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 …

Frugivory is a feeding habit that evolved on two independent occasions in the order C
hiroptera. In the N eotropical phyllostomid bats C arollia, S turnira and A rtibeus, this feeding …

Human-modified landscapes are composed of different types of land covers in differing
proportions (landscape composition), and each with differing spatial physiognomy …

Blood-feeding is one of the most specialized foraging habits, as it demands extreme
morphological, physiological, and behavioral adaptations. Three species of vampire bats …

The Darién province in eastern Panama is one of the most unexplored and biodiverse
regions in the world. The Chucantí Nature Reserve, in Serranía de Majé, consists of a …

Context Analyze the multiple dimensions of biodiversity under a local and landscape lens in
natural habitats, such as Amazonian savannas, is fundamental for the conservation of …

The loss and degradation of forests in tropical regions have modified tree cover, creating
deforested landscapes. It has been suggested that there are thresholds in these landscapes …

The little yellow-shouldered Mesoamerican bat, Sturnira parvidens Goldman, 1917, is a
medium-sized yellow-shouldered bat with no tail, a vestigial uropatagium, and reddish or …

We evaluated the influence of six human activities (related variables) on the richness and
abundance of large and medium-sized mammals in the southern portion of the Lacandon …

Species can co‐exist within a community when their use of limiting resources is
differentiated. To test whether differentiation facilitates coexistence, we quantified …