Agriculture and development transform forest ecosystems to human‐modified landscapes.
Decades of research in ecology have generated myriad concepts for the appropriate …

Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as
follows: Antarctica: Cadophora antarctica from soil. Australia: Alfaria dandenongensis on …

Aim We investigate the spatiotemporal context of the diversification of Allobates, a
widespread genus of Amazonian frogs with high species diversity particularly in western …

Biogeographical history and current ecological interactions have usually been addressed
separately to explain the spatial distribution of patterns of biodiversity. In this study, we …

Habitat loss is the greatest threat to the persistence of forest‐dependent amphibians, but it is
not the only factor influencing species occurrences. The composition of the surrounding …

Ecosystems across the globe, be it terrestrial, marine or transitional in nature are under
pressure due to multiple drivers of changes including anthropogenic. Restoring the vitality of …

The genus Scinax is one of the most specious genera of treefrogs of the family Hylidae.
Despite the high number of potential new species of Scinax revealed in recent studies, the …

Biological assemblages are often predictable from knowledge of natural environmental
heterogeneity and change in response to anthropogenic disturbances, such as …

The effort to uncover herpetofauna within the zone of influence of the Sierra del Divisor
National Park has been focused on the northern reaches. The Abujao basin represents the …

Riparian areas around streams are those areas in which biological communites are directly
influenced by the stream. The size of protected riparian areas and their conservation has …