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Frequency of movements of small mammals among Atlantic Coastal Forest fragments in Brazil by Pires, Alexandra S, Koeler Lira, Paula, Fernandez, Fernando A.S, Schittini, Gilberto M, Oliveira, Leonardo C

“…Rates of interfragment movements were estimated for small mammals inhabiting a group of eight Atlantic Coastal Forest fragments, surrounded by grassland…”
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Human carnivory as a major driver of vertebrate extinction by Coimbra, Zulmira H., Gomes-Jr, Luiz, Fernandez, Fernando A.S.

“…[Display omitted] •Human carnivory threatens one-quarter of all vertebrates.•This is a higher impact than that of other major aspects of human ecology.•Human…”
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Rewilding the Atlantic Forest: Restoring the fauna and ecological interactions of a protected area by Fernandez, Fernando A.S., Rheingantz, Marcelo L., Genes, Luísa, Kenup, Caio F., Galliez, Maron, Cezimbra, Tomaz, Cid, Bruno, Macedo, Leandro, Araujo, Bernardo B.A., Moraes, Bruno S., Monjeau, Adrian, Pires, Alexandra S.

“…•We described the first refaunation program in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.•Agoutis and howlers monkeys were reintroduced to restore seed dispersal.•We show…”
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Who let the dogs out? Occurrence, population size and daily activity of domestic dogs in an urban Atlantic Forest reserve by Silva, Katyucha Von Kossel de Andrade, Kenup, Caio Fittipaldi, Kreischer, Catharina, Fernandez, Fernando A.S., Pires, Alexandra S.

“…[Display omitted] •Dogs are not resident, invading the area from surrounding areas.•Domestic dogs are distributed in the whole area with…”
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Protect Brazil's land to avert disasters by Zucco, Carlos A., Oliveira-Santos, Luiz Gustavo R., Fernandez, Fernando A. S.

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Invertebrate Seed Predators are not all the Same: Seed Predation by Bruchine and Scolytine Beetles Affects Palm Recruitment in Different Ways by Dracxler, Caroline M., Pires, Alexandra S., Fernandez, Fernando A. S.

“…Because most invertebrate seed predators are host-specific, they are usually expected to produce Janzen-Connell patterns. This expectation was fulfilled for…”
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Primate reintroduction promotes the recruitment of large-seeded plants via secondary dispersal by Landim, Anna Rebello, Fernandez, Fernando A.S., Pires, Alexandra

“…The loss of larger frugivores alters seed dispersal. Species reintroductions have been proposed as a strategy for reversing local disperser extinctions…”
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Agouti reintroduction recovers seed dispersal of a large‐seeded tropical tree by Mittelman, Pedro, Kreischer, Catharina, Pires, Alexandra S., Fernandez, Fernando A. S.

“…The aim of animal reintroductions has mainly been species recovery; only few reintroduction initiatives focus on ecosystem restoration. Therefore,…”
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Reversing defaunation by trophic rewilding in empty forests by Galetti, Mauro, Pires, Alexandra S., Brancalion, Pedro H.S., Fernandez, Fernando A.S.

“…Defaunation has a major driver of biodiversity loss in tropical forests. Here we discuss how to reverse defaunation by re-introducing key species in defaunated…”
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The intermediate dispersal hypothesis: seed dispersal is maximized in areas with intermediate usage by hoarders by Mittelman, Pedro, Pires, Alexandra S., Fernandez, Fernando A. S.

“…Seed dispersal and predation are paramount for tropical plant diversity. When encountered by scatter-hoarding frugivores, seeds can be either eaten, dispersed…”
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Effects of howler monkey reintroduction on ecological interactions and processes by Genes, Luísa, Fernandez, Fernando A. S., Vaz‐de‐Mello, Fernando Z., da Rosa, Patrícia, Fernandez, Eduardo, Pires, Alexandra S.

“…Rewilding has been an increasingly popular tool to restore plant–animal interactions and ecological processes impaired by defaunation. However, the…”
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Trophic rewilding benefits a tropical community through direct and indirect network effects by Mittelman, Pedro, Landim, Anna Rebello, Genes, Luísa, Assis, Ana Paula A., Starling‐Manne, Carolina, Leonardo, Paula V., Fernandez, Fernando A. S., Guimarães Jr, Paulo R., Pires, Alexandra S.

“…Species reintroductions can be used as a conservation strategy to restore ecological interactions and the functionality of impoverished ecosystems. The…”
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A framework for the restoration of seed dispersal and pollination by Landim, Anna R., Guimarães, Paulo R., Fernandez, Fernando A. S., Dias, André T. C

“…Species reintroduction is a management strategy to restore ecosystem functioning through the reestablishment of ecological interactions and related ecological…”
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Bigger kill than chill: The uneven roles of humans and climate on late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions by Araujo, Bernardo B.A., Oliveira-Santos, Luiz Gustavo R., Lima-Ribeiro, Matheus S., Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre F., Fernandez, Fernando A.S.

“…Starting around 50,000 years ago, most large terrestrial animals went extinct in most continents. These extinctions have been attributed either to climatic…”
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Why we should let rewilding be wild and biodiverse by Genes, Luísa, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Pires, Alexandra S., Fernandez, Fernando A. S.

“…Rewilding has been intensely debated among conservationists and ecologists. Multiple definitions and conceptual frameworks have been proposed for rewilding…”
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Incorporating animal spatial memory in step selection functions by Oliveira‐Santos, Luiz Gustavo R, Forester, James D, Piovezan, Ubiratan, Tomas, Walfrido M, Fernandez, Fernando A. S, Fryxell, John

“…Memory is among the most important and neglected forces that shapes animal movement patterns. Research on the movement–memory interface is crucial to…”
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On the scaling of activity in tropical forest mammals by Cid, Bruno, Carbone, Chris, Fernandez, Fernando A. S., Jansen, Patrick A., Rowcliffe, J. Marcus, O'Brien, Timothy, Akampurira, Emmanuel, Bitariho, Robert, Espinosa, Santiago, Gajapersad, Krishna, Santos, Thiago M. R., Gonçalves, André L. S., Kinnaird, Margaret F., Lima, Marcela G. M., Martin, Emanuel, Mugerwa, Badru, Rovero, Francesco, Salvador, Julia, Santos, Fernanda, Spironello, Wilson R., Wijntuin, Soraya, Oliveira‐Santos, Luiz Gustavo R.

“…Activity range – the amount of time spent active per day – is a fundamental aspect contributing to the optimization process by which animals achieve energetic…”
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Estimating interaction credit for trophic rewilding in tropical forests by Marjakangas, Emma-Liina, Genes, Luísa, Pires, Mathias M., Fernandez, Fernando A. S., de Lima, Renato A. F., de Oliveira, Alexandre A., Ovaskainen, Otso, Pires, Alexandra S., Prado, Paulo I., Galetti, Mauro

“…Trophic rewilding has been suggested as a restoration tool to restore ecological interactions and reverse defaunation and its cascading effects on ecosystem…”
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Differences in activity patterns of the Neotropical otter Lontra longicaudis between rivers of two Brazilian ecoregions by Rheingantz, Marcelo Lopes, Leuchtenberger, Caroline, Zucco, Carlos André, Fernandez, Fernando A.S.

“…Circadian use of time is an important, but often neglected, part of an animal's niche. We compared the activity patterns of the Neotropical otter Lontra…”
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Credit of ecological interactions: A new conceptual framework to support conservation in a defaunated world by Genes, Luísa, Cid, Bruno, Fernandez, Fernando A. S., Pires, Alexandra S.

“…As defaunation spreads through the world, there is an urgent need for restoring ecological interactions, thus assuring ecosystem processes. Here, we define the…”
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