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Climate and land-use changes threatens Brazilian Cerrado birds.
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Only 13% of the Cerrado could serve as refugia for the bird species.
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Refugia areas do not coincide with current species-rich areas.
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∼11% of the refugia areas overlapped with protected areas.
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Different conservation strategies must be adopted to protect species.
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We provide a giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) baseline population viability model built using multi-data source;
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A sensitivity analysis was performed to evaluate each parameter impact on the model and to guide future research efforts;
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Baseline model showed a 5% growth rate, and the most sensitive parameters are mortality rates and the percentage of females breeding;
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A case study based on real data showed that road kill decreases the stochastic growth rate of local giant anteater populations by half;
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Our baseline model has the potential to ensure scientific input into conservation planning for the species.
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Afforestation of grasslands does not alter taxonomic diversity and functional diversity in a similar manner.
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The association of some traits with post-cutting stage demonstrates the plasticity of many typical open-area species that return to planted areas shortly after cutting.
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Afforestation of southern grasslands does not result in reduced functional diversity.
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The combination of species traits and use of functional space are relatively similar across habitats.
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Climate change will affect species distribution via variation in suitable area amount, displacement of optimal conditions, and/or exposure to non-analog conditions.
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We found that Amazon primates will face a plethora of effects of climate change on their geographic ranges.
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Even in cases that the species range could increase, Amazonian primates will be exposed to novel climates and might not be able to track their preferred environments.
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Remaining populations might also become fragmented and are forecasted to occupy sub-optimal conditions at the periphery of their future ranges.
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Conservation assessments should consider the multiple dimensions of climate change.
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Birds use scattered trees mainly as stepping stones and feeding sites.
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Their use as stepping stones depends on tree size and distance to a forest patch.
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Bird are able to move greater distances and at higher frequencies across a landscape using stepping stones.
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Both forest cover and tree aggregation increase tree visits under predation risk.
