As mature tropical forests are cleared, secondary forests may play an important role in the
conservation of animal species, depending on how fast animal communities recover during …

Tropical forests harbour the highest levels of terrestrial biodiversity and represent some of
the most complex ecosystems on Earth, with a significant portion of this diversity above …

Corridor Ecology presents guidelines that combine conservation science and practical
experience for maintaining, enhancing, and creating connectivity between natural areas with …

Migrating wildlife species across the globe face a dire predicament as their traditional
migratory routes are cut off by human encroachment. Forced into smaller and smaller …

In recent years researchers have discovered that bats play key roles in many ecosystems as
insect predators, seed dispersers, and pollinators. Bats also display astonishing ecological …

Land-use change is a key driver of the global biodiversity crisis and a particularly serious
threat to tropical biodiversity. Throughout the tropics, the staggering pace of deforestation …

In this study we used species accumulation models to solve one of the most serious
problems encountered when comparing species richness between different communities …

Em decorrência de sua visão adaptada apenas à luz do dia, os humanos primitivos
desenvolveram um temor e um respeito atávicos pelas trevas noturnas, extensivos aos …

We compare results of parallel ground and canopy netting of bats (Microchiroptera) in three
adjacent forest sites near Belém, Brazil, to document possible differences in vertical …

In order to document the responses of bats to destruction and fragmentation of their natural
habitat and the value of different types of man-made vegetation for bat conservation in the …