Search Results - "Eliana Cazetta"

The effects of human‐altered habitat spatial pattern on frugivory and seed dispersal: a global meta‐analysis by Cazetta, Eliana, Fahrig, Lenore

“…Seed dispersal by frugivorous animals is important for plant mobility, regeneration and persistence. Human‐caused landscape change is thought to disrupt seed…”
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Landscape composition is the major driver of the taxonomic and functional diversity of tropical frugivorous birds by Bonfim, Fernando César Gonçalves, Dodonov, Pavel, Cazetta, Eliana

“…Context Anthropogenic land use and cover changes impact biodiversity worldwide. However, ecological groups are differently affected by landscape composition…”
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Jackfruit trees as seed attractors and nurses of early recruitment of native plant species in a secondary forest in Brazil by Gomes, Milena, Cazetta, Eliana, Bovendorp, Ricardo, Faria, Deborah

“…The Atlantic Forest is one of the most threatened tropical forests in the world, being drastically reduced, fragmented, and disturbed. The drastic process of…”
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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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Habitat loss shapes the structure and species roles in tropical plant–frugivore networks by Bonfim, Fernando César Gonçalves, Dodonov, Pavel, Guimarães, Paulo R., Cazetta, Eliana

“…Habitat loss is a global threat to biodiversity with pervasive effects on species and populations. These impacts may generate cascading effects on ecological…”
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Special issue: Fruits, animals and seed dispersal: timely advances on a key mutualism by Carlo, Tomás A., Cazetta, Eliana, Traveset, Anna, Guimarães, Paulo R., McConkey, Kim R.

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Deterministic modelling of seed dispersal based on observed behaviours of an endemic primate in Brazil by Raghunathan, Nima, François, Louis, Cazetta, Eliana, Pitance, Jean-Luc, De Vleeschouwer, Kristel, Hambuckers, Alain

“…Plant species models are among the available tools to predict the future of ecosystems threatened by climate change, habitat loss, and degradation. However,…”
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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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Seed rain across fire-created edges in a neotropical rainforest by da Silva Rocha, Janaine Isabela, Menezes, Gustavo Souza Cruz, Cazetta, Eliana, Dodonov, Pavel, Talora, Daniela Custódio

“…Human-induced wildfires are increasing in frequency in tropical forests, and their deleterious consequences for biodiversity include decreases in seed rain,…”
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Editorial: Anthropogenic stressors and animal–plant interactions: Implications for pollination and seed dispersal by Nevo, Omer, Cazetta, Eliana, Classen, Alice, Kuppler, Jonas

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Anthropogenic Disturbances Eroding the Genetic Diversity of a Threatened Palm Tree: A Multiscale Approach by Soares, Leiza Aparecida Souza Serafim, Cazetta, Eliana, Santos, Larissa Rocha, França, Daniele de Souza, Gaiotto, Fernanda Amato

“…Habitat loss and the illegal exploitation of natural resources are among the main drivers of species extinction around the world. These disturbances act at…”
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Landscape forest loss decreases aboveground biomass of Neotropical forests patches in moderately disturbed regions by Melito, Melina, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Metzger, Jean Paul, Cazetta, Eliana, Rocha-Santos, Larissa, Melo, Felipe P. L., Santos, Bráulio A., Magnago, Luiz F. S., Hernández-Ruedas, Manuel A., Faria, Deborah, Oliveira, Alexandre A.

“…Context Tropical forests are great reservoirs of carbon but they still suffer high rates of deforestation despite their importance. Yet, large uncertainty…”
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Seed Removal Rates in Forest Remnants Respond to Forest Loss at the Landscape Scale by Alain Hambuckers, Franck Trolliet, Astrid Simon, Eliana Cazetta, Larissa Rocha-Santos

“…Seed removal is a key component of seed dispersal and may be influenced by both landscape-scale and local attributes, and it has been used as an indicator of…”
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On the reliability of visual communication in vertebrate‐dispersed fruits by Cazetta, Eliana, Galetti, Mauro, Rezende, Enrico L., Schaefer, Hinrich Martin

“…1. Several fundamental aspects of communication between plants and their mutualists are poorly understood. It remains unclear whether plant signals are…”
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Tropical forest loss and geographic location drive the functional genomic diversity of an endangered palm tree by Santos, Alesandro Souza, Cazetta, Eliana, Faria, Deborah, Lima, Thâmara Moura, Lopes, Maria Teresa Gomes, Carvalho, Carolina da Silva, Alves‐Pereira, Alessandro, Morante‐Filho, José Carlos, Gaiotto, Fernanda Amato

“…Human activity has diminished forests in different terrestrial ecosystems. This is well illustrated in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, which still hosts high…”
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How colorful are fruits? Limited color diversity in fleshy fruits on local and global scales by Stournaras, Kalliope E., Lo, Eugenia, Böhning‐Gaese, Katrin, Cazetta, Eliana, Matthias Dehling, D., Schleuning, Matthias, Stoddard, Mary Caswell, Donoghue, Michael J., Prum, Richard O., Martin Schaefer, H.

“…The colors of fleshy fruits are considered to be a signal to seed-dispersing animals, but their diversity remains poorly understood. Using an avian color space…”
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Impacts of landscape-scale forest loss and a dry event on the demographic structure of the endangered palm Euterpe edulis Mart. in the Atlantic Forest by Leal, Adrielle, Benchimol, Maíra, Costa, Hugo C. M., Faria, Deborah, Cazetta, Eliana

“…Forest loss is one of the most serious threats to biodiversity in the tropics and mainly occurs due to the conversion of native forests by the expansion of…”
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Deforestation Simplifies Understory Bird Seed-Dispersal Networks in Human-Modified Landscapes by Menezes Pinto, Ícaro, Emer, Carine, Cazetta, Eliana, Morante-Filho, José Carlos

“…Global biodiversity is threatened by land-use changes through human activities. This is mainly due to the conversion of continuous forests into forest…”
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Implications of Habitat Loss on Seed Predation and Early Recruitment of a Keystone Palm in Anthropogenic Landscapes in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest by Soares, Leiza Aparecida S S, Faria, Deborah, Vélez-Garcia, Felipe, Vieira, Emerson M, Talora, Daniela C, Cazetta, Eliana

“…Habitat loss is the main driver of the loss of global biodiversity. Knowledge on this subject, however, is highly concentrated on species richness and…”
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Demographic structure of a threatened palm (Euterpe edulis Mart.) in a fragmented landscape of Atlantic Forest in northeastern Brazil by Melito, Melina Oliveira, Faria, José Cláudio, Amorim, André Márcio, Cazetta, Eliana

“…At the northern limits of the range of the palm species Euterpe edulis there is an endemic ecotype, known as the "Bahia" ecotype, which is distinguished by its…”
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