Intensification in land-use and farming practices has had largely negative effects on bats,
leading to population declines and concomitant losses of ecosystem services. Current …

Agriculture is a dominant land use worldwide with approximately 40% of the land's surface
used for farming. In many countries, particularly parts of Europe, this figure is substantially …

Based on principles of the conservation and optimization of biodiversity and of equity and
sustainability, this book focuses on the ecology of the coffee agroecosystem as a model for a …

Ectoparasitism in bats seems to be influenced strongly by the type of roost preferred by the
hosts, and group size; however, the effect of habitat loss and fragmentation on the …

La ecología del paisaje es una ciencia interdisciplinaria en rápido crecimiento,
especialmente en México. A pesar de su relevancia teórica y aplicada, carecemos de …

The transmission of diseases through parasites is a key mechanism in the regulation of plant
and animal populations in ecosystems. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the relative …

Human land use causes habitat loss and fragmentation, influencing host-parasite
associations through changes in infestation rates, host mortality and possibly local …

Coffee farmers who wish to become more resilient to the impacts of climate change must
adopt environmentally sustainable practices that help in their adaptation to a changing …

We assessed the relationship between bat fly parasitism and habitat degradation. We used
mist nets to capture 522 individuals of Carollia perspicillata and 429 individuals from eight …

If nutritional elements of food and the consumer's ability to use them can determine an
animal diet, we can expect that differences in digestive capacity between animals reflect …