Although insects are crucial for maintaining ecosystem function, our understanding of their
overall response to human activity remains limited. This is no less true of dung-burying …

Wildlife trade is a key driver of extinction risk, affecting at least 24% of terrestrial vertebrates.
The persistent removal of species can have profound impacts on species extinction risk and …

Introduction The standardization of sampling protocols is imperative for robustly studying
any taxonomic group. Replicable methods allow the comparison of data between different …

Sustainable use of tropical forest systems requires continuous monitoring of biological
diversity and ecosystem functions. This can be efficiently done with 'early warning '(short …

In this study we used species accumulation models to solve one of the most serious
problems encountered when comparing species richness between different communities …

In spite of their relatively small size as a group of insects, dung beetles have attracted an
inordinate amount of scientific interest over the years, starting with the work of the French …

ABSTRACT The Atlantic Forest region (wide sense) includes very complex tropical
environments, increasingly threatened by extensive anthropogenic conversion (> 90%) …

Tropical landscapes are dominated by land‐use systems, but their contribution to the
conservation of biodiversity is largely unknown. Since changes in biodiversity in response to …

Tropical forest restoration is becoming increasingly more applied to offset biodiversity loss
and maintain ecosystem processes, but knowledge about its efficacy is still limited. We …

Summary 1 We reviewed the use of dung beetles as indicators of environmental change,
highlighting the influence of natural forest dynamics on species distributions in primary forest …