Impacts of habitat degradation on tropical montane biodiversity and ecosystem services: a systematic map for identifying future research priorities

MCK Soh, NJ Mitchell, AR Ridley, CW Butler… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Tropical montane forests (TMFs) are major centers of evolutionary change and harbor many
endemic species with small geographic ranges. In this systematic map, we focus on the …

Will remote sensing shape the next generation of species distribution models?

KS He, BA Bradley, AF Cord, D Rocchini… - Remote Sensing in …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Two prominent limitations of species distribution models (SDM s) are spatial biases in
existing occurrence data and a lack of spatially explicit predictor variables to fully capture …

Estimating species richness and modelling habitat preferences of tropical forest mammals from camera trap data

F Rovero, E Martin, M Rosa, JA Ahumada, D Spitale - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Medium-to-large mammals within tropical forests represent a rich and functionally diversified
component of this biome; however, they continue to be threatened by hunting and habitat …

Habitat fragmentation is associated to gut microbiota diversity of an endangered primate: implications for conservation

C Barelli, D Albanese, C Donati, M Pindo, C Dallago… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The expansion of agriculture is shrinking pristine forest areas worldwide, jeopardizing the
persistence of their wild inhabitants. The Udzungwa red colobus monkey (Procolobus …

Specimen collection is essential for modern science

MW Nachman, EJ Beckman, RCK Bowie, C Cicero… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Natural history museums are vital repositories of specimens, samples and data that inform
about the natural world; this Formal Comment revisits a Perspective that advocated for the …

Assessing the activity pattern overlap among leopards (Panthera pardus), potential prey and competitors in a complex landscape in Tanzania

RW Havmøller, NS Jacobsen, N Scharff… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Studying activity patterns and temporal overlap among carnivores and their putative prey is
difficult because of their secretive and elusive nature. With large carnivores declining …

Land cover change and carbon emissions over 100 years in an A frican biodiversity hotspot

S Willcock, OL Phillips, PJ Platts… - Global Change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Agricultural expansion has resulted in both land use and land cover change (LULCC)
across the tropics. However, the spatial and temporal patterns of such change and their …

Tropical forest mammal occupancy and functional diversity increase with microhabitat surface area

D Gorczynski, F Rovero, A Mtui, S Shinyambala… - Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many animal–environment interactions are mediated by the physical forms of the
environment, especially in tropical forests, where habitats are structurally complex and …

Reserve size and anthropogenic disturbance affect the density of an African leopard (Panthera pardus) meta-population

RW Havmøller, S Tenan, N Scharff, F Rovero - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Determining correlates of density for large carnivores is important to understand their
ecological requirements and develop conservation strategies. Of several earlier density …

Evolutionary history of the thicket rats (genus Grammomys) mirrors the evolution of African forests since late Miocene

J Bryja, R Šumbera, JC Kerbis Peterhans… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Grammomys are mostly arboreal rodents occurring in forests, woodlands and thickets
throughout sub‐Saharan Africa. We investigated whether the divergence events within the …