Advertisement calls are often used as essential basic information in studies of animal
behaviour, ecology, evolution, conservation, taxonomy or biodiversity inventories. Yet the …

Aim: Reveal the direction for future studies about eutrophication, or even reveal the
preoccupation among the scientific community about this environmental problem. With a …

Abstract Overcoming the Linnaean and Wallacean shortfalls is an urgent task for biologists.
It has been estimated that only a small fraction of the biodiversity on Earth is known, while …

Despite wide knowledge of environment–community relationships in inland waters, the
relative effects of niche conditions (environment) and dispersal (space) on microorganism …

Fire management is an important issue in the Brazilian Cerrado, since both anthropogenic
high intensity fires and complete fire suppression can reduce the biodiversity in this biome …

Recently, ecological niche models have been employed to investigate the potential
geographical distribution of species. However, it is necessary to analyze the vast number of …

Macroecology studies large-scale patterns aiming to identify the effects of general ecological
processes. Although lakes (and ponds) are particularly suited for macroecological research …

The first systematic studies on insect galls in Brazil date to the early 20th century, after which
research on insect galls remained dormant in the country, with interest not reviving until the …

Studies about fish assemblages in Brazilian streams have grown in recent years, however, it
remains unclear whether this increase is followed by increments in the diversity of …

In aquatic ecosystems, phytoplankton is an important component of biodiversity. Although
much is already known about the main climate change agents impacting phytoplankton, it is …