Brazil has experienced unprecedented wildfires in the last decade. Images of immense
burnt areas or dead animals that failed to escape the 2020 wildfires have shocked the world …

Compensatory growth has been observed in forests, and it also appears as a common
phenomenon in biology. Though it sometimes takes different names, the essential meanings …

Habitat loss is the main driver of the current high rate of species extinction, particularly in
tropical forests. Understanding the factors associated with biodiversity loss, such as the …

Questions What are the main features of the seed rain in a fragmented Atlantic forest
landscape? Can seed rain species attributes (life form, dispersal mode, successional status) …

Seed arrival is a limiting factor for the regeneration of diverse tropical forests and may be an
important mechanism that drives patterns of tree species' distribution. Here we quantify …

Frugivores select their food in a hierarchical way, from plants to individual fruits, to meet their
nutritional requirements. According to the optimal diet theory, finding, handling, and …

Forested tropical peatlands in Southeast Asia are important as global carbon stores and for
biodiversity conservation yet are being rapidly converted to agriculture or degraded into fire …

Cloud forest ecosystems of the Latin American tropics are highly threatened by changes in
land-use such as expanding croplands and livestock pastures that promote shifts in the …

Abstract Changes in native habitats that result from human actions compromise the
composition and original configuration of landscapes, with negative effects on biodiversity …

Although Miconia mirabilis is a very common species in disturbed forest areas and is known
for providing food resources for the local fauna, little is known about its reproductive …