The degradation of the Campos Sulinos, which are part of the Pampa and Atlantic Forest
biomes in Brazil, has been extensively discussed in the scientific community and society as …

Birds are important bioindicators of environmental change and perform essential processes
for ecosystem functioning. Afforestation of grasslands may lead to the reduction or loss of …

Context The increase of areas destined for tree plantations worldwide, combined with a
reduction in native habitats, has generated a growing debate about the capacity of these …

Land abandonment, urbanisation and agricultural intensification are the most important
drivers of ecosystem change. Their spatiotemporal evolution is complex and depends on …

Urban expansion is a pervasive driver of biodiversity loss. To understand the effects of
urbanization on diversity, we investigated the response of bird taxonomic, phylogenetic, and …

Establishing commercial tree plantations in native grassland ecosystems introduces a
different structural and functional vegetation cover type, with expected implications for …

Afforestation affects Mediterranean farmland biodiversity due to loss and fragmentation of
grassland habitats. While the influence of landscape context and plantation edges on …

Large scale afforestation (ie, establishment of forests on farmland, grassland and other land
not previously forested) is increasingly regarded as a cost-effective option to mitigate climate …

Eucalypt plantations alter the physical and chemical conditions of the environment, and the
value of such plantations for biodiversity conservation is controversial. Research on their …

Abstract In Brazil Eucalyptus has been a very cultivated genus because it has desirable
commercial characteristics, considering that cellulose, wood and essential oils are used in …