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Abstract Here we applied phylogenetically based conservation analyses using a novel multivariate approach to better evaluate the effects of human … Continue reading >Clade-specific impacts of human land use on primates

Abstract Phylobetadiversity is defined as the phylogenetic resemblance between communities or biomes. Analyzing phylobetadiversity patterns among different vegetation physiognomies within … Continue reading >Phylobetadiversity among forest types in the Brazilian Atlantic forest complex

Resumo A dispersão é um processo fundamental para a organização das comunidades, já que determina as espécies que colonizarão determinado … Continue reading >Patterns of diaspore functional diversity along Araucaria forest succession in the extreme south of Brazil

ABSTRACT We investigated the richness, density, and composition of woody-tree species, and which traits of colonizing species are selected in … Continue reading >Comparing diversity and dispersal traits of tree communities in plantations and native forests in southern Brazil

Abstract Aim: Disentangling the effects of climate and historical factors on biodiversity distribution remains a challenge for biogeographers. Here, we … Continue reading >Climate effects on amphibian distributions depend on phylogenetic resolution and the biogeographical history of taxa

  Abstract Based on literature review and malacological collections, 168 native freshwater bivalve and five invasive species have been recorded … Continue reading >Bivalve distribution in hydrographic regions in South America: historical overview and conservation

Abstract The rapid global decline of amphibian population is alarming because many occur for apparently unknown or enigmatic reasons, even … Continue reading >Clade-specific consequences of climate change to amphibians in Atlantic Forest protected areas

Abstract Questions: Functional redundancy in assemblages may insure ecosystem processes after perturbation potentially causing temporary or permanent local species extinctions. … Continue reading >Functional redundancy and stability in plant communities