Emerging evidence suggests that insect populations may be declining at local and global
scales, threatening the sustainability of the ecosystem services that insects provide. Insect …

Historically, during periods of extreme drought, food security in the drylands of the semiarid
region of Northeast Brazil (NEB) is under severe risk due to agricultural collapse. The …

Understanding how chronic anthropogenic disturbances are distributed in space leads to
more effective conservation and management practices. This study provides a large‐scale …

Nearly half of all terrestrial tropical ecosystems around the globe comprise dry forests,
characterised through elevated temperatures all year round, and short rainy seasons at …

Drastic changes in vegetation structure caused by exceeding ecological thresholds have
fueled the interest in tropical forest responses to climate and land-use changes. Here, we …

Marcelo Tabarelli, Inara R. Leal, Fábio R. Scarano e José MC da Silva séculos de relatos de
secas severas, miséria humana, banditismo rural, subserviência e arbitrariedade política (ie …

Bat caves are very special roosts that harbour thousands of bats of one or more species.
Such sites may hold an incredible “dark fungal diversity” which is still underestimated. We …

Finding a balance between ecosystem conservation and the production of goods and
services that societies need to prosper is fundamental to the long-term sustainable …

Abstract The Brazilian drylands (Caatinga biome) are facing accelerated soil desertification
due to human activities (eg, overgrazing). However, restoration practices (eg, grazing …

Human‐induced climate change has intensified negative impacts on socioeconomic factors,
the environment, and biodiversity, including changes in rainfall patterns and an increase in …