The nature of science: The fundamental role of natural history in ecology, evolution, conservation, and education

K Nanglu, D de Carle, TM Cullen… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is a contemporary trend in many major research institutions to de‐emphasize the
importance of natural history education in favor of theoretical, laboratory, or simulation …

Assessing the potential of environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring Neotropical mammals: a case study in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, Brazil

NG Sales, MC Kaizer, I Coscia, JC Perkins… - Mammal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The application of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding as a biomonitoring tool has
greatly increased, but studies have focused on temperate aquatic macro‐organisms. We …

Extent, intensity and drivers of mammal defaunation: a continental-scale analysis across the Neotropics

JA Bogoni, CA Peres, KM Ferraz - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Neotropical mammal diversity is currently threatened by several chronic human-induced
pressures. We compiled 1,029 contemporary mammal assemblages surveyed across the …

The Atlantic Forest: an introduction to the megadiverse forest of South America

MCM Marques, W Trindade, A Bohn… - The Atlantic Forest: History …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Atlantic Forest, the second largest forest in South America and one of the most
biodiverse biomes in the world, is also one of the most threatened and important for …

The Atlantic Forest

MCM Marques, CEV Grelle - … Biodiversity, Threats and Opportunities of the …, 2021 - Springer
The object of curiosity and admiration of scientists and conservationists, the Brazilian
Atlantic Forest is scientifically explored in this book. Over the 23 chapters written by 149 …

Climate determines transmission hotspots of Polycystic Echinococcosis, a life-threatening zoonotic disease, across Pan-Amazonia

A San-José, P Mayor, B Carvalho… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Polycystic Echinococcosis (PE), a neglected life-threatening zoonotic disease caused by the
cestode Echinococcus vogeli, is endemic in the Amazon. Despite being treatable, PE …

How data curation and new geographical records can change the conservation status of threatened brazilian butterflies

AHB Rosa, DB Ribeiro, AVL Freitas - Journal of Insect Conservation, 2023 - Springer
Primary data, such as geographical records of species, are base-line for conservation status
assessments. For many years, data on Brazil's threatened butterflies (58 taxa (based on …

Causes and consequences of large-scale defaunation in the Atlantic forest

M Galetti, F Gonçalves, N Villar, VB Zipparro… - The atlantic forest …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Atlantic Forest of South America hosts one of the world's most diverse and
threatened tropical forest biota. After five centuries of European human expansion, most …

Climate change should drive mammal defaunation in tropical dry forests

MR Moura, GA Oliveira, AP Paglia… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐induced climate change has intensified negative impacts on socioeconomic factors,
the environment, and biodiversity, including changes in rainfall patterns and an increase in …

Large mammalian herbivores modulate plant growth form diversity in a tropical rainforest

Y Souza, N Villar, V Zipparro, S Nazareth… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The world's terrestrial biomes are broadly classified according to the dominant plant growth
forms that define ecosystem structure and processes. Although the abundance and …