The role of land‐use history in driving successional pathways and its implications for the restoration of tropical forests

CC Jakovac, AB Junqueira, R Crouzeilles… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Secondary forests are increasingly important components of human‐modified landscapes in
the tropics. Successional pathways, however, can vary enormously across and within …

Anthropogenic ecosystem disturbance and the recovery debt

D Moreno-Mateos, EB Barbier, PC Jones… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Ecosystem recovery from anthropogenic disturbances, either without human intervention or
assisted by ecological restoration, is increasingly occurring worldwide. As ecosystems …

Evolution of the concept of ecological integrity and its study through networks

C González - Ecological Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
Evaluating the state of ecosystems is a major concern for humanity. For that purpose, the
concept of ecological integrity has been present in both public policy and academia for …

Information arms race explains plant-herbivore chemical communication in ecological communities

P Zu, K Boege, E Del-Val, MC Schuman, PC Stevenson… - Science, 2020 - science.org
Plants emit an extraordinary diversity of chemicals that provide information about their
identity and mediate their interactions with insects. However, most studies of this have …

DNA barcoding uncovers cryptic diversity in minute herbivorous mites (Acari, Eriophyoidea)

Y Yin, LF Yao, Y Hu, ZK Shao, XY Hong… - Molecular Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) are among the smallest of terrestrial
arthropods and the most species‐rich group of herbivorous mites with a high host specificity …

Insect herbivores and leaf damage along successional and vertical gradients in a tropical dry forest

FS Neves, JO Silva, MM Espírito‐Santo… - Biotropica, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The availability and quality of resources for herbivores in tropical dry forests (TDFs) vary in
time and space, affecting herbivore guilds differently across spatial scales (both horizontally …

Insect thermal limits in warm and perturbed habitats: Dragonflies and damselflies as study cases

EU Castillo-Pérez, CM Suárez-Tovar… - Journal of Thermal …, 2022 - Elsevier
Disturbance (eg loss of plant cover) increases ambient temperature which can be lethal for
ectotherm insects especially in hot places. We compared the thorax temperatures of 26 …

High resilience of seed dispersal webs highlighted by the experimental removal of the dominant disperser

S Timóteo, JA Ramos, IP Vaughan, J Memmott - Current Biology, 2016 - cell.com
The pressing need to conserve and restore habitats in the face of ongoing species loss [1, 2]
requires a better understanding of what happens to communities when species are lost or …

Evaluating the spatio-temporal factors that structure network parameters of plant-herbivore interactions

A López-Carretero, C Díaz-Castelazo, K Boege… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Despite the dynamic nature of ecological interactions, most studies on species networks
offer static representations of their structure, constraining our understanding of the …

Ecología de la restauración en México: estado actual y perspectivas

F López-Barrera, C Martínez-Garza… - Revista mexicana de …, 2017 - scielo.org.mx
La ecología de la restauración es una disciplina científica que a partir de la teoría ecológica
desarrolla principios para guiar la práctica de la restauración de los ecosistemas. El objetivo …