for the patterns and dynamics of ecosystem functioning and services. The reactions to fire by …

Slash-and-burn agriculture (SBA) is critical to maintaining rural peoples' livelihoods. Yet, it
causes environmental degradations that challenge its sustainability. Such degradations are …

Conservation programs need improved tools to measure the recovery of animal diversity
across restoration gradients. We used soundscapes and expert identifications of bird …

Species extinctions caused by the destruction and degradation of tropical primary forest may
be at least partially mitigated by the expansion of regenerating secondary forest. However …

Ecological restoration is a traditional option for recovering biodiversity and ecosystem
functions. Birds perform pollination, seed dispersal, and pest-control services, which …

Grassland ecosystems are evolutionarily linked to disturbances such as grazing and fire.
These disturbances define grassland plant communities and habitat heterogeneity, which …

Latin American cityscapes are growing fast, posing risks to many bird communities and
ecosystem services (eg seed dispersal and arthropod population control), but few studies …

The Neotropical region has been subjected to massive urbanization, which poses high risks
for some global biodiversity hotspots and losses of ecosystem functions and services. In this …

Monitoring wildlife responses is essential to assess restoration projects. Birds are widely
used as bioindicators of ecosystem restoration, but most studies use only taxonomic …

Urban expansion negatively influences biodiversity by eliminating habitats and
homogenizing the biotic component, to which many species are unable to respond …