Costa Rica has one of the greatest percentages (26%) of protected land in the world. The
National Protected Areas System (NPAS) of Costa Rica was established in 1976 and …

Aim Functional diversity is a relatively recent approach to quantify species diversity and may
provide a better understanding of the linkages between biological diversity and ecosystem …

Functional diversity represents a measure of diversity that incorporates the role of species in
an ecosystem, and therefore its dynamics and resilience. Assessing its drivers and spatial …

With constant innovation to find more efficient ways to find, catch and process fish,
catchability in wild fisheries can increase. Catchability is a combination of resource …

Army ants are widely recognized as keystone species in neotropical rainforests due to their
role as important arthropod predators. Their large‐scale raids involve thousands of workers …

Environmental determinants and spatial mismatch of mammal diversity measures in
Colombia.—Including complementary diversity measures into ecological and conservation …

La provincia biogeográfica del Chocó-Magdalena, sector Chocó, es considerada una de las
áreas de mayor riqueza y singularidad biológica del planeta, sin embargo, hasta el …

Objetivo: Evaluar las necesidades de conservación y la importancia del Chocó en el
contexto de la conservación del jaguar a escalas nacional y mundial y proponer un plan de …

Many authors have noted the apparent “decoupling” of the taxonomic and ecological
severity of mass extinction events, with no widely accepted mechanistic explanation for this …

Aim Functional diversity is a relatively recent approach to quantify species diversity and may
provide a better understanding of the linkages between biological diversity and ecosystem …