Beyond carbon: The contributions of South American tropical humid and subhumid forests to ecosystem services

LS Borma, MH Costa, HR da Rocha… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests are recognized for their role in providing diverse ecosystem services (ESs),
with carbon uptake the best recognized. The capacity of tropical forests to provide ESs is …

The importance of insects on land and in water: a tropical view

V Crespo-Pérez, E Kazakou, DW Roubik… - Current opinion in insect …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Tropical insect diversity is essential for healthy ecosystems.•UN Sustainable
Development Goals depend on insect functional integrity.•Global changes alter tropical …

Landscape structure shapes the diversity of plant reproductive traits in agricultural landscapes in the Brazilian Cerrado

F Martello, JS dos Santos, CM Silva-Neto… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2023 - Elsevier
The replacement of native vegetation by crops and pasturelands compromises the functional
diversity of plants and negatively influence ecosystem functions such as pollination and …

Landscape heterogeneity and forest cover shape cavity-nesting hymenopteran communities in a multi-scale perspective

PC Montagnana, RSC Alves, CA Garófalo… - Basic and Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing biodiversity loss due to human activities may compromise ecosystem functions
and services, with serious consequences for human well-being. Pollination and biological …

[HTML][HTML] The need for weeds: Man-made, non-cropped habitats complement crops and natural habitats in providing honey bees and bumble bees with pollen …

J Jachuła, B Denisow, M Wrzesień… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
In Europe, honey bees and bumble bees are among the most important pollinators, and
there is a growing interest in understanding the effects of floral resource availability on their …

The phylogeny and evolutionary ecology of hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) inferred from mitochondrial genomes

D Wong, H Norman, TJ Creedy, K Jordaens… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) are a diverse group of pollinators and a major
research focus in ecology, but their phylogenetic relationships remain incompletely known …

Landscape changes in the Cerrado: Challenges of land clearing, fragmentation and land tenure for biological conservation

J Pompeu, TO Assis, JP Ometto - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Land clearing, low levels of protection, and high biodiversity make the Brazilian Cerrado a
hotspot for biological conservation. However, one of the most active agricultural frontiers in …

Management intensity affects insect pests and natural pest control on Arabica coffee in its native range

T Shimales, E Mendesil, B Zewdie… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Agroforestry systems provide opportunities to reduce the trade‐off between agricultural
production and biodiversity, for example by enhancing a diverse community of species …

[HTML][HTML] Agro-ecological management of coffee pests in Brazil

M Venzon - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coffee plants host several herbivorous species, but only few are considered pests. Brazil is
the largest coffee producer of the world, and the two key coffee pests of the crop in the …

Ecological quality as a coffee quality enhancer. A review

V Torrez, C Benavides-Frias, J Jacobi… - Agronomy for …, 2023 - Springer
As both coffee quality and sustainability become increasingly important, there is growing
interest in understanding how ecological quality affects coffee quality. Here we analyze, for …