Search Results - "de Paula, Felipe R."

Is environmental legislation conserving tropical stream faunas? A large-scale assessment of local, riparian and catchment-scale influences on Amazonian fish by Leal, Cecília G., Barlow, Jos, Gardner, Toby A., Hughes, Robert M., Leitão, Rafael P., Mac Nally, Ralph, Kaufmann, Philip R., Ferraz, Silvio F. B., Zuanon, Jansen, de Paula, Felipe R., Ferreira, Joice, Thomson, James R., Lennox, Gareth D., Dary, Eurizângela P., Röpke, Cristhiana P., Pompeu, Paulo S.

“…1. Agricultural expansion and intensification are major threats to tropical biodiversity. In addition to the direct removal of native vegetation, agricultural…”
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Multi-scale assessment of human-induced changes to Amazonian instream habitats by Leal, Cecília G., Pompeu, Paulo S., Gardner, Toby A., Leitão, Rafael P., Hughes, Robert M., Kaufmann, Philip R., Zuanon, Jansen, de Paula, Felipe R., Ferraz, Silvio F. B., Thomson, James R., Mac Nally, Ralph, Ferreira, Joice, Barlow, Jos

“…Context Land use change and forest degradation have myriad effects on tropical ecosystems. Yet their consequences for low-order streams remain very poorly…”
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Low forest-loss thresholds threaten Amazonian fish and macroinvertebrate assemblage integrity by Martins, Renato T., Brito, Janaina, Dias-Silva, Karina, Leal, Cecília G., Leitão, Rafael P., Oliveira, Vivian C., Oliveira-Júnior, José M.B., Ferraz, Silvio F.B., de Paula, Felipe R., Roque, Fábio O., Hamada, Neusa, Juen, Leandro, Nessimian, Jorge L., Pompeu, Paulo S., Hughes, Robert M.

“…•Sensitive taxa respond to deforestation in a non-linear manner.•Sensitive taxa more sensitive to catchment forest loss than to riparian forest loss.•Sensitive…”
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Congruence and responsiveness in the taxonomic compositions of Amazonian aquatic macroinvertebrate and fish assemblages by Martins, Renato T., Brito, Janaina, Dias-Silva, Karina, Leal, Cecília G., Leitão, Rafael P., Oliveira, Vivian C., Oliveira-Júnior, José M. B., de Paula, Felipe R., Roque, Fabio O., Hamada, Neusa, Juen, Leandro, Nessimian, Jorge L., Pompeu, Paulo S., Hughes, Robert M.

“…Stream degradation in Amazonia is outpacing our ability to effectively monitor it for three key reasons: (1) Many changes are cumulative and occur gradually;…”
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Biological indicators of diversity in tropical streams: Congruence in the similarity of invertebrate assemblages by Brito, Janaina G., Martins, Renato T., Oliveira, Vívian C., Hamada, Neusa, Nessimian, Jorge L., Hughes, Robert M., Ferraz, Silvio F.B., de Paula, Felipe R.

“…•Trichoptera, EPT or families are surrogates for Amazon stream macroinvertebrate assemblage.•Functional and taxonomic groups congruence was lower than among…”
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Riparian coverage affects diets of characids in neotropical streams by Ferreira, Anderson, de Paula, Felipe R., de Barros Ferraz, Silvio F., Gerhard, Pedro, Kashiwaqui, Elaine A. L., Cyrino, José E. P., Martinelli, Luiz A.

“…–  Aquatic ecosystems are influenced by the surrounding terrestrial environment. This work studied the influence of vegetation of riparian zones on the feeding…”
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Small forest losses degrade stream macroinvertebrate assemblages in the eastern Brazilian Amazon by Brito, Janaina G., Roque, F.O., Martins, Renato T., Nessimian, Jorge L., Oliveira, Vivian C., Hughes, Robert M., de Paula, Felipe R., Ferraz, Silvio F.B., Hamada, Neusa

“…•TITAN of macroinvertebrate assemblages indicated peak changes at ∼9% & ∼1.4% of forest loss at catchment & site-riparian extents, respectively.•TITAN…”
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