Most cited
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Wetlands function as the “kidneys of the planet”, assuring water supply and quality.
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Cerrado wetlands have distinct vegetation types playing equivalent ecological roles.
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All types of Cerrado wetlands should have the same status of legal protection.
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The maximum water-table elevation defines the wetlands’ limit, biota and functioning.
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All human actions threatening the hydrology of Cerrado wetlands must be regulated.

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The impact of future climate change on narrow-ranging species is poorly documented.
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We used a combination of techniques and high-resolution predictors to fill this gap.
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We predict a complete extirpation of suitable conditions across their range by 2070.
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Climate risk may be higher than expected in tropical narrow-ranging species.
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Proactive conservation actions are needed in tropical heterogeneous environments.

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Multi-temporal cropland mask allows accurate classification of grassland remnants.
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Grasslands of Uruguayan Eastern Plains are in an advanced stage of fragmentation.
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Suitability for rice crop establishment drives the grassland fragmentation.

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Anthropization drives directional changes on functional traits of bird communities of Neotropical seasonal forests.
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Birds within anthropized habitat have short life cycles, rapid development, high fecundity, and broad ecological niches.
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According to the Ecological Strategies Theory, birds could show the ruderal strategy within the perturbed anthropic habitat.

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Climate change is unlikely to modify relative habitat suitability for birds at a landscape scale in the Atlantic Forest (AF).
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AF landscapes with higher forest cover will remain more suitable regardless of climate change.
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Predicted impacts of climate change are minor regardless the spatial scale at which climatic suitability is quantified.
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Most AF landscapes have low habitat suitability for birds due to extensive deforestation.

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Neotropical governments and their environmental agencies have generally poor governance.
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Poor governance can be influencing human-top predator conflicts in the Neotropics.
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Forty percent of interviewees disapproved the current top-down local management.
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Disapproval of top-down local management influenced human tolerance independently.
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Neotropics need a better balance between bottom-up and top-down governance.

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Non-climatic variables improve ecological niche models (ENMs).
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Addition of vegetation cover constrains predicted suitable areas.
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Estimated areas differ most for birds with high and medium forest dependency.
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ENM provides useful information to support quick decisions at broad scale.

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Nautical charts indicate historical decline in reef extension in the Abrolhos Bank.
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Coastal reefs lost between 20–49% of their extension in the last 160 years.
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Reef declines are linked to coral extraction for lime and coastal degradation.

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77% of oceanic islands show low levels of protection and a high human modification.
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Most islands harboring a high richness of threatened vertebrates are located in developing countries.
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Most large islands in a critical situation harbor the highest numbers of threatened vertebrates.
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We identified 58 large islands where conservation actions are urgent.

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Few studies empirically estimated the impact of roadkill on wildlife populations.
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Giant anteaters inhabiting road vicinity areas have lower survival rates.
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20% of the anteaters inhabiting road vicinity areas are road-killed.
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Roads are sink areas for giant anteaters.
