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Wetlands function as the “kidneys of the planet”, assuring water supply and quality.

Cerrado wetlands have distinct vegetation types playing equivalent ecological roles.

All types of Cerrado wetlands should have the same status of legal protection.

The maximum water-table elevation defines the wetlands’ limit, biota and functioning.

All human actions threatening the hydrology of Cerrado wetlands must be regulated.

The impact of future climate change on narrow-ranging species is poorly documented.

We used a combination of techniques and high-resolution predictors to fill this gap.

We predict a complete extirpation of suitable conditions across their range by 2070.

Climate risk may be higher than expected in tropical narrow-ranging species.

Proactive conservation actions are needed in tropical heterogeneous environments.

We reviewed the use of network science in sustainable agriculture.

Network science can be used to understand, harness and restore ecological processes in agricultural systems.

Social, economic and ecological aspects of agriculture can be incorporated using novel methods.

Agricultural systems can be managed using a network-based framework.

Conserving ∼80% of the Brazilian Amazon is still feasible

Conservation areas are essential for a new regional development model

The cost of establishing.1.3 million km2 of new conservation areas is USD 1.0–1.6 billion

The annual cost of 3.5 million km2 of conservation areas is USD 1.7–2.8 billion

A new ambitious, decentralized, and agile fund mechanism is required

Few studies empirically estimated the impact of roadkill on wildlife populations.

Giant anteaters inhabiting road vicinity areas have lower survival rates.

20% of the anteaters inhabiting road vicinity areas are road-killed.

Roads are sink areas for giant anteaters.

Nautical charts indicate historical decline in reef extension in the Abrolhos Bank.

Coastal reefs lost between 20–49% of their extension in the last 160 years.

Reef declines are linked to coral extraction for lime and coastal degradation.

Caatinga dry forests are becoming increasingly drier and chronically disturbed.

Herb communities negatively respond to rainfall reduction and increase disturbance.

Responses may be mediated by the local density of woody plants.

Multiple successional pathways should emerge with the new environmental conditions.

Management and conservation actions are urgent to protect Caatinga herb diversity.

Here we demonstrated that large mammalian herbivores play a fundamental role in plant consumption and trampling.

Because large herbivore activities are associated to palm fruit patches, we found that palm-herbivore association is an important component to understand forest productivity.

Defaunation and palm harvesting can lead to important changes in forest structure, biomass and diversity in tropical forests.

Long-term monitoring of different drivers of changes increases the effectiveness of protected areas.

Long-term Ecological Research Program helps detecting complex environmental changes.

The effects of disturbances on biodiversity and ecosystems were explored over 22 years in the central Cerrado.

Even in Protected Areas, changes in surroundings affect biodiversity and ecosystems.

Significant ecological changes were detected in responses to long-term stressors.

Fires affect the ant communities in the Brazilian Pantanal wetland.

Flooding, at a local scale, does not interact with fire to determine ant community structure.

Ant communities were resilient, and the observed effect of fire on their structure decreased after one year and was not noticed after four years.

Ant community recovery takes years, and there is a need for long intervals between fires to maintain the original ant community structure.

The observed increase in fire frequency can be detrimental to the ant community structure recovery, threatening the conservation of ants.