Wood trait preferences of Neotropical xylophagous beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) [0.03%]
雨林甲虫的蛀木习性及对木材性状的偏好(鞘翅目:长鼻甲总科)
Christina Ann Torres,Héctor Barrios,Sara Pinzon-Navarro et al.
Christina Ann Torres et al.
Tree life history strategies are correlated with functional plant traits, such as wood density, moisture content, bark thickness, and nitrogen content; these traits affect the nutrients available to xylophagous insects. Cerambycid beetles f...
Incomplete recovery of tree community composition and rare species after 120 years of tropical forest succession in Panama [0.03%]
巴拿马受干扰雨林经历120年恢复后树种组成和珍稀种类的恢复不完整
Alexander D Elsy,Marion Pfeifer,Isabel L Jones et al.
Alexander D Elsy et al.
Determining how fully tropical forests regenerating on abandoned land recover characteristics of old-growth forests is increasingly important for understanding their role in conserving rare species and maintaining ecosystem services. Despit...
Britte M Heijink,Quinten A Mattijs,Renato Valencia et al.
Britte M Heijink et al.
Amazonian forest plots are used to quantify biodiversity and carbon sequestration, and provide the foundation for much of what is known about tropical ecology. Many plots are assumed to be undisturbed, but recent work suggests that past fir...
Ruth DeFries,Meghna Agarwala,Sandra Baquie et al.
Ruth DeFries et al.
Despite multiple approaches over the last several decades to harmonize conservation and development goals in the tropics, forest-dependent households remain the poorest in the world. Durable housing and alternatives to fuelwood for cooking ...
The effect of warning signs on the presence of snare traps in a Ugandan rainforest [0.03%]
警告标志对乌干达雨林铁夹分布的影响
Pawel Fedurek,John W Akankwasa,Dariusz P Danel et al.
Pawel Fedurek et al.
Since chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) conservation often involves local human populations, conservation strategies must consider psychological factors that impact their behavior. In Budongo Forest, Uganda, for example, local communities common...
Temporal stability in species richness but reordering in species abundances within avian assemblages of a tropical Andes conservation hot spot [0.03%]
热带安第斯保护区鸟类物种数量的稳定性与丰度的重新排序
Boris A Tinoco,Steven C Latta,Pedro X Astudillo et al.
Boris A Tinoco et al.
As the pace of environmental change increases, there is an urgent need for quantitative data revealing the temporal dynamics of local communities in tropical areas. Here, we quantify the stability of avian assemblages in the highly threaten...
Scale-dependent strategies for coexistence of mesocarnivores in human-dominated landscapes [0.03%]
人类活动主导景观下中型食肉动物共存的尺度依赖策略研究
David Carricondo-Sanchez,Morten Odden,Abhijeet Kulkarni et al.
David Carricondo-Sanchez et al.
Identifying factors influencing the distribution of and interactions within carnivore communities is important for understanding how they are affected by human activities. Species differ in their ability to adapt to humans depending on thei...
Perceptions by early career tropical researchers on the impact of COVID-19 six months into the pandemic [0.03%]
早期职业热带研究人员对疫情开始六个月后COVID-19影响的看法
Jennifer Leigh Bradham,Maria Natalia Umaña
Jennifer Leigh Bradham
The impacts of COVID-19 on early career tropical researchers are diverse and complex, including lack of funding opportunities, limitations to conducting fieldwork in remote places, reduced collaborations and networking, and difficulties whe...
Fostering local involvement for biodiversity conservation in tropical regions: Lessons from Madagascar during the COVID-19 pandemic [0.03%]
热带地区生物多样性保护中促进当地参与:新冠疫情下来自马达加斯加的启示
Estelle Razanatsoa,Seheno Andriantsaralaza,Sheila M Holmes et al.
Estelle Razanatsoa et al.
Tropical ecosystems host a large proportion of global biodiversity and directly support the livelihoods of many of the world's poorest, and often marginalized, people through ecosystem goods and services and conservation employment. The cor...
Wildlife rehabilitation centers as a potential source of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 into native wildlife of Latin America [0.03%]
拉丁美洲野生动物康复中心可能是向本地动物传播SARS-CoV-2的潜在途径
Andrea Chaves,Diego Montecino-Latorre,Paloma Alcázar et al.
Andrea Chaves et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the entire world, causing a great number of mortality of humans and affecting the economy, while conservation efforts are finally recognized to prevent further pandemics. The wildlife rehabilitation center...