Landscape structure and composition define the body condition of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) in a fragmented tropical rainforest
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.01.033
Abstract: Abstract Environmental disturbance generates changes in local abiotic and biotic conditions, which affect the physiological condition of the organisms. However, most of the studies dealing with environmental disturbance have focused only on species diversity, and… read more here.
Keywords: tropical rainforest; condition; landscape; fragmented tropical ... See more keywords
Secondary forest regeneration benefits old-growth specialist bats in a fragmented tropical landscape
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21999-2
Abstract: Tropical forest loss and fragmentation are due to increase in coming decades. Understanding how matrix dynamics, especially secondary forest regrowth, can lessen fragmentation impacts is key to understanding species persistence in modified landscapes. Here, we… read more here.
Keywords: secondary forest; regeneration; old growth; fragmented tropical ... See more keywords