Campo rupestre is a megadiverse vegetation mosaic dominating one of the world's
geologically oldest tropical mountains. The campo rupestre hosts nearly 15% of Brazil's …

After almost two decades of stagnation, the taxonomy of the New World Scarabaeinae dung
beetles has since 1988 been going through a period of great effervescence. In the last 35 …

Biodiversity drives ecological functioning, ultimately providing ecosystem services.
Ecosystem processes are favored by greater functional diversity, particularly when groups of …

Mountains provide an interesting context in which to study the many facets of biodiversity in
response to macroclimate, since environmental conditions change rapidly due to elevation …

The transformation of forests into agricultural and livestock systems negatively affects the
ecological dynamics and the ecosystem services provided by different groups of insects …

Biological responses to a disturbance can vary among taxa, which challenges the use of
bioindicators for representing biodiversity responses more broadly. Linking ecological traits …

The indiscriminate use of Ivermectin is becoming a frequent scenario in Brazil, one of the
largest beef cattle herds in the world, and the second‐highest commercial production …

Edge effect is a key process influencing populations and communities, particularly in
fragmented landscapes. A general analytical framework has been proposed to quantify the …

Species diversity varies in space and time. Temporal changes in the structure and dynamics
of communities can occur at different scales. We investigated the temporal changes of dung …

The degradation and replacement of native ecosystems affects both their taxonomic and
functional biodiversity. However, native species may find a gradient of habitat suitability in …