Over the past century, humans have cleared the Earth's forests at an alarming rate and
intensity. The majority of global forest cover is categorized as secondary forest, and it is …

Abstract The Tropical Andes (TA) contain some of the most important and threatened areas
for biodiversity conservation on earth. Despite the proportion of protected areas (PAs) that …

As the area covered by human‐modified environments grows, it is increasingly important to
understand the responses of communities to the novel habitats created, especially for …

Global herpetofauna faces threats by habitat loss and degradation, with amphibian and
reptile species maintenance in human-modified landscapes not only depending on forest …

A key part of tropical forest spatial complexity is the vertical stratification of biodiversity, with
widely differing communities found in higher rainforest strata compared to terrestrial levels …

The impact of roads on the flora and fauna of Neotropical rainforest is perhaps the single
biggest driver of habitat modification and population declines in these ecosystems. We …

The structure and underlying functions of the majority of the world's tropical forests have
been disrupted by human impacts, but the potential biodiversity and conservation value of …

Understanding how well tropical forest biodiversity can recover following habitat change is
often difficult due to conflicting assessments arising from different studies. One often …

The efficacy of protected areas is tied to the management of surrounding areas. Still, the
importance of buffer zones for biodiversity conservation is overlooked. Manu Biosphere …

The need to complement primary forest protection with the conservation of regenerating
tropical forest is becoming increasingly well-understood. However, the persistence of …