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Widespread Forest Vertebrate Extinctions Induced by a Mega Hydroelectric Dam in Lowland Amazonia by Benchimol, Maíra, Peres, Carlos A

“…Mega hydropower projects in tropical forests pose a major emergent threat to terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity worldwide. Despite the unprecedented…”
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Predicting local extinctions of Amazonian vertebrates in forest islands created by a mega dam by Benchimol, Maíra, Peres, Carlos A.

“…•We assess the effects of a hydroelectric dam on forest vertebrate species persistence.•Forest area, home range and dispersal ability were the best predictors…”
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Determinants of population persistence and abundance of terrestrial and arboreal vertebrates stranded in tropical forest land‐bridge islands by Benchimol, Maíra, Peres, Carlos A.

“…Megadams are among the key modern drivers of habitat and biodiversity loss in emerging economies. The Balbina Hydroelectric Dam of Central Brazilian Amazonia…”
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Landscape composition is the strongest determinant of bird occupancy patterns in tropical forest patches by Morante-Filho, José Carlos, Benchimol, Maíra, Faria, Deborah

“…Context Biodiversity in tropical region has declined in the last decades, mainly due to forest conversion into agricultural areas. Consequently, species…”
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Designing optimal human‐modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation by Arroyo‐Rodríguez, Víctor, Fahrig, Lenore, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Watling, James I., Tischendorf, Lutz, Benchimol, Maíra, Cazetta, Eliana, Faria, Deborah, Leal, Inara R., Melo, Felipe P. L., Morante‐Filho, Jose C., Santos, Bráulio A., Arasa‐Gisbert, Ricard, Arce‐Peña, Norma, Cervantes‐López, Martín J., Cudney‐Valenzuela, Sabine, Galán‐Acedo, Carmen, San‐José, Miriam, Vieira, Ima C. G., Slik, J.W. Ferry, Nowakowski, A. Justin, Tscharntke, Teja, Jordan, Ferenc

“…Agriculture and development transform forest ecosystems to human‐modified landscapes. Decades of research in ecology have generated myriad concepts for the…”
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Edge-mediated compositional and functional decay of tree assemblages in Amazonian forest islands after 26 years of isolation by Benchimol, Maíra, Peres, Carlos A.

“…1. Islands formed upstream of mega hydroelectric dams are excellent experimental landscapes to assess the impacts of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity. We…”
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Disentangling the effects of habitat fragmentation and top-down trophic cascades on small mammal assemblages on Amazonian forest islands by Palmeirim, Ana Filipa, Benchimol, Maíra, Vieira, Marcus V., Peres, Carlos A.

“…Habitat loss and fragmentation are widely acknowledged to affect species diversity. However, the pathways through which their effects are propagated through…”
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Habitat loss and canopy openness mediate leaf trait plasticity of an endangered palm in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest by Cerqueira, Amanda F., Rocha-Santos, Larissa, Benchimol, Maíra, Mielke, Marcelo S.

“…Forest cover and light availability comprise key factors for plant establishment in tropical forests. In the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (AF), Euterpe edulis…”
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Influence of fire regime on the taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity of frog communities in a fire-prone Brazilian ecosystem by Anjos, Amanda G., Alvarado, Swanni T., Solé, Mirco, Benchimol, Maíra

“…•Anuran communities in the Chapada Diamantina National Park have low taxonomic diversity, but high phylogenetic diversity.•Fire frequency increases…”
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Effects of anthropogenic disturbances on bird functional diversity: A global meta-analysis by Matuoka, Maísa Assano, Benchimol, Maíra, Almeida-Rocha, Juliana Monteiro de, Morante-Filho, José Carlos

“…•We provide the first global meta-analysis of bird functional diversity and human disturbances.•Bird functional diversity responded negatively to…”
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Testing the habitat amount hypothesis and fragmentation effects for medium- and large-sized mammals in a biodiversity hotspot by Rios, Elaine, Benchimol, Maíra, Dodonov, Pavel, De Vleeschouwer, Kristel, Cazetta, Eliana

“…Context Habitat loss is widely recognized as the main driver of biodiversity loss around the globe, yet the effects of habitat fragmentation on biodiversity…”
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Fire effects on anurans: What we know so far? by dos Anjos, Amanda Gomes, Solé, Mirco, Benchimol, Maíra

“…•Species traits and fire properties are decisive in anurans response to fire.•The most investigated fire effects on anurans are those due to prescribed…”
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Small mammal responses to Amazonian forest islands are modulated by their forest dependence by Palmeirim, Ana Filipa, Benchimol, Maíra, Vieira, Marcus Vinícius, Peres, Carlos A.

“…Hydroelectric dams have induced widespread loss, fragmentation and degradation of terrestrial habitats in lowland tropical forests. Yet their ecological…”
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Predicting primate local extinctions within "real-world" forest fragments: A pan-neotropical analysis by Benchimol, Maíra, Peres, Carlos A.

“…Understanding the main drivers of species extinction in human‐modified landscapes has gained paramount importance in proposing sound conservation strategies…”
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Anthropogenic modulators of species–area relationships in Neotropical primates: a continental‐scale analysis of fragmented forest landscapes by Benchimol, Maíra, Peres, Carlos A, Watson, James

“…AIM: We conducted the first comprehensive quantitative review on the effects of habitat fragmentation on Neotropical primates to examine how both patch…”
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Landscape-scale forest loss shapes demographic structure of the threatened tropical palm Euterpe edulis mart. (Arecaceae) by Leal, Adrielle, Benchimol, Maíra, Faria, Deborah, Dodonov, Pavel, Cazetta, Eliana

“…•Landscape-scale habitat loss affects the persistence processes of plant species.•Forest cover in scale of landscape determines demographic patterns for…”
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Aerial insectivorous bat responses to 30 years of forest insularization in a dam-created Amazonian archipelagic landscape by Di Ponzio, Raffaello, Colombo, Guthieri Teixeira, Bicudo, Thiago, Benchimol, Maíra, Pereira, Maria João Ramos, Peres, Carlos A., Bobrowiec, Paulo Estefano D.

“…Mega dams result in habitat loss and fragmentation in lowland tropical forests, compromising the diversity and ecosystem functioning in remnant habitat…”
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Terrestrial food web complexity in Amazonian forests decays with habitat loss by Pires, Mathias M., Benchimol, Maíra, Cruz, Livia R., Peres, Carlos A.

“…The conversion of natural ecosystems into human-modified landscapes (HMLs) is the main driver of biodiversity loss in terrestrial ecosystems.1,2,3 Even when…”
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Functional decay in tree community within tropical fragmented landscapes: Effects of landscape-scale forest cover by Rocha-Santos, Larissa, Benchimol, Maíra, Mayfield, Margaret M, Faria, Deborah, Pessoa, Michaele S, Talora, Daniela C, Mariano-Neto, Eduardo, Cazetta, Eliana

“…As tropical rainforests are cleared, forest remnants are increasingly isolated within agricultural landscapes. Understanding how forest loss impacts on species…”
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Functional diversity and trait filtering of insectivorous bats on forest islands created by an Amazonian mega dam by Colombo, Guthieri Teixeira, Di Ponzio, Raffaello, Benchimol, Maíra, Peres, Carlos A., Bobrowiec, Paulo Estefano D.

“…Mega dams in lowland tropical forests often create large archipelagos, leading to biodiversity decay and disruption of ecosystem functioning in remnant habitat…”
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