Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon

JS Albert, AC Carnaval, SGA Flantua, LG Lohmann… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Amazonian environments are being degraded by modern industrial and agricultural
activities at a pace far above anything previously known, imperiling its vast biodiversity …

Nine actions to successfully restore tropical agroecosystems

MD Pashkevich, F d'Albertas, AAK Aryawan… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Well-designed approaches to ecological restoration can benefit nature and society. This is
particularly the case in tropical agroecosystems, where restoration can provide substantial …

Resource allocation theory reveals sulfur shortage for microbes under phosphorus amendment in tropical forests with divergent land use history

C Wang, Q Mao, T Mori, J Huang, H Mo, J Mo… - Soil Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sulfur (S) availability plays key roles in the growth and health of microbes and plants, but
little is known about how land use change and phosphorus (P) addition affect the soil S …

Phytodiversity is associated with habitat heterogeneity from Eurasia to the Hengduan Mountains

Y Chang, K Gelwick, SD Willett, X Shen… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The geographic distribution of plant diversity matches the gradient of habitat heterogeneity
from lowlands to mountain regions. However, little is known about how much this …

Soil fertility impact on recruitment and diversity of the soil microbiome in sub-humid tropical pastures in northeastern Brazil

D Paes da Costa, T das Graças Espíndola da Silva… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Soil fertility is key point to pastures systems and drives the microbial communities and their
functionality. Therefore, an understanding of the interaction between soil fertility and …

Land‐use intensification systematically alters the size structure of aquatic communities in the Neotropics

G Collyer, DM Perkins, DK Petsch… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Land‐use and land‐cover transitions can affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in a
myriad of ways, including how energy is transferred within food‐webs. Size spectra (ie …

[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity response to rapid successive land cover conversions in human-dominated landscapes

D Lindenmayer, BC Scheele, T Lavery… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Much of the world's formerly “intact” land cover has been modified by humans with major
impacts on biodiversity. Extensive areas of already modified land are now being subjected …

Trade-offs and synergies pattern evolution of ecosystem structure-resilience-activity-services (SRAS) in the Belt and Road Initiative region

G Wei, W Zhang, M Bi, P Sun, S Li, X Ouyang… - Resources …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study develops an analytical framework comprising “ecosystem pattern–trade-off and
synergy process–multidimensional response mechanism–future risk management” to …

Climate anomalies and neighbourhood crowding interact in shaping tree growth in old‐growth and selectively logged tropical forests

D Nemetschek, G Derroire, E Marcon… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climate extremes and biotic interactions at the neighbourhood scale affect tropical forest
dynamics with long‐term consequences for biodiversity, global carbon cycling and climate …

[HTML][HTML] Transformation of natural habitat disrupts biogeographical patterns of orchid diversity

E Parra-Sanchez, RP Freckleton, MG Hethcoat… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Physical gradients are major natural drivers of global biodiversity. A key question is
understanding how biogeographic patterns are impacted by transformation of natural …