Epigraph:“The house is burning. We do not need a thermometer. We need a fire hose.”(P.
102, Janzen and Hallwachs,). Insectivorous birds are declining widely, and for diverse …

Aim To evaluate frugivorous butterflies as indicators of forest disturbance in the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest. Location The study area is located in the municipality of Cotia, São Paulo …

In this paper, we tested four hypotheses relative to edge and shape effects on ant
communities:(i) forest edges have lower species richness than the remnant core;(ii) species …

Several mechanisms may lead to species loss in fragmented habitats, such as edge and
shape effects, loss of habitat and heterogeneity. Ants and crickets were sampled in 18 forest …

In this paper we tested the assumption that smaller and more isolated remnants receive
fewer ant colonizers and lose more species. We also tested hypotheses to explain such a …

Brazilian Atlantic forest ecosystem is a global biodiversity hotspot. We studied the effects of
area, connectivity and habitat quality of conservation areas on the diversity of beetles …

Aim A key question in ecology and ecological management is the extent to which
management guidelines developed in one location can be generalized to other areas …

1 Ants of the genus Dinoponera belong to a convergent group, in which there is no
morphologically specialized caste of reproducing females and reproduction is by fertilized …

O presente estudo investiga a fauna de califorídeos na Reserva Biológica do Tinguá
usando como meios os índices faunísticos. Realizaram-se coletas mensais com armadilhas …

The dynamics of re-colonisation of disturbed patches may aid in the understanding of spatial
variation of species richness. The present study experimentally tested the hypothesis that …