Aim Wildlife overexploitation, either for food consumption or for the pet trade, is one of the
main threats to bird species in tropical forests. Yet, the spatial distribution and intensity of …

Tropical forests are facing threats that may affect the dynamics of seed dispersers which
participate in the forest regeneration. To implement appropriate conservation programs, it …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has emerged as one of the most efficient
methods to assess aquatic species presence. While the method can in theory be used to …

Mining poses a major environmental threat to tropical forest ecosystems, given its role in
long-term forest degradation. Like Suriname, Guyana presents one of the less disturbed …

Harvest data are widely used to understand hunting in tropical forests. However, survey
methods are susceptible to biases which could affect results. We compare catch data from …

The long‐term coexistence of sympatric species is dependent on segregation in at least one
of three niche dimensions: space, time or feeding habits. Hunting by people can influence …

Sustainable wildlife management is necessary to guarantee the viability of source
populations; but it is rarely practiced in the tropics. The yellow anaconda (Eunectes notaeus) …

Hunting impacts tropical vertebrate populations, causing declines of species that function as
seed dispersers and predators, or that browse seedlings and saplings. Whether and how the …

Background Human encroachment and overexploitation of natural resources in the
Neotropics is constantly increasing. Indigenous communities all across the Amazon, are …

Introduction In the French overseas department of French Guiana, in South America,
nutrition therapy for the management of diabetes is based on French guidelines. However …