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View article: A general pattern of trade-offs between ecosystem resistance and resilience to tropical cyclones
A general pattern of trade-offs between ecosystem resistance and resilience to tropical cyclones Open
Tropical cyclones drive coastal ecosystem dynamics, and their frequency, intensity, and spatial distribution are predicted to shift with climate change. Patterns of resistance and resilience were synthesized for 4138 ecosystem time series …
View article: Collared Peccary Wallows are Hubs of Animal Activity and Diversity in a Central American Wet Forest
Collared Peccary Wallows are Hubs of Animal Activity and Diversity in a Central American Wet Forest Open
Despite research linking peccary wallows to increased amphibian biodiversity in wet tropical forests in Amazonia, wallow use by the broader vertebrate community has been overlooked. We investigated collared peccary ( Pecari ( Dicotyles ) t…
View article: The Biodiversity Credit Market needs rigorous baseline, monitoring, and validation practices
The Biodiversity Credit Market needs rigorous baseline, monitoring, and validation practices Open
The nascent Biodiversity Credit Market (BCM) aims to boost biodiversity funding but mirrors the flawed carbon credit market. To ensure success, BCM should (1) use dynamic baselines with control sites, (2) monitor the populations dynamics o…
View article: A comparison of convolutional neural networks and few-shot learning in classifying long-tailed distributed tropical bird songs
A comparison of convolutional neural networks and few-shot learning in classifying long-tailed distributed tropical bird songs Open
Biodiversity monitoring depends on reliable species identification, but it can often be difficult due to detectability or survey constraints, especially for rare and endangered species. Advances in bioacoustic monitoring and AI-assisted cl…
View article: Correction: Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed
Correction: Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed Open
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View article: Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests
Strong floristic distinctiveness across Neotropical successional forests Open
Forests that regrow naturally on abandoned fields are important for restoring biodiversity and ecosystem services, but can they also preserve the distinct regional tree floras? Using the floristic composition of 1215 early successional for…
View article: Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed
Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed Open
Understanding tropical biology is important for solving complex problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and zoonotic pandemics, but biology curricula view research mostly via a temperate-zone lens. Integrating tropical research…
View article: A general pattern of trade-offs between ecosystem resistance and resilience to tropical cyclones
A general pattern of trade-offs between ecosystem resistance and resilience to tropical cyclones Open
Tropical cyclones drive coastal ecosystem dynamics, and their frequency, intensity, and spatial distribution are predicted to shift with climate change. Patterns of resistance and resilience were synthesized for 4138 ecosystem time series …
View article: Mapping and characterizing social-ecological land systems of South America
Mapping and characterizing social-ecological land systems of South America Open
Humans place strong pressure on land and have modified around 75% of Earth’s terrestrial surface. In this context, ecoregions and biomes, merely defined on the basis of their biophysical features, are incomplete characterizations of the te…
View article: Climate change is creating a mismatch between protected areas and suitable habitats for frogs and birds in Puerto Rico
Climate change is creating a mismatch between protected areas and suitable habitats for frogs and birds in Puerto Rico Open
Climate change is altering the spatial distribution of many species around the world. In response, we need to identify and protect suitable areas for a large proportion of the fauna so that they persist through time. This exercise must als…
View article: Bird Occupancy of a Neotropical Forest Fragment Is Mostly Stable over 17 Years but Influenced by Forest Age
Bird Occupancy of a Neotropical Forest Fragment Is Mostly Stable over 17 Years but Influenced by Forest Age Open
The effects of forest degradation, fragmentation, and climate change occur over long time periods, yet relatively few data are available to evaluate the long-term effects of these disturbances on tropical species occurrence. Here, we quant…
View article: Impacts of a drought and hurricane on tropical bird and frog distributions
Impacts of a drought and hurricane on tropical bird and frog distributions Open
During the last few decades, much attention has focused on how global change is affecting the environment and species distributions. Land‐use change is still the major cause of species declines worldwide, but changes in species distributio…
View article: Haiti has more forest than previously reported: land change 2000–2015
Haiti has more forest than previously reported: land change 2000–2015 Open
Estimates of forest cover have important political, conservation, and funding implications, but methods vary greatly. Haiti has often been cited as one of the most deforested countries in the world, yet estimates of forest cover range from…
View article: Reversals of Reforestation Across Latin America Limit Climate Mitigation Potential of Tropical Forests
Reversals of Reforestation Across Latin America Limit Climate Mitigation Potential of Tropical Forests Open
Carbon sequestration through tropical reforestation and natural regeneration could make an important contribution to climate change mitigation, given that forest cover in many tropical regions increased during the early part of the 21st ce…
View article: A pipeline for identification of bird and frog species in tropical soundscape recordings using a convolutional neural network
A pipeline for identification of bird and frog species in tropical soundscape recordings using a convolutional neural network Open
Automated acoustic recorders can collect long-term soundscape data containing species-specific signals in remote environments. Ecologists have increasingly used them for studying diverse fauna around the globe. Deep learning methods have g…
View article: Using nighttime lights to assess infrastructure expansion within and around protected areas in South America
Using nighttime lights to assess infrastructure expansion within and around protected areas in South America Open
Protected areas (PAs) are important mechanisms for conserving biodiversity and buffering anthropogenic pressures, but the expansion and intensification of human activities within and around PAs are threatening the biological diversity they…
View article: The Socio-Economic and Environmental Variables Associated with Hotspots of Infrastructure Expansion in South America
The Socio-Economic and Environmental Variables Associated with Hotspots of Infrastructure Expansion in South America Open
The built environment, defined as all human-made infrastructure, is increasing to fulfill the demand for human settlements, productive systems, mining, and industries. Due to the profound direct and indirect impacts that the built environm…
View article: Reversals of reforestation across Latin America limit climate mitigation potential of tropical forests
Reversals of reforestation across Latin America limit climate mitigation potential of tropical forests Open
Carbon sequestration through tropical reforestation and natural regeneration could make an important contribution to climate change mitigation, given that forest cover in many tropical regions increased during the early part of the 21st ce…
View article: Improve Long-Term Biodiversity Management and Monitoring on Certified Oil Palm Plantations in Colombia by Centralizing Efforts at the Sector Level
Improve Long-Term Biodiversity Management and Monitoring on Certified Oil Palm Plantations in Colombia by Centralizing Efforts at the Sector Level Open
Commodity crop expansion remains a leading driver of deforestation and defaunation in the tropics. Voluntary certification standards are the primary mechanism for making commodity production more sustainable and rely on the High Conservati…
View article: How does FSC forest certification affect the acoustically active fauna in Madre de Dios, Peru?
How does FSC forest certification affect the acoustically active fauna in Madre de Dios, Peru? Open
Despite several efforts to quantify the effectiveness of forest certification in developing sustainable use of forest resources, there is little evidence that certified forests are more effective in conserving fauna than non‐certified mana…
View article: Woody vegetation dynamics in the tropical and subtropical Andes from 2001 to 2014: Satellite image interpretation and expert validation
Woody vegetation dynamics in the tropical and subtropical Andes from 2001 to 2014: Satellite image interpretation and expert validation Open
The interactions between climate and land‐use change are dictating the distribution of flora and fauna and reshuffling biotic community composition around the world. Tropical mountains are particularly sensitive because they often have a h…
View article: Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests
Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests Open
Tropical secondary forests recover quickly (decades) in tree species richness but slowly (centuries) in species composition.
View article: Data from: Recovery of amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal diversity during secondary forest succession in the tropics. Oikos
Data from: Recovery of amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal diversity during secondary forest succession in the tropics. Oikos Open
This is the data related with the manuscript "Recovery of amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal diversity during secondary forest succession in the tropics", submitted to Oikos.The files include code of the analysis and figures. This code wa…
View article: Data from: Recovery of amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal diversity during secondary forest succession in the tropics. Oikos
Data from: Recovery of amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal diversity during secondary forest succession in the tropics. Oikos Open
This is the data related with the manuscript "Recovery of amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal diversity during secondary forest succession in the tropics", submitted to Oikos.The files include code of the analysis and figures. This code wa…
View article: Extended data - Recovery of amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal diversity during secondary forest succession in the tropics
Extended data - Recovery of amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal diversity during secondary forest succession in the tropics Open
This is the data related with the manuscript "Recovery of amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal diversity during secondary forest succession in the tropics", submitted to Oikos.The files include code of the analysis and figures for the manus…
View article: It's time to listen: there is much to be learned from the sounds of tropical ecosystems
It's time to listen: there is much to be learned from the sounds of tropical ecosystems Open
Knowledge that can be gained from acoustic data collection in tropical ecosystems is low‐hanging fruit. There is every reason to record and with every day, there are fewer excuses not to do it. In recent years, the cost of acoustic recorde…
View article: Built-up expansion between 2001 and 2011 in South America continues well beyond the cities
Built-up expansion between 2001 and 2011 in South America continues well beyond the cities Open
The expansion of built environment is a major driver of land change which can have irreversible consequences on the environment, ecosystem services, and biodiversity. While most studies have focused on urban areas, particularly large citie…
View article: Data from: Legume Abundance Along Successional And Rainfall Gradients In Neotropical Forests
Data from: Legume Abundance Along Successional And Rainfall Gradients In Neotropical Forests Open
The nutrient demands of regrowing tropical forests are partly satisfied by nitrogen (N)-fixing legume trees, but our understanding of the abundance of those species is biased towards wet tropical regions. Here we show how the abundance of …
View article: Changes in the acoustic structure and composition along a tropical elevational gradient
Changes in the acoustic structure and composition along a tropical elevational gradient Open
Elevational gradients influence the distribution and composition of animal species and can provide useful information for the development of conservation strategies in the context of climate change. Despite an increase in studies of specie…