The páramos biome of the northern Andes is a collection of high-mountain tropical
grassland wetland ecosystems that provides important ecosystem services including …

Archaea are widespread in marine sediments, but their occurrence and relationship with
natural salinity gradients in estuarine sediments is not well understood. This study …

Deforestation and fragmentation are major components of global change; both are
contributing to the rapid loss of tropical forest area with important implications for ecosystem …

Environmental stressors and changes in land use have led to rapid and dramatic species
losses. As such, we need effective monitoring programs that alert us not only to biodiversity …

Understanding variation in tree functional traits along topographic gradients and through
time provides insights into the processes that will shape community composition and …

High mountain lakes are extreme freshwater ecosystems and excellent sentinels of current
global change. They are likely among the most comparable ecosystems across the world …

Human influence and its impacts are perceptible in all ecosystems resulting in land
transformation, changes in global biogeochemistry, climate change, and loss of biological …

This review summarizes current understanding of drivers for change and of the impact of
accelerating global changes on mountains, encompassing effects of climate change and …

Seasonally dry forests in the neotropics are heavily threatened by a combination of human
disturbances and climate change; however, the severity of these threats is seldom …

Forest and agricultural activities are the main income source in tropical regions. Ecuadorian
farmers at the forest frontiers also depend on natural resources as part of their livelihood …