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Rewilding defaunated Atlantic Forests with tortoises to restore lost seed dispersal functions
(2017-10-01)
The extinction of frugivores has been considered one of the main drivers of the disruption of important ecological processes, such as seed dispersal. Many defaunated forests are too small to restore function by reintroducing ...
Current and lost diversity of cultivated varieties, especially cassava, under swidden cultivation systems in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
(Elsevier Science BvAmsterdamHolanda, 2002)
Seed dispersal networks in tropical forest fragments: Area effects, remnant species, and interaction diversity
(2020-01-01)
Seed dispersal interactions involve key ecological processes in tropical forests that help to maintain ecosystem functioning. Yet this functionality may be threatened by increasing habitat loss, defaunation, and fragmentation. ...
Prospects for biodiversity conservation in the Atlantic Forest: Lessons from aging human-modified landscapes
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2010)
Recent global assessments have shown the limited coverage of protected areas across tropical biotas, fuelling a growing interest in the potential conservation services provided by anthropogenic landscapes. Here we examine ...
Ferns, frogs, lizards, birds and bats in forest fragments and shade cacao plantations in two contrasting landscapes in the Atlantic forest, Brazil
(Springer, 2007-07-01)
The traditional shade cacao plantations (cabrucas) of southern Bahia, Brazil, are biologically rich habitats, encompassing many forest-dwelling species. However, a critical question for the conservation management of this ...
Occurrence and conservation of the Vulnerable titi monkey Callicebus melanochir in fragmented landscapes of the Atlantic Forest hotspot
(2021-11-26)
Tropical forest hotspots have a high diversity of species but have lost > 70% of their original vegetation cover and are characterized by a multitude of small and isolated fragments. Paradoxically, conservation actions in ...
Real evapotranspiration and transpiration through a tropical rain forest in central Amazonia as estimated by the water balance method
(1995-01-01)
The research was carried out from January 1981 to December 1983, in a small watershed of 1.3 km2 surface area located at INPA's Ducke Forest Reserve. This watershed is drained by the Barro-Branco stream, and its vegetation ...
Landscape structure shapes activity levels and composition of aerial insectivorous bats at different spatial scales
(2021-01-01)
Tropical forests are being lost and modified at an unprecedented rate, with extant biodiversity increasingly restricted to human-modified landscapes. Resulting changes in landscape structure are shaping diversity patterns, ...
NATURAL VEGETATION DYNAMICS AROUND THE IRATI NATIONAL FOREST, BRAZIL, IN RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES AND AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION FROM 1992 TO 2017
(Forest Research Inst Malaysia, 2019-01-01)
The aim of this research was to relate natural vegetation dynamics to environmental policies and agricultural pressure surrounding the Irati National Forest (INF), in the state of Parana, Brazil. We mapped landuses and ...