In biogeography, vicariance and long‐distance dispersal are often characterised as
competing scenarios. However, they are related concepts, both relying on collective …

A major goal in ecology is to understand mechanisms that influence patterns of biodiversity
and community assembly at various spatial and temporal scales. Understanding how …

Abstract The Amazon Basin is an unquestionable biodiversity hotspot, containing the
highest freshwater biodiversity on earth and facing off a recent increase in anthropogenic …

Conserving freshwater habitats and their biodiversity in the Amazon Basin is a growing
challenge in the face of rapid anthropogenic changes. We used the most comprehensive …

Ecological niche models (ENMs) aim to recreate the relationships between species and the
environments where they occur and allow us to identify unexplored areas in geography …

A new genus of Hypopopomatinae armored catfish is described from the northern portions of
South America, namely the Amazon, Orinoco and Guianan coastal drainages. The new …

Global change drivers including eutrophication, hydrological disturbance, climate change,
chemical pollution, overexploitation, invasive species, and land-use change are affecting the …

Inventorying biodiversity is fundamental to overcoming knowledge shortfalls in species
discovery and description (Linnean shortfall), their distributions (Wallacean shortfall) and …

Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal with known deleterious effects on animal reproduction,
decreasing the rate of fertilization of organisms such as fish. Prochilodus magdalenae is a …

A checklist of recent and fossil fishes of the Order Characiformes is presented herein and
believed to be complete through 2022. A total of 47 collaborators checked and provided …