Fire is a natural agent with a paramount role in ecosystem functioning and biodiversity
maintenance. Still, it can also act as a negative force against many ecosystems. Despite …

Although savannas are fire-adapted ecosystems, prescribing fire for biodiversity
conservation remains controversial at least in some regions where savannas occur. Faced …

The area covered by Eucalyptus plantations is significantly increasing in Brazil for economic
reasons. However, the impact of such land use change is still unknown. In this study we …

Biological invasion is one of the main threats to native biodiversity. For a species to become
invasive, it must be voluntarily or involuntarily introduced by humans into a nonnative …

A Reserva Ecológica do Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE) é uma
importante unidade de conservação que, junto com a Estação Ecológica do Jardim …

Fire is a global disturbance that has a strong influence on biodiversity. Seasonal fires are
common in neotropical savannas of South America, yet few studies have analyzed how the …

Fragmentation and habitat loss are top threats to tropical forest biodiversity and the Atlantic
Forest is no exception. Over 80% of Atlantic Forest remnants in Brazil are< 50 ha and lack …

Gallery forests are widespread in most tropical savanna landscapes creating a mosaic of
grass‐dominated systems with tree components and forest patches. Interactions among …

Fire is a major disturbance event that affects biomes worldwide, altering vegetation structure
and flora and fauna assemblages. Here, we investigated the effects of an extensive wildfire …

South America spans about 44° latitude, covers almost 18 million km2, and is second only to
Africa in continental mammal species richness. In spite of this richness, research on the …