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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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Conservation performance of different conservation governance regimes in the Peruvian Amazon by Schleicher, Judith, Peres, Carlos A., Amano, Tatsuya, Llactayo, William, Leader-Williams, Nigel

“…State-controlled protected areas (PAs) have dominated conservation strategies globally, yet their performance relative to other governance regimes is rarely…”
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The ‘few winners and many losers’ paradigm revisited: Emerging prospects for tropical forest biodiversity by Tabarelli, Marcelo, Peres, Carlos A., Melo, Felipe P.L.

“…► Biotic homogenization (BH) results from biological invasion and loss of biodiversity. ► BH may also emerge from proliferation of native disturbance-adapted…”
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Dispersal limitation induces long-term biomass collapse in overhunted Amazonian forests by Peres, Carlos A., Emilio, Thaise, Schietti, Juliana, Desmoulière, Sylvain J. M., Levi, Taal

“…Tropical forests are the global cornerstone of biological diversity, and store 55% of the forest carbon stock globally, yet sustained provisioning of these…”
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Evaluating the use of local ecological knowledge to monitor hunted tropical-forest wildlife over large spatial scales by Parry, Luke, Peres, Carlos A.

“…Monitoring the distribution and abundance of hunted wildlife is critical to achieving sustainable resource use, yet adequate data are sparse for most tropical…”
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Fire-mediated dieback and compositional cascade in an Amazonian forest by Barlow, Jos, Peres, Carlos A

“…The only fully coupled land–atmosphere global climate model predicts a widespread dieback of Amazonian forest cover through reduced precipitation. Although…”
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Hydropower and the future of Amazonian biodiversity by Lees, Alexander C, Peres, Carlos A, Fearnside, Philip M, Schneider, Maurício, Zuanon, Jansen A. S

“…In an effort to ensure energy independence and exploit mineral resources, the governments of Amazonian countries are embarking on a major dam building drive on…”
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Marked decline in forest-dependent small mammals following habitat loss and fragmentation in an Amazonian deforestation frontier by Palmeirim, Ana Filipa, Santos-Filho, Manoel, Peres, Carlos A

“…Agricultural frontier expansion into the Amazon over the last four decades has created million hectares of fragmented forests. While many species undergo local…”
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Extent, intensity and drivers of mammal defaunation: a continental-scale analysis across the Neotropics by Bogoni, Juliano A., Peres, Carlos A., Ferraz, Katia M. P. M. B.

“…Neotropical mammal diversity is currently threatened by several chronic human-induced pressures. We compiled 1,029 contemporary mammal assemblages surveyed…”
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Extending Species‐Area Relationships Into the Realm of Ecoacoustics: The Soundscape‐Area Relationship by Luypaert, Thomas, Bueno, Anderson S., Haugaasen, Torbjørn, Peres, Carlos A.

“…ABSTRACT The rise in species richness with area is one of the few ironclad ecological relationships. Yet, little is known about the spatial scaling of…”
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The conservation value of human-modified landscapes for the world’s primates by Galán-Acedo, Carmen, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Andresen, Ellen, Verde Arregoitia, Luis, Vega, Ernesto, Peres, Carlos A., Ewers, Robert M.

“…Land-use change pushes biodiversity into human-modified landscapes, where native ecosystems are surrounded by anthropic land covers (ALCs). Yet, the ability of…”
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Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity by Gibson, Luke, Lee, Tien Ming, Koh, Lian Pin, Brook, Barry W., Gardner, Toby A., Barlow, Jos, Peres, Carlos A., Bradshaw, Corey J. A., Laurance, William F., Lovejoy, Thomas E., Sodhi, Navjot S.

“…Pristine forests preserve variety Primary tropical forests sustain the majority of Earth's terrestrial biodiversity, but they have faced considerable…”
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Basin-Wide Effects of Game Harvest on Vertebrate Population Densities in Amazonian Forests: Implications for Animal-Mediated Seed Dispersal by Peres, Carlos A, Palacios, Erwin

“…Vertebrate responses to hunting are widely variable for target and nontarget species depending on the history of hunting and productivity of any given site and…”
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Conservation Value of Remnant Riparian Forest Corridors of Varying Quality for Amazonian Birds and Mammals by LEES, ALEXANDER C., PERES, CARLOS A.

“…Forest corridors are often considered the main instrument with which to offset the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation. Brazilian forestry legislation…”
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Climate change will reduce suitable Caatinga dry forest habitat for endemic plants with disproportionate impacts on specialized reproductive strategies by Silva, Jéssica Luiza Souza E, Cruz-Neto, Oswaldo, Peres, Carlos A, Tabarelli, Marcelo, Lopes, Ariadna Valentina

“…Global climate change alters the dynamic of natural ecosystems and directly affects species distributions, persistence and diversity. The impacts of climate…”
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Wish you were here: How defaunated is the Atlantic Forest biome of its medium- to large-bodied mammal fauna? by Bogoni, Juliano André, Pires, José Salatiel Rodrigues, Graipel, Maurício Eduardo, Peroni, Nivaldo, Peres, Carlos A

“…Mammals represent the largest-bodied elements of the world's surviving megafauna and provide several key ecosystems services, yet their populations are often…”
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Extinction filters mediate the global effects of habitat fragmentation on animals by Betts, Matthew G, Wolf, Christopher, Pfeifer, Marion, Banks-Leite, Cristina, Arroyo-Rodríguez, Víctor, Ribeiro, Danilo Bandini, Barlow, Jos, Eigenbrod, Felix, Faria, Deborah, Fletcher, Jr, Robert J, Hadley, Adam S, Hawes, Joseph E, Holt, Robert D, Klingbeil, Brian, Kormann, Urs, Lens, Luc, Levi, Taal, Medina-Rangel, Guido F, Melles, Stephanie L, Mezger, Dirk, Morante-Filho, José Carlos, Orme, C David L, Peres, Carlos A, Phalan, Benjamin T, Pidgeon, Anna, Possingham, Hugh, Ripple, William J, Slade, Eleanor M, Somarriba, Eduardo, Tobias, Joseph A, Tylianakis, Jason M, Urbina-Cardona, J Nicolás, Valente, Jonathon J, Watling, James I, Wells, Konstans, Wearn, Oliver R, Wood, Eric, Young, Richard, Ewers, Robert M

“…Habitat loss is the primary driver of biodiversity decline worldwide, but the effects of fragmentation (the spatial arrangement of remaining habitat) are…”
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Prospects for tropical forest biodiversity in a human-modified world by Gardner, Toby A, Barlow, Jos, Chazdon, Robin, Ewers, Robert M, Harvey, Celia A, Peres, Carlos A, Sodhi, Navjot S

“…The future of tropical forest biodiversity depends more than ever on the effective management of human-modified landscapes, presenting a daunting challenge to…”
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Prey availability and temporal partitioning modulate felid coexistence in Neotropical forests by Santos, Fernanda, Carbone, Chris, Wearn, Oliver R, Rowcliffe, J Marcus, Espinosa, Santiago, Lima, Marcela Guimarães Moreira, Ahumada, Jorge A, Gonçalves, André Luis Sousa, Trevelin, Leonardo C, Alvarez-Loayza, Patricia, Spironello, Wilson R, Jansen, Patrick A, Juen, Leandro, Peres, Carlos A

“…Carnivores have long been used as model organisms to examine mechanisms that allow coexistence among ecologically similar species. Interactions between…”
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